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Speakers and panelists have included senior leadership and talent executives from organizations
L’Oreal, CBS Outdoor, Merck Serono SA,
Mars, Givaudan, TUI Travel PLC,
Aviva with more to be announced- watch this page for updated speaker information.
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Antonio Alonso Salterain
President & Chief Executive Officer
CBS Outdoor International
Antonio is the President & Chief Executive Officer of CBS Outdoor International.
Prior to his current position, Antonio was the Chief Development Officer of CBS
Outdoor International and CEO South America as a result of the acquisition of
International Outdoor Advertising. Antonio was also the Managing Director of CBS
Outdoor in Spain. Antonio has also worked for Nefitel, Continente-Carrefour and
Motorola. He believes in high performing teams built around common values and
vision, and that work is not only for professional success but for fun.
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Karen Stefanyszyn
Aviva Group
Head of Leadership Development for Aviva Group
Karen is Head of Leadership Development for Aviva Group, a group with 36,000
employees who serve 45 million customers in 28 countries. She has worked with
Aviva for over 30 years in both business and HR roles, holding a variety of
positions in Business Partnering, Organization Development, and Talent
Management. Karen has been instrumental in introducing strengths based approach
to recruitment, performance and talent management and is a regular national
speaker on the application of positive psychology throughout the employee
life-cycle.
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Felix Mayr-Harting
Executive Vice President of Fine Fragrances Worldwide
Givaudan
Felix studied Classics at Oxford University. Felix has held numerous roles
leading sales, marketing and fragrance development teams for prestige fine
fragrances, based in Paris and New York. Upon the acquisition of Quest by
Givaudan in 2007 he was appointed Executive Vice President Consumer Products
North America, leading the integration of the two companies in that region. One
year later he assumed his current position of Executive Vice President of Fine
Fragrances Worldwide. Felix has been a member of the Fragrance Materials
Association board in North America and currently sits on the IFRA Europe
committee.
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Belén Garijo, MD
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Merck Serono
Prior to joining Merck Serono, Belén was Senior Vice President, Global
Operations Region Europe at Sanofi, based in Paris, and served as
the Global Integration Leader for the Genzyme integration. Belén began her career at
Abbott Laboratories as Medical Director of its Spanish affiliate before moving
to the US to head Global Medical Affairs at Abbott.
In 1996 she joined Rhone Poulenc Rorer as Business Unit Director of Oncology
in Spain and was promoted in 2000 to the position of Global Vice President
Oncology with Aventis, based in New Jersey. Belén was appointed General Manager
of Aventis Spain in 2003, leading the integration towards Sanofi-Aventis in 2004
and subsequently serving as General Manager of Sanofi-Aventis Spain. She was
elected CEO of the year in Spain in 2009.
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Jocelyne Blineau
Global Head of Talent Capability Development
Mars Inc.
Recently appointed as Head of Talent Capability Development for Mars, Jocelyne
now leads key initiatives that make developing talent a competitive strength and
differentiator for the global company. Prior to this role, Jocelyne spent two
years in a Corporate Global Talent function leading the development, deployment,
and implementation of Mars Leadership Capabilities, based on the Lominger
competencies, throughout the Mars organization. Previously, Jocelyne was the
Global Learning and Development Manager for the IT segment of Mars Inc. She also
held various HR roles for all of Europe and across France, in various segments
of Mars such as Food and Drinks. She is driven by working in a global
environment, aligning talent processes, and capabilities throughout the world.
On a personal note, she has a passion for traveling across the world with her
young family, discovering and appreciating the many facets of the world
together.
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François de Wazières
Director, Human Resources
Strategic Marketing / Corporate Communications & External Affairs
L’Oréal
After seven and a half years at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) François
joined L’Oréal in 1999 as a Sales Representative for the Helena Rubinstein,
which gave him a true understanding and a yet-present passion for the beauty
industry and L’Oréal’s value proposition. Following this preparation, he became
the Lead of Human Resources for European countries in L’Oréal’s Luxury Products
Division. In 2003, he became the Director of Human Resources for L’Oréal’s high
growing business in Mexico and Central America, where he implemented a
people-development oriented human resources strategy. In 2005, François took the
role of Vice President of Corporate Strategic Recruitment and Talent Development
for L’Oréal USA and then in 2007, he moved to Paris for his current role, where
he leads L’Oréal’s recruitment worldwide.
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Jacky Simmonds
Group HR Director
TUI Travel PLC
Jacky was appointed Group HR Director of TUI Travel PLC in 2010 and
has had held
progressively senior positions across the Group prior to this. She held senior
HR generalist roles in the Mainstream Sector including a secondment to the
Business Development team in 2004, reviewing the organizational business model.
In 2007, as HR Director of TUI UK & Ireland, Jacky took a leading role in the
merger of Thomson and First Choice PLC, operating as part of the integration
team and leading the HR Workstream which was significant in driving merger
synergies. Jacky joined First Choice Holidays PLC (now First Choice Holidays
Limited, a division of TUI Travel PLC) in 2000 from The National Magazine
Company Ltd (Hearst Corporation) where she had been Head of Human Resources for
6 years.
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Bilal Kaafarani
Chief Innovation Officer and Group President
Yildiz Holdings
As a global innovation executive, Bilal has worked at P&G, Kraft Foods,
Frito-Lay, PepsiCo International, and The Coca-Cola Company and is currently the
Chief Innovation Officer and Group President at Yildiz Holdings. He is also the
co-author of Breaking Away, and has experienced what is written in book
first hand. The book defines a groundbreaking innovation framework and tells how
great leaders use innovation to drive sustainable growth. Bilal was honored by
BusinessWeek as one of the world’s Top 25 Masters of Innovation. He has also had
the unique opportunity to work with some of the best brands in the world, and to
experience the benefits and liabilities of many leadership styles and
environments.
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Jane Edison Stevenson
Vice-Chairman, Board & CEO Services
Korn/Ferry International, co-author, Breaking Away
Jane is an industry expert on recruiting leaders of growth and innovation. Jane was responsible for bringing in many of the first Chief Innovation Officers and CEOs who focused on growth through innovation. She was also the architect for a number of Korn/Ferry’s groundbreaking product offerings for boards and top executives, including Korn/Ferry’s C-Suite Succession offering. Jane was named one of BusinessWeek’s "100 Most Influential Search Consultants in the World."
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Anneli Karkovirta
Global Organization Development Manager
Bekaert
Anneli Karkovirta, MSc in Economics, is responsible for organization development for Bekaert, a global technology and market leader in advanced solutions based on metal transformation and coatings.
Anneli has a long-standing career in a technological environment from sales, strategy & business development, M&A and organization development to strategic HR management.
She is a strong believer in the joint responsibility of each and every member of an organization to co-create the organization of the future, driven by a shared vision and values.
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Ana Dutra
Chief Executive Officer, Korn/Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting & Executive
Vice President Korn/Ferry International
With over two decades of experience in management consulting, Ana’s expertise
lies in helping boards, CEOs, and senior management to identify and align around
transformational and growth strategies, particularly in the areas of growth and
innovation, culture transformation, and succession planning. Ana led a number of
organizational transformation, succession planning, post-merger integration, and
leadership development programs across the world in many industries: retail,
food and beverage, technology, banking, and manufacturing. Ana joined Korn/Ferry
from Accenture where she led the global organization strategy practice.
Previously, she led the organizational transformation and mergers and
acquisitions practices at Oliver Wyman Consulting. Prior to that, she was with
Marakon Associates, CSC Index, and Booz Allen.
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Bernard Zen-Ruffinen
President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Korn/Ferry International
Bernard brings over fifteen years of line management and CEO experience in
Europe and in the Americas to Korn/Ferry. Prior to joining the Firm, he was the
Swiss managing partner for another global search firm, leading their global
supply chain & transportation practice and European head of the board & CEO
practice. Bernard was also a global account manager for some of the top
corporations in the Swiss Market Index (SMI). Previously, he served as President
and Chief Executive officer of DHL/Danzas Latin America. He started his career
by spending ten years with Jacobs Suchard and the Klaus Jacobs Group. His main
leadership role was president and chief executive officer of Brach Van Houten
International, based in Chicago and with distribution in Southeast Asia, Latin
America, Canada and Europe.
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Michel Tobelem
Senior Partner
Korn/Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting
Michel Tobelem is a Senior Partner for Korn/Ferry Leadership and Talent
Consulting, located in the Firm’s Paris office. Mr. Tobelem’s primary focus is
on assessing senior executives’ ability to succeed when faced with a career or
company’s strategic transition. Mr. Tobelem works with private equity firms,
financial institutions and large corporations that look for advice in
identifying, developing, and adequately deploying talent. Prior to joining
Korn/Ferry, Mr. Tobelem was a senior partner with Europe Mathias and Co., a
consulting firm specializing in helping leading financial institutions maximize
the returns from their key client relationships. In this capacity, he worked in
more than thirty countries and has been exposed to thousands of banking
professionals.
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Kevin Cashman
Senior Partner
Korn/Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting
Kevin
Cashman is a Senior Partner in Korn/Ferry International’s Leadership and Talent
Consulting group and has been involved in coaching and developing thousands of
senior executives and senior teams in more than 60 countries for the last 25
years. Kevin is recognized as a pioneer in leadership development and executive
coaching. He was recently named one of the top 10 thought leaders by Leadership
Excellence magazine. He is also the founder of the Chief Executive Institute®,
acknowledged by Fast Company as the “Mayo Clinic” of leadership development for
its interdisciplinary approach to CEO development. Kevin is the author of five
books on leadership and career development and has written numerous articles and
papers on leadership and career management.
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George Hallenbeck, Ph.D.
Vice President of Intellectual Property
Korn/Ferry International
George is a Vice President of Intellectual Property for Korn/Ferry
International. He has co-authored the Korn/Ferry publication, Interviewing
Right: How Science Can Sharpen Your Interviewing Accuracy and FYI for Insight.
Prior to joining Korn/Ferry, George spent nearly a decade as a consultant
specializing in executive assessment and has conducted hundreds of candidate
interviews to assist clients with their hiring and promotion decisions as well
as has expertise in developing intellectual property in the areas of succession
planning, coaching, and 360° feedback.
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