Erica Briody

REEF

Erica Briody, SVP, Global Talent Acquisition and Leadership Hiring,

Erica Briody is a leader in human capital; a builder of talent and global recruitment teams specializing in hyper-growth organizations. She enthusiastically manages through ambiguity and change and prides herself in being culturally diverse due to working and living across the U.S; Europe; Mexico; the UK; ME; India; Hong Kong and China. Coached and led extensive teams for corporates yet has a passion for working in start-up environments. A culture catalyst with expertise in building and engaging teams as well as crafting strategies to build strong pipelines for future hiring needs. Erica has worked in Global Talent Acquisition roles at GE, Novartis, Quintiles, OYO and is currently the Global Senior Vice President for Talent at REEF Technology.   
A promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. MBA graduate who speaks multiple languages. Six Sigma Certified. U.S. and British passport.
Nominated by the HR industry and awarded the ‘HRO Superstar' Award for Branding innovation; The Novartis ‘Achieve Breakthrough’ award; GE’s Leadership award; OYO’s Global Citizenship award. Recently awarded one of the top Women HR Leaders in Technology.

Federico Balzola

DIM Brands

Chief HR Officer

As CHRO DIM Brands Federico cares about 4000 employees in 18 countries, thanks to a fantastic team of 40+ HR professionals. His key activities include building a connected, agile, engaged and diverse culture, helping everybody in the company to unleash their talent and transforming the organization and skills set to achieve its business vision. 

An Italian national, Federico has worked and lived in France, Italy, UK, Ireland and Switzerland. His career spans through strategy consulting, organization, sales and HR in companies like Deloitte, Danone, Gillette/Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser, Aer Lingus and Hanes. He is a certified coach since 2016.

Federico is convinced that allowing people to express their true self at work inevitably leads to superior company performance.

Anne Morrison

Pearson College London’s Governing Body (former BAFTA chair, former BBC Academy Director)

Chair

Anne Morrison is Chair of Pearson College London’s Governing Body and is a senior media executive, coach and keynote speaker. She is Creative Director of Factual Programmes at Nevision, a London-based independent production company, where she has recently executive produced several feature documentaries, including The Missing Children for ITV’s Exposure strand. 
She was Chair of BAFTA from 2014 to 2016, the second woman to hold the position in the organisation’s history. She is a member of the Communication and Engagement Committee for the British Academy and of the Annual Review Panel for BBC-branded magazines at BBC Studios. Previously she was a Governor of the University of the Arts London, Chair of Creative Skillset’s TV Committee, a Trustee of the Charleston Trust and a board member of Women in Film and TV.
She is a frequent speaker internationally on issues such as diversity, employability, and creativity and has her own coaching practice. Throughout her career, she has been committed to the development of new talent. Until 2014 she was Director of the BBC Academy, the BBC’s centre for training, which she launched in 2009.
In her television career, having worked as a producer/director, she held senior management positions for 20 years at the BBC, and was responsible for hundreds of hours of factual television including many award-winning programmes.
Anne was educated in Belfast and Churchill College, Cambridge.

Sergio Snyder

Marriott International

Area Director of Human Resources, Western Europe

Sergio Snyder started his career with Marriott in 1991 as the Director of Services at the Marriott Casa Magna Hotel in Mexico.  He has held several HR roles throughout his career with Marriott both on Property and above Property. In 2007, he became the Regional Director of Training for Continental Europe and in April 2011 moved as Area Director of Human Resources for Easter Europe where he worked for 7 years. He currently manages the Western Europe Area with 29 properties in key markets like Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. Sergio’s vast HR and training experience is a vital asset for Marriott as the company continues to expand its presences in Europe and around the world. He is fluent in English and Spanish and is a graduate of Westminster College in London, the London Institute and a member of the Institute of Personnel in the UK (CIPD)

Andre De Wit

Leadership Academy Amsterdam

Dean

Andre De Wit until recently served as Vice President Learning and Capability Building for the Carlsberg-group, an internationally Beer-brewing company with 45.000 employees and factories in 40 countries mainly in North, Western & Eastern Europe and Asia. Carlsberg, which has his home base in Copenhagen Denmark, is currently the 3rd biggest beer-brewing company in the world. Previously to joining Carlsberg Andre was the Group Director Learning at Metro A.G, Developer and Facilitator of Cultural Transformation Program at Friesland Campina, CEO MCC Croatia at Metro Cash and Carry and CEO IKEA Iberica.

Martin Lexa

former Alcon, Medtronic, Novartis HR executive

Martin Lexa is the former Chief People & Communications Officer at the world-leading medical solutions company Mölnlycke. He has a long track record of HR leadership in growth companies in the healthcare and medical devices industries in both mature and emerging markets.
A German national, Martin joined Mölnlycke in 2016. Before that, he spent three years within the Novartis Group, first as head of HR Over-The-Counter for Europe at Novartis Consumer Health and then as Head of HR for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Alcon. He also worked at Medtronic for five years, including as VP for Human Resources, Europe, Middle East & Africa and Canada – and at Bristol-Myers Squibb for eight years in different national and international HR leadership roles.

Seán McArdle

Facebook

Business Recruiter, Global Operations Team EMEA

Sean is an international Recruiter having worked across the EMEA region for LinkedIn, Stripe and now Facebook. Having a Marketing background and working in-house for over 6 years in Tech, he believes the role of Recruiters has changed to being Marketeers for the company: RECRUITMENT = MARKETING. He's scaled existing teams, built new functions from scratch and experienced all the ambiguity that comes with it! He's currently recruiting for Facebook's Global Operations function from Dublin, Ireland. 

Florine van der Ven

ING Group

Global HR Business Partner Tech

With Masters in Civil and Corporate Law, and experience in Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Brand Activation, Agile Way of Working, Florine changed after working in Italy for a few months and the role of a Global Transformation & Change Consultant at ING, to the role of Global HR Business Partner Tech. ING has recently embarked on a massive transformation journey becoming an IT company with a banking license, IT and analytics being at the core of this change. Florine supports more specifically the Tech Infra business, which especially in these times play a crucial role for the bank. Aim is to have a better client and customer experience.