Natalie Comninos-Buisansky
Director, HR Business Partner Canadian Banking @Scotiabank
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WORK HISTORY
Director, HR Business Partner Canadian Banking @Scotiabank
CA
Strategic HR partner to senior leadership across the retail banking portfolio spanning Retail Client Value, Deposits & Investments, Cards, Payments, Loyalty & Client Experience, Automotive Finance, and Real Estate Secured Lending.Advised and led executive leadership through structural redesign and operating model evolution to strengthen spans of control, leadership effectiveness and decision clarity within a matrixed financial services environment.Partner on succession planning, workforce strategy and senior appointments aligned to business priorities.Co-designed and launched enterprise HRBP Development and Trainee Programs in partnership with the Dave Ulrich Academy, strengthening bench strength and succession readiness across the function.Recipient of multiple enterprise performance awards.
EDUCATION
University of South Africa (UNISA)
BA (Joint Honors), Communication & Industrial Psychology
International Society of Neuro - Semantics
Coaching Essentials (Advanced Communication Skills) - Module 1 of Meta - Coach Training System
The South African Image Academy
Certified Image Consultant
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
Bachelor of Arts (BA Honours), Industrial Psychology and Communications
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Industrial Psychology and Communications
Southern Institute of Neuro Linguistic Programming
Certified NLP Practitioner
International Society of Neuro - Semantics
Coaching Genius (Transformational Self Leadership) - Module 2 of Meta - Coach Training System
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Canadian Employment Law - British Columbia and Alberta
SKILLS
ABOUT NATALIE COMNINOS-BUISANSKY
HR executive with experience across North American and global financial services institutions, operating at the intersection of business strategy, regulatory complexity and workforce transformation.Career includes senior leadership roles within Canadian Banking and Global Banking and Markets, along with global integration mandates. Served as Country Head of Human Resources and Management Board member at Citibank.Brings broad generalist depth with end-to-end accountability across talent acquisition, workforce planning, compensation, employee relations, governance, succession and leadership development. Experience includes both large enterprise structures and lean settings requiring hands-on execution and infrastructure build.Engaged most often in periods of structural change, executive transition and transaction activity, where alignment, clarity and disciplined execution are critical.Impact includes- Leading 18 cross-functional HR work-streams during enterprise integrations- Strengthening governance and regulatory compliance frameworks- Driving workforce strategies aligned to growth objectives and cost discipline- Led 144 strategic hires across 14 countries while building cross-border talent pipelines- Building HRBP capability programs to strengthen executive partnershipFounded an independent HR advisory practice advising and coaching senior executives on talent and organizational strategy.Operates comfortably at full enterprise scope, combining strategic judgment with practical execution across the HR function.
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