Kim Wylie

former Builder.ai, Farfetch, Google

Kim is an experienced People Leader, Strategic and Board Advisor with over 20 years in the Technology and Media sectors. Specializing in people development, organizational transformation, and high-performance teams, Kim combines corporate strategy, people strategy, and technology to create inclusive, high-performing cultures. She has led global teams at Builder.ai, Farfetch, and Google.As a certified coach and keynote speaker, Kim has shared her expertise on leadership, team dynamics, and diversity and inclusion at institutions including London Business School and Cambridge University.

Martin Lexa

FAMAR

CHRO

Martin is a result-oriented HR executive with over 25 years of extensive and broad-based experience in
both mature and emerging markets within the healthcare sector. Currently serving as a global HR leader, he
excels in supporting companies as an interim and project manager. Martin is also a sought-after speaker at
prestigious HR conferences, where he addresses relevant HR topics such as age diversity, and is an author
focusing on integrating people with disabilities into society and the workplace.
Before his current role as CHRO FAMAR, a pharmaceutical CDMO, Martin's corporate career included
notable positions at Mundipharma and Mölnlycke Healthcare, where he served as Chief People Officer. His
tenure in these roles was marked by significant contributions to HR leadership in growth companies within
the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries. Before these roles, Martin worked for the Novartis
Group and at Medtronic in international roles. Earlier in his career, he worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb,
holding various national and international HR roles.
Throughout his career, Martin has consistently demonstrated a solid ability to support the business strategy
and lead and develop HR functions and leaders, driving organizational success in dynamic and diverse
environments. His proven track record in this area instils confidence in his leadership and change
management skills.
He is married with three daughters and lives in Vienna

Florine van der Ven

ING Tech NL

Global Senior HR Business Partner

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.

Stephanie Fastre

Superbet

Director, Talent & Culture

With 25 years of experience in psychology, people, and organizational development, Stephanie Fastré has built a career transforming talent strategies and fostering innovative workplace cultures. At Google, Stephanie built, scaled and sustained effective cultures of learning, innovation, creativity, and community to all levels of employees. She is well-known for creating unique innovative business solutions - she is the kickstarter of Google’s acclaimed globally scaled communities of learning: "g2g" Googler-to-Googler peer-to-peer learning platform, and Google's global "Manager Communities" platform for manager development. She drove Google’s well-known team development approaches, and globally led the CSI:Lab, Google’s flagship creativity and innovation learning program. 
At Netflix, she stood up and led the Talent Management team for EMEA, and supported the business and wider Talent and HR teams, focusing on agile talent development and learning strategies across onboarding, employee engagement and listening, personal growth, team cohesion, culture and feedback, people management and leader development, executive coaching.
Earlier in her career, Stephanie also worked in a variety of roles at McKinsey, Columbia University, Alcorn McBride, Action, and QVC - you might have seen her on the occasional TV show ;). She is a trained actor, business mentor, and executive coach.
Originally from Belgium, Stephanie grew up in the USA, Germany, France, and the UK. She has three sons and one daughter, who inspire her lifelong learning journey.

Cody Martin

Johnson & Johnson

Director of Talent Acquisition – Global Head of Talent Access Intelligence

Global HR Leader with 20 years of experience partnering with business leaders, designing talent solutions and leading people analytics and compensation initiatives. I approach my work through collaborative problem solving; seeking the optimal solution for the individual and the organization. I am driven to learn and improve how people work and build conditions to unlock talent.

Orsolya Hein

Novartis

Global Head of Learning Content & Portfolio Strategy

Orsi is a passionate, versatile learning professional with over 16 years of global leadership experience gained across multiple industries and geographies. 
From business process outsourcing, learning delivery and operations (IBM), through organizational design, operating model setup and partnering (Philips) to learning content strategy definition and execution (Novartis), Orsi’s experience covers the end to end spectrum of corporate learning. 
In her current role, Orsi is transforming the way Novartis looks at learning content starting from buying decisions all the way to strategic skill and capability alignment and content deployment to associates. 
In addition to learning, Orsi has also held key leadership roles in knowledge management and with her IBM and Philips teams, already started experimenting with machine learning and large language models before they were even a thing. Today she is actively leading Novartis’ GenAI transformation in the learning content space. 
 

Peter Spannagl

Bayer

Senior Manager, Learning & Development

Peter Spannagl joined Bayer in 2014 and is currently Senior Manager, Learning & Development, based in Leverkusen, Germany. As Program Director within the Bayer Academy, he is responsible for designing and implementing global Senior Management Programs, including Leadership and General Management Development as well as Business School education. He also supports key global company initiatives in Learning & Development.

Before joining Bayer, Peter was Director of HR Strategy at the Brose Group, a global first-tier automotive supplier. With over 30 years of experience in various HR and Talent Management roles, he has worked with international companies across multiple industries, including Leipziger & Partner Public Relations Ltd., HypoVereinsbank Group, General Electric Group, and Benteler International. Peter holds a Master’s degree in Adult Education from the University of Applied Sciences, Munich, and has studied Pedagogics, Philosophy, Psychology, and Political Sciences. He is a certified Public Relations consultant and leadership coach.

Dr. Tobias Bartholomé

Lufthansa Group

Senior Director Strategic Workforce Planning

Dr. Tobias Bartholomé is a seasoned HR leader with over 15 years of experience specializing in Strategic Workforce Planning, People Analytics & Insights, Talent Management, Change Management, and HR Transformation. Currently serving as Project Lead for Strategic Workforce Planning at Lufthansa Group, Tobias is dedicated to strengthening the organization’s future-focused talent strategies through data-driven decision-making and business-aligned HR initiatives.

Passionate about people, leadership, and transformative journeys, Tobias has played a pivotal role in Lufthansa’s major restructuring efforts. He led critical initiatives, including the company’s largest reorganization and the redundancy management program “now!,” ensuring socially responsible, people-centered HR transformations during the COVID-19 crisis.

Previously, Tobias held senior leadership roles at Lufthansa, including Senior Director HR Management for Corporate, Commercial & IT functions, overseeing HR lifecycle processes for over 4,000 employees. His international experience includes serving as Senior Director of Recruiting & Talent Scouting at Swiss International Air Lines, Process Owner for Recruiting & Sourcing at Lufthansa Group, and Team Leader for HR Development at Lufthansa Cargo AG.

Tobias holds a Doctorate from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, where he also worked as a Research Associate specializing in Pedagogical Psychology and Learning with Media. He is driven by the belief that understanding people is at the heart of business success—a principle he lives by as a speaker, facilitator, and HR strategist.