Federico Balzola

Former CHRO and Sustainability Officer at Procter and Gamble, Danone, Reckitt Benckiser, Aer Lingus and DIM

Chief HR Officer

Federico Balzola is an international CHRO and Sustainability Officer and a certified coach. He has worked for some of the best known brands in Europe like Procter and Gamble, Danone, Reckitt Benckiser, Aer Lingus and DIM inspired by three principles: 
a best in class HR appoach is a key pillar of a successful business strategy and a key enabler of business transformation.
focusing on employees wellbeing and developement is the best way to boost productivity and ultimately profitability.
The move towards a more sustainable business model will shape the winners of tomorrow

Michaela Schütt

Siemens

Senior Vice President, P&O Digitalization Strategy

I have always been passionate about people, talent, and career development. I’m fascinated by the impact we can create when we bring together the right people at the right places with the right job roles. Developing talent means empowering their strengths and unleashing their potential. That creates tremendous growth opportunities for people and organizations alike.

In my current role as Senior Vice President, P&O Digitalization Strategy at Siemens, I’m exploring ways to connect these dots in an unprecedented way. My background in computer science and 10+years of management consulting experiences allow me to leverage thorough analysis and data-driven insight for the benefit of people. My team and I strive to make a difference in HR building on innovation and technology. 

Dr. Daniel Mühlbauer

Siemens

HR IT Solutions Expert

Meet Dr. Daniel Mühlbauer, a data-driven people tech expert with a passion for the meaningful and sensible use of intelligent technology and data in people management. With a focus on providing valuable impulses on the future of work, people analytics, and the sense and nonsense of AI-based people tech solutions, Daniel helps Siemens to stay ahead of the curve in this ever-evolving industry.
As a member of the global Ecosystems & Digitization Team at Siemens AG, Daniel provides crucial support to relevant projects, optimizing product portfolios, tech strategies, and ecosystems from recruitment to employee retention. Prior to his work with Siemens AG, Daniel accumulated over 10 years of experience as an HR Project Manager, HR Consultant, and co-founder of a successful German People Analytics startup.

Christophe Vanden Eede

Bpostgroup

Global Head of Talent Management

Christophe has change written all over his career. After his studies in Law and general management, he started at Electrabel (now Engie), a Belgian electric company, to help shift the mindset from servicing delivery points to servicing customers. Later, he joined the HR department to build the employer brand and set up a channel strategy for the sourcing of new recruits. This is where he got the digital microbe. 
After 5 years he became L&D manager and set out to implement a new learning culture. He also participated in a project to help boost digital transformation, first for Belgium and later for all European units. From January 2016 to April 2017 he was the Chief Learning Officer at Engie (Benelux), After changing to the Telecom sector at the Telenet Group (part of Liberty Global) as the Chief Talent Officer, he decided to go into banking at the ING Group, where he held the position of Global Head of Talent Management. He recently took up the same position at Bpostgroup, an fullfillment and e-logistics company with Belgian roots growing rapidly worldwide. He is co-author of the book social technologies in business, writes a monthly column in a dutch HR magazine and is the former president of the Belgian HR digital community.

Francesca Caroleo

Citibank

CHRO, Luxembourg

Business-oriented HR executive with over 20 years of international experience, from HR Operations with proven track record of driving business transformation, restructuring HR function and implementing common HR systems and global processes. 
Among various HR roles: Overlooking the full suite of HR Practises and Processes (Recruitment, Onboarding, Employer Branding, Talent Management, Strategic Workforce Planning, Leadership Capabilities Performance Management, Rewards). Design, Implementation, Continuous Improvement. SAP SuccessFactors, Cornerstone.
Certified coach (ICF certified); Certified HR Senior Professional (SHRM-SCP) ; Black Belt certified (Opex /Six Sigma), CIPD Level 7 Reward & Performance, INSEAD Innovation.
Specialties: HR Transformation; HR Analytics; Talent management; Leadership Capabilities; Change Management; Target Operating Model; Organizational Development

Martin Barner

Sandoz AG

Head People & Organization Operations and Digital Solutions

Martin Barner is the Head HR Operations & Digital Solutions at Sandoz. He joined Novartis in 2014 (former parent company of Sandoz) as part of the Corporate Strategy team in Basel, and moved into HR for the first time in 2016 as Sandoz Head HR Strategy & Program Management Office. Prior to Novartis, Martin started his career in McKinsey & Company and have since worked for several companies in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries in both global, regional and local roles across a variety of functions, including strategy, marketing, sales and finance. Martin holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Copenhagen, doing part of his studies at the California Institute of Technology.

Nina Falkstrand

SCANIA

Head of Learning and Development

Nina Falkstrand has for over 20 years been part of the world leading provider of transport solutions, the Swedish truck and bus manufacturer Scania. In her current role she is the Head of Learning and Development, Scania Academy. Scania Academy’s mission is to enable a learning culture for Scania’s 57 000 employees, helping to provide the best solutions that increase and secure the right skills, behaviors and attitudes to reach the business goals.
Her previous positions in the company include Head of HR for the Research and Development organization, Head of HR for the Sales and Marketing organization and Manager for the Occupational Health team. Nina started her HR career with the petrol company Preem and the employer branding company Universum.
Nina’s drive and passion for HR also shows in her engagement in HR the Real Deal - a non-profit network for HR professionals she co-founded in 2018.
As a proud mother of three daughters, 20 year old twins and an eighth grader, spending time with her family is an important part of her life. Her many years of engagement in the Swedish Scout Movement rendered her a seat on the National Board two years ago, an assignment she is very grateful
for. For any extra time over she never misses a chance to read a good book, newspaper or magazine, may it be on the beach, in bed, or at breakfast.

Meredith Wellard

DHL Group

Vice President, Group Talent Acquisition, Learning and Growth

Meredith Wellard is the Vice President, Group Talent Acquisition, Learning and Growth for DHL Group.  An innovative and tenacious senior HR professional with extensive global experience and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development and Learning, Meredith has had a diverse career spanning 25 years in customer service, human resources and talent management across Australia, Europe and the Middle East.

Before joining the DHL Group, Meredith worked for Australia’s largest private health insurer as Customer Satisfaction Manager and then National Organizational Development Manager.  

Meredith commenced working for DHL Express 15 years ago in in the Middle East and after moving to the Global Headquarters, now lives in Germany.  Outside of transforming digital HR, skills and employee experiences, she enjoys travelling throughout Europe learning about the history and culture of each country. 

Meredith’s expertise stems from having worked in customer and operations management and strategic HR and technology where she has learnt the true value to organizations of aligning technology, data, user experience, leadership and culture for the benefit of employees, the customer and the organization overall.

David Shontz

Nokia

Former Global Head of Workforce Analytics & Insights

David is the former Global Head of Workforce Analytics & Insights at Nokia, and based in Munich. He has a long career in HR Functional and Leadership roles with large multi-national corporations.  Apart from Nokia, these include Siemens, GE, and Ford Motor Company, and have included roles in Noth America, Asia and Europe. His broad experience in many HR functions, as well as a number of years in Strategic Business Partnership roles, have provided great context needed to quickly grow the value of People Analytics.   
 
In his current role, he is focused on developing the analytics capability of the team, and to support a growing number of use cases to enable Business and Employee Success. Their People Analytics Journey has been fast and furious, catching the attention, and inspiring other HR Analytics organizations. For him, it is an exciting journey in a dynamic organization, with a growing appetite for the value of data-driven insights.
 
David is an Advisory Board member of the HR Analytics ThinkTank organization and a featured contributor in the 2021 book “Excellence in People Analytics: How to use Workforce Data to Create  Business Value” by Jonathan Ferrar and David Green. He is American by nationality, but has lived in Munich over the past 15 years. He holds Degrees in I/O Psychology and Political Science.
 

Jerry Pico

Daiichi Sankyo

Global Advisory Expert

Jerry is an expert who is passionate about culture, leadership development, learning, inclusion and diversity, and talent management – he frequently publishes articles and speaks on these topics at conferences. He’s also authored a course on culture change for LinkedIn Learning that has been translated into 10 languages and viewed over 300k times, his second course on talent management was released in March 2022, and has already been viewed over 12k times.
Jerry has 20 + years of international consulting and in-house experience leading regional and global teams in the US, Europe and Asia with leading companies in the technology, FMCG, pharmaceutical, professional and financial services sectors: Daiichi Sankyo, Allianz, Google, Ernst & Young, Wells Fargo, ABB, Daniel Swarovski and W.L. Gore. He is skilled at coaching, facilitating, developing and advising leaders at all levels including senior executives, and has strong intercultural skills, that were developed by working with diverse clients and students from many countries.
Jerry joined Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH in 2018 as the Head of Leadership, Learning and Talent. In his current role, he is leading the company’s Global Culture Transformation Initiative and is reporting to Daiichi Sankyo’s CHRO in Tokyo. In 2020 he led a global project team to perform an in-depth cultural diagnostic in collaboration with McKinsey to identify the desired culture the company needed to develop in order to achieve its business goal of becoming a leading global pharma innovator. He is currently leading the initiative in collaboration with Korn Ferry to ensure the successful adoption and embedding of the company’s new Core Behaviors developed from the diagnostic.
 

Federica Alzetta

Electrolux Group

Global Talent & Performance Director

Experienced professional in driving people practices within highly dynamic and complex structures, from strategy ideation to operational implementation. Particular strengths in Strategic Planning & Execution, Leadership Development, Business Partnering and Transformation of HR delivery as well as certified professional coach with the ICF (ACC).