Nelly Loyola has more than ten years of experience delivering projects and managing talent in different companies and industries. Early in her career, she worked in a boutique talent management consulting firm. There she led talent management projects in the best companies within industries such as mining, consumer goods, aviation, and mass media in Peru. Later, for more than four years, she was in charge of the talent strategy and global management of a group that has three business units: agriculture, aquaculture, and trading. In her last position, she was the human development manager of a consumer goods company in which she was responsible for the improvement of the talent strategy, implementation, and management. Recently, she has been appointed as director of communities of practice in the Greater Richmond Virginia ATD Chapter.

She has a degree in clinical psychology from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), a master’s in organizational development from Universidad del Pacífico (UP), and she is a Certified Professional in Talent Development. She also has a specialization in applied statistics from PUCP and change management from Incae Business School.