Co-Founder & CEO

    Abraham Iyiola

    Co-Founder & CEO of Selah Strategic. Executive search leader with 300+ placements across pan-African markets at 88.3% success rate.

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Abraham Iyiola is Co-Founder and CEO of Selah Strategic, leading the firm's Executive Hiring & Talent, Leadership Development, and cross-border strategy practices.

    Abraham brings a track record of 300+ global executive placements with an 88.3% success rate across pan-African talent engagements. As former Head of Recruitment at Jumia Nigeria, he led 1,000+ hires and built recruiting operations across five African markets. Based in Vancouver, he also anchors the firm's North America–Africa corridor — pairing North American governance and delivery discipline with deep local African market intelligence.

    Abraham's advisory focus is retained executive search, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Employer of Record (EOR) services, and organizational-culture strategy for globally distributed teams. He works with public and private organizations expanding across borders, and with Sub-Saharan African talent programs needing North American executive discipline.

    Expertise

    • Retained Executive Search
    • Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
    • Employer of Record (EOR)
    • Cross-Border Talent Acquisition
    • African Market Intelligence
    • Organizational Culture & Change
    • Leadership Development

    Credentials

    • 300+ global executive placements
    • 88.3% pan-African placement success rate
    • Former Head of Recruitment, Jumia Nigeria
    • Cross-continental leadership (Canada, Nigeria, and pan-African)

    Work with Abraham

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