Paul Mathu has taken on the group HR manager role at Octagon Africa, following senior HR roles across manufacturing, retail and food production.
Paul Mathu has been appointed group HR manager at Octagon Africa, where he is responsible for aligning HR strategy with business outcomes, building enterprise-wide people capabilities and shaping a culture that supports performance across the group’s markets.
He joins Octagon from Spinners and Spinners, where he served as team lead – HR. Before Spinners and Spinners, Paul spent time at Potential Staffing Africa, progressing from HR business partner - Kenya & Rwanda to regional HR business partner.
He previously held human capital management roles at Majid Al Futtaim first at the Junction outlet and later overseeing the Karen Hub outlet.
Earlier in his career, Paul was an HR business partner at Premier Foods and spent nearly four years as an HR officer at Dümmen Orange. He began his HR career at Kevian Kenya, where he served as a human resource officer.
Paul holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from St. Paul’s University. He also holds a diploma in human resources management and services from Thika Polytechnic, a certificate in Kenya labour and industrial laws from the College of Human Resource Management and a certificate in labour and industrial relations from ITCILO.
