Partner | Leadership Development Consultant & Change Management
Strategic Human Resources & Talent Strategy Consultant
Al Riles is a strategic Human Resources Business Partner and Talent Strategy Consultant with deep expertise in organizational design, leadership development, and enterprise workforce transformation. He partners with organizations to align people strategy with business priorities, helping to accelerate performance, strengthen leadership capability, and build scalable talent systems.
With experience spanning global corporations, high-growth environments, and consulting roles, Al brings a practical and strategic approach to solving complex organizational challenges. His work includes designing and implementing enterprise-wide talent and leadership solutions across areas such as leadership development and executive effectiveness, organizational culture and team effectiveness, change management and transformation, strategic advisory and assessment, and performance management systems.
Al has led initiatives including the development of career architecture frameworks, implementation of multi-rater feedback processes, design of global compensation strategies, and creation of succession pipelines that strengthen long-term organizational capability.
A trusted advisor to executives, he has guided organizations through mergers and acquisitions, cultural integration, and large-scale transformation. His global experience includes supporting a startup launch in Zug, Switzerland, where he built recruiting strategy, developed a team of more than 30 employees, and established foundational HR practices.
His previous roles include Director of Talent Management at CMI Media Group, Principal Consultant at Tunnell Consulting, Corporate Human Resources Business Partner at BrightView Landscape Services, and Global Development Lead and Human Resources Business Partner at Johnson & Johnson.
His approach combines strategic insight with practical application, helping organizations build high-performing teams, future-ready talent pipelines, and resilient organizational structures.