H. Pierson Associates celebrates 25 years of successful consulting services

One of the leading consulting firms in Nigeria, H. Pierson Associates Limited, is celebrating 25 years of its existence this year.
H. Pierson is a success story by any measure. Established in 1990 to provide a broad range of services and solutions to a wide range of clients in the financial, manufacturing, oil and gas, power and the public sector, the firm has since served over 100 companies within its chosen market and practice areas.
Over the years, six guiding principles have been seen to define the way it works: creativity, character, attention to detail, proactiveness, research-driven and customer-focused. These values are not only central to the company’s ethos; they are at the heart of its commitment to each of its clients.
H. Pierson delivers superior results for clients, focusing on strategic decisions and practical actions tailored to their unique needs. Its approach is premised on simplicity, best-practice, value-derivation and uniqueness. H. Pierson works with clients across all staff levels, from board members, mid-level managers to fresh out-of-college staff, delivering best-in-class services to all levels, in line with global standards, yet contextualised to the local environment.
The firm offers a comprehensive range of services that include risk management, strategy consulting, employee outsourcing, training solutions and human resources. Its Risk & Basel II Centre comprises of a highly experienced team of local and international risk experts with numerous hands-on industry experience providing customized risk management solutions.
H.Pierson strategy consulting services combines the strengths of twenty five years of experience and international alliances to deliver customized solutions guaranteed to meet client’s business needs. It focuses on clients’ most critical issues and opportunities. It brings deep, functional expertise with holistic perspective that captures value across boundaries of any organization.
The firm’s flexible human resources and outsourcing models also deliver people, processes and systems which are fully scalable to support its client’s business operations and growth.
The quality of human resources management and outsourcing services at H. Pierson has however not gone unnoticed as it was recently presented with the award – Africa’s Most Trusted Quality Human Resources Consulting Firm of the Year 2015 at the 2015 African Quality Achievements Awards (AQAA 2015).
In order for it to continue to deliver on its declaration of delivering results to clients always, H. Pierson has nurtured and developed a number of strategic partnerships with some leading global brands, such as GSTAT, a leader in the development and integration of advanced automated data-mining and analytical solutions; PetroEdge, a specialist training provider in oil and gas; PowerEdge, a specialist power and utilities training provider; NeuraTechSoft, a leading consulting and training firm that specializes in risk and treasury management and SOFGEN, a banking consultancy firm,, TalentQuest, a powerful, cloud-based software that enables you to easily integrate the components of your talent management process, achieving both strategic and operational excellence, amongst others, to help grow both internal and external capacity.
The seed for the establishment of this firm was planted 25 years ago by Eileen C. Shaiyen, the firm’s CEO, a risk and strategy expert. It is therefore not surprising that the company built its reputation primarily as a risk and strategy consulting firm.
Shaiyen was well prepared for consultancy management. She studied economics at the University of Ife, Ile Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife before moving on to George Washington University to complete an MBA in Finance and Investment. Shaiyen has also attended several international trainings at prestigious institutions including Harvard Business School.
She started her career with the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, Lagos, followed by Webster Fine Arts Inc, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA. She then kicked off her banking career in 1982 with an affiliate of First National Bank of Chicago (international Merchant Bank Nigeria plc, Lagos) working for several years as a lender, then in Correspondent Banking where she was responsible for managing several of the bank’s European and American banking relationships.
She later was Head, International Treasury Unit and then Head, Financial Advisory.