Maud Durand

META

Global Change & Learning Manager

About 15 years ago, Maud started the most fascinating journey, working in the Human Resources world! She is a passionate person for whom the greatest career achievement is to bring out the best in talents and being surrounded by the people that encourage her to be a better human being and professional.
As a Global Change & Learning Manager based in London, Maud is operating across the globe with a focus on enabling the potential of teams and talents that surround her. 
Her will is to be a partner, teacher and advocate to the teams she supports; ensure they have the guidance and resources to turn their high-impact work into the talents’ Meta needs now and in the future.
Preceding her time at Meta (Facebook) she worked for LinkedIn and Dell as a Talent Acquisition Partner & before that as a HR Partner in France. 

Torben Pedersen

DSV – Global Transport and Logistics

Experienced People Leader in HR, IT, and LEAN

With over 30 years of experience driving organizational change and business optimization across telecom, pharmaceuticals, and transport and logistics, Torben Pedersen brings a unique blend of analytical and human insight to leadership and transformation.

Holding dual master’s degrees — an MSc in Economics (specializing in IT) and an MSc in Psychology, Torben combines technical understanding with behavioral expertise to lead complex, people-centered change.

As a Certified Coach, Torben is passionate about empowering individuals and organizations to achieve operational excellence through leadership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Ravi Singh

Bluefin Consultancy

Founder And General Manager

Ravi Singh was the head of talent relations at The One, a retail company that has five years in a row won the top 10 Great Place to Work award, top employer for women and in 2013 top employer for Millennial. This year the One won the top 5 companies to work for in Asia. Ravi’s main focus in the company was Strategic Planning and Implementation of Business Plans from HR perspective, developing operational and Training structures and talent growth for the business. Other functions included, Policy writing, Payroll, Government Affairs, Talent Development, Creating Workplace initiatives and working closely with Operations in providing systems support. He is an expert in Change Management, Creator of Great Workplaces, Business Paradigms and Builder of Competitive Edge through the utilization of human capital to drive organizational performance at micro and macro levels.

Ramakrishna Movva, Phd.

Chrysalis Consulting Solutions

Founder & CEO

Ramki performed various HR leadership roles in a career spanning over three decades. He last held the Executive VP & Head of Strategic HR and Organizational Capabilities position at Emirates NBD. INSEAD Business School published a case study on the HR transformation he facilitated at Emirates NBD. Previously, he worked with PwC and Unilever. He recently founded Chrysalis Consulting Solutions that provides consulting, coaching, learning, and advisory services in organizational and leadership development.

Ramki had the opportunity to conceive and execute organizational culture change initiatives and design new-age practices relating to leadership development, performance management, high potential talent, and succession programs. Besides, he trained and coached senior leaders and high-performing teams from diverse cultures to help them be at their best. 

He has a doctoral degree from California Institute of Integral Studies, USA, a postgraduate diploma in Occupational Psychology from the University of Surrey, UK, and a Master’s degree in HR from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. In addition, he is an International Coach Federation certified leadership and team coach. 
Ramki lives with his family in Dubai. He replenishes his inner self through long walks, mindfulness practices, music, and gardening.

Anna Zakharova

Unilever

Senior HRBP RUB

Anna Zakharova is a Global Talent Manager at Unilever based in London. Prior to joining the Global team, she has held several Leadership Development roles in Russia, driving employer brand agenda and effectiveness of graduate programs. Her main priority in current role is designing the changes in Talent & Performance cycle to strengthen development culture and create more impact for the business. As a strong advocate of developing young and emerging talent, she is actively engages in work with Universities and international student associations.

Gonzalo Suarez

ING Group

Senior Performance Manager

Gonzalo is currently working as Senior Performance Manager in the Global HR team of ING based in Amsterdam. Previously he worked as Project Manager in ING Italy leading several HR related projects and led the Performance Management practice and various transformation initiatives in ING Spain and Portugal.
Before joining ING he had worked as a Business Consultant for more than 8 years in Accenture and has an international experience in different markets and business sectors working for leading global companies. Led multinational and multidisciplinary teams in different countries. He has worked in Spain, Italy, Angola, South Africa, UK, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Taiwan and The Netherlands.

Expertise in Business Transformation, Business Strategy, Human Capital, Org Design, Change Management, Cultural Change, Performance Management and other HR Processes, Environment Health and Safety, International Trade and Marketing.

Giovanni Manchia

Rotterdam School of Management

Transformation Manager/Lecturer Organisational Change Management

Giovanni Manchia is a Senior HR leader and transformation manager with international experience in medium and large European and US companies (both headquarter and subsidiary levels). He is specialized in the areas of transformation/change management, Talent Management and HR Functional Excellence. As a change leader, Giovanni managed transformations across various sectors (Tech, Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy) and within various countries (the Netherlands, Chile, Israel, Uganda and Sierra Leone). He also worked with several executives and executive teams to improve their individual and team performance. In addition, he works as a lecturer at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), teaching Change Management and HRM. Prior to starting his own consultancy firm, he has worked more than 20 years in international HR leadership positions at various multinationals. He acted as SVP Human Resources within Rabobank, where he managed the transformation of the global human resources function within the bank, creating a more agile HR organization with a strong business orientation. Before joining Rabobank, he worked as the HR Director Benelux, Middle East and Africa within American Express. Giovanni started his career at Shell, where he worked in various international positions such as HR Manager for Shell Hydrogen and Global HR Business Partner for its IT division. Giovanni Manchia holds a Msc degree in Management and Organization from TiasNimbas/Tilburg University (cum laude/ with distinction) and a MA degree in Consulting and Coaching for Change from INSEAD (cum laude/ with distinction).

Beat Lauper

Former Group Head of Learning & Development, Zurich Insurance and Deutsche Bank

Dalhoeferlauper - Creating Value Through Leadership

Beat Lauper was the Global Head Learning and Development at Zurich Insurance Group. As such, he was in charge of all mid-career and top-level learning interventions in the managerial/leadership space design to delivery), all professional skills training, and the entire field of learning innovation. Beat personally delivered programs for the top 500 leaders of the organization. With more than 30 years of experience as both, leader and trainer, Beat is passionate about organizational efectiveness through strong leadership performance. It is because of this, most of these programs have a strong experiential learning dimension aimed at supporting behavioral change. Beat was the Head Learning and Development for Deutsche Bank Risk Division based in London with similar responsibilities. Previous to his work with DB, Beat worked for ETH Zurich building and launching their Master of Advanced Studies in Security Policies and Crisis Management, a post graduate degree in cooperation with King's College London and various partners in Washington D.C. Concurrently he has spent 18 years in the Swiss Armed Forces, both in Switzerland and abroad, holding the rank of a Colonel General Staff. Beat started his professional career at Swissair. Today, he is one of the two Managing Partners of DalhoeferLauper, a boutique leadership consulting and training network.