About

People, not systems, are the engine of change

I am Akosua Bonsu, a consultant, facilitator, and thinker working at the intersection of AI, learning, and organisational development. I help organisations build for what is next without losing what makes them human.

5,000+

People whose working lives we've shaped

£51,950

Average annual training savings per client

Countries: UK, Ghana, Denmark, Australia

Partner organisations

Background

My career has never followed a straight line, and that is deliberate. I started in academia, moved into sports development with Right to Dream Academy in Ghana, then into local government L&D, and now into the intersection of AI adoption and organisational capability. Each move taught me something the previous one could not.

What connects all of it is a consistent question: how do you actually change how people think and work, rather than just telling them to? That question led me to a PhD in Philosophy at UCL, and it is the question that drives every engagement I take on.

I currently hold an AI Adoption role at Royal Holloway University and consult independently with organisations navigating the future of work. I also sit on the governance of Girl Power CIC and have led L&D strategy across 22 safeguarding partner organisations through the Southend Safeguarding Partnership.

Career

2026 — present

AI Adoption Specialist

Royal Holloway University

Leading AI adoption and workforce readiness across the institution.

2026 — present

L&OD Professional

City of London Corporation

Performance management modernisation, internal coaching programme development, and flagship recruitment and selection training.

Prior

L&D Consultant

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Chaired the Southend Safeguarding Partnership L&D Subgroup across 22 partner organisations. Large-scale training needs analysis and programme design resulting in £51,950 identified savings.

Earlier

Transition & Development Specialist

Right to Dream Academy, Ghana

Supporting the transition and development of staff and players across international sites in Ghana, Denmark, and Egypt.

Education

PhD in Philosophy

University College London

Doctoral research forming the intellectual basis for a career in how people and organisations think, learn, and change.

Organisations worked with

City of London Corporation Royal Holloway University University College London Regent Group Southend-on-Sea City Council Right to Dream Academy Girl Power CIC Southend Safeguarding Partnership

What clients say

"Akosua brought something most consultants don't: a genuine ability to read a room and adapt in real time. Our leadership team left with clarity they hadn't had in months."

Director of People & Culture City of London Corporation

"The AI curriculum Akosua designed for us was unlike anything we'd seen — grounded in how our staff actually think and work. It landed. That's rare."

Head of Digital Learning Royal Holloway University of London

"The training needs analysis gave us a clear, honest picture of where we were. The process itself was as valuable as the report — it surfaced conversations we hadn't been having."

Learning & Development Lead Southend Safeguarding Partnership

"We've worked with a number of facilitators over the years. Akosua is in a different category. She holds complexity without losing warmth, and the room responds to that."

Chief Executive Girl Power CIC