Akbar Sultan

Strategic, customer-focused and results driven senior HR executive and trusted C-Suite partner with extensive experience in leading multi-functional divisions in medium and large matrixed healthcare organizations. Demonstrated expertise and strategic oversight in aligning HR growth initiatives with business imperatives. A passion for creating high impact cultures where every employee is engaged and empowered to bring their best to work every day. Successful in leading in all business life cycles, including start-up, M&A due diligence, post-acquisition integration and divestitures, business redesign or reorganization.

Effectively managing multiple stakeholder relationships, including corporate boards, visioning for creating best-in-class HR functions, HR strategic planning aligned with business imperatives, leveraging data to inform and guide people strategies, leading cultural transformations, diagnosing and addressing gaps in HR capabilities including HR Business Partners’ roles and deliverables, strategic talent management with emphasis on clear strategies for attracting, developing, motivating, and retaining top talent, overseeing the implementation of HR technology solutions, and guiding the optimization and automation of HR operations to offer exceptional customer experiences.

Over thirty years of experience in healthcare as a leader with a record of success in transforming HR into a valued and leading-edge driver of business success. Akbar has Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma. He is also certified in Executive Coaching from the Hudson Institute of Coaching in Santa Barbara, CA and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

• Successfully transitioned all HR functions from eighteen hospitals across multiple states to a centralized corporate organization exceeding planned deliverables and success metrics.
• Guided the creation of a comprehensive 3-year strategic talent management plan including becoming an employer of choice
• Led the replacement of annual employee performance reviews with 3xyear employee development conversations