diff --git a/src/oneTrust/endpoints/getOneTrustUser.ts b/src/oneTrust/endpoints/getOneTrustUser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa3d3954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/oneTrust/endpoints/getOneTrustUser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import * as t from 'io-ts';
+import { Got } from 'got';
+import { decodeCodec } from '@transcend-io/type-utils';
+
+/**
+ * FIXME: move to privacy-types
+ */
+
+// Nested types first
+const OneTrustUserMetadata = t.type({
+  /** When the user was created */
+  created: t.string,
+  /** When the user was modified */
+  lastModified: t.string,
+  /** The URI for accessing information about the user */
+  location: t.string,
+  /** The resource type */
+  resourceType: t.literal('User'),
+});
+/** Type override */
+export type OneTrustUserMetadata = t.TypeOf<typeof OneTrustUserMetadata>;
+
+const OneTrustUserName = t.type({
+  /** The user's family name */
+  familyName: t.string,
+  /** The user's given name */
+  givenName: t.string,
+});
+/** Type override */
+export type OneTrustUserName = t.TypeOf<typeof OneTrustUserName>;
+
+const OneTrustUserGroup = t.type({
+  /** The user group's identification */
+  value: t.string,
+  /** The user group's display name */
+  display: t.string,
+});
+/** Type override */
+export type OneTrustUserGroup = t.TypeOf<typeof OneTrustUserGroup>;
+
+const OneTrustUserGroups = t.array(OneTrustUserGroup);
+/** Type override */
+export type OneTrustUserGroups = t.TypeOf<typeof OneTrustUserGroups>;
+
+const OneTrustUserEmail = t.type({
+  /** The email value */
+  value: t.string,
+  /** The email display name */
+  display: t.string,
+  /** Whether this is the primary email */
+  primary: t.boolean,
+  /** The email type */
+  type: t.union([t.string, t.literal('work')]),
+});
+/** Type override */
+export type OneTrustUserEmail = t.TypeOf<typeof OneTrustUserEmail>;
+
+const OneTrustUserEmails = t.array(OneTrustUserEmail);
+/** Type override */
+export type OneTrustUserEmails = t.TypeOf<typeof OneTrustUserEmails>;
+
+/**
+ * The response type of the OneTrust GetUser endpoint
+ * ref: https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/getriskusingget
+ */
+export const OneTrustGetUserResponse = t.type({
+  /** ID of the user. */
+  id: t.string,
+  /** External ID of the user. */
+  externalId: t.union([t.string, t.null]),
+  /** Metadata of the user. */
+  meta: OneTrustUserMetadata,
+  /** Schemas of the user */
+  schemas: t.array(t.string),
+  /** Name or email of the user */
+  userName: t.string,
+  /** Full name of the user */
+  name: OneTrustUserName,
+  /** Type of the user */
+  userType: t.union([t.string, t.literal('Internal')]),
+  /** Flag to check if the user is an active user or not. */
+  active: t.boolean,
+  /** The groups that the user belongs to */
+  groups: OneTrustUserGroups,
+  /** The emails of the user */
+  emails: OneTrustUserEmails,
+  /** The roles of the user */
+  roles: t.array(t.string),
+  /** The title of the user */
+  title: t.union([t.string, t.null]),
+});
+
+/** Type override */
+
+/** Type override */
+export type OneTrustGetUserResponse = t.TypeOf<typeof OneTrustGetUserResponse>;
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve details about a particular user.
+ * ref: https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/getriskusingget
+ *
+ * @param param - the information about the OneTrust client and risk to retrieve
+ * @returns the OneTrust risk
+ */
+export const getOneTrustUser = async ({
+  oneTrust,
+  creatorId,
+}: {
+  /** The OneTrust client instance */
+  oneTrust: Got;
+  /** The ID of the OneTrust user to retrieve */
+  creatorId: string;
+}): Promise<OneTrustGetUserResponse> => {
+  const { body } = await oneTrust.get(`api/scim/v2/Users/${creatorId}`);
+
+  return decodeCodec(OneTrustGetUserResponse, body);
+};
diff --git a/src/oneTrust/helpers/syncOneTrustAssessments.ts b/src/oneTrust/helpers/syncOneTrustAssessments.ts
index b68d02fb..d9353bca 100644
--- a/src/oneTrust/helpers/syncOneTrustAssessments.ts
+++ b/src/oneTrust/helpers/syncOneTrustAssessments.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Got } from 'got/dist/source';
 import {
+  OneTrustGetUserResponse,
   getListOfOneTrustAssessments,
   getOneTrustAssessment,
   getOneTrustRisk,
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ export const syncOneTrustAssessments = async ({
   logger.info('Getting list of all assessments from OneTrust...');
   const assessments = await getListOfOneTrustAssessments({ oneTrust });
 
+  // a cache of OneTrust users so we avoid sending requests for users already fetched
+  const allOneTrustUsers: Record<string, OneTrustGetUserResponse> = {};
+
   /**
    * fetch details about each assessment in series and write to transcend or to disk
    * (depending on the dryRun argument) right away to avoid running out of memory
@@ -63,11 +67,20 @@ export const syncOneTrustAssessments = async ({
       assessmentId: assessment.assessmentId,
     });
 
-    // enrich assessments with user information
-    const creator = await getOneTrustUser({
-      oneTrust,
-      creatorId: assessmentDetails.createdBy.id,
-    });
+    // fetch assessment's creator information
+    logger.info(
+      `Fetching details about assessment ${index + 1} of ${
+        assessments.length
+      } creator...`,
+    );
+    const creatorId = assessmentDetails.createdBy.id;
+    const creator =
+      allOneTrustUsers[creatorId] ??
+      (await getOneTrustUser({
+        oneTrust,
+        creatorId: assessmentDetails.createdBy.id,
+      }));
+    allOneTrustUsers[creatorId] = creator;
 
     /**
      * FIXME: enrich rootRequestInformationIds
@@ -75,7 +88,7 @@ export const syncOneTrustAssessments = async ({
 
     // console.log({ creator });
 
-    // enrich assessments with risk information
+    // fetch assessment risk information
     let riskDetails: OneTrustGetRiskResponse[] = [];
     const riskIds = uniq(
       assessmentDetails.sections.flatMap((s: OneTrustAssessmentSection) =>