Raila Roinisalo is a leadership development director for Denny’s Corporation. She is a talent management and people operations leader with over 20 years of international experience influencing business decisions around talent with an analytical and relationship-focused approach. She has designed and spearheaded leadership and culture change in complex and dynamic environments leveraging a culturally competent approach to lead winning collaborative projects.

She holds a Master of Science in Organizational Psychology from University of Helsinki, Finland and has held senior roles at Nokia (in Finland and Italy), Saudi Aramco (in Saudi Arabia), and now at Denny’s, as well as has led her own global consulting firm serving customers in over 20 countries.

Her areas of expertise include leadership development, talent assessment, wellbeing, DEI, culture, intercultural competence and career management.

She is passionate about leading and inspiring culture change towards more equitable, inclusive and humane work.