Rob Veersma

Gazprom International Training

Director Training & Development

Rob Veersma is the Director Training & Development at Gazprom International in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is responsible for implementing training programs for Gazprom EP International, aligned with the competence management system and tailored to local needs.Previously he has been working for Shell International as the Commercial Academy Learning Manager, responsible for all aspects of global capability building that enables world-class deal making. During his long career he has been focusing on global onboarding, virtual working, leadership development and portfolio management. He is a published HR expert and has given many public speeches on among others, Performance Improvement, Just-in-time-learning, Learning and Ethics, Virtual Working, and ROI of Learning.

Troels Wendelbo

LEGO Group

Senior Director of People Operations & Development

Troels Wendelbo is the Senior Director of People Operations & Development, working as strategic HR business partner for LEGO Group CFO and member of the People Operations & Development global leadership team. Previously he has held global responsibility for many parts of LEGO Group HR/people agenda, spanning from HR strategy, attraction & employer branding, culture, engagement, HR analytics, globalization, leadership development and business partnering. Troels has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of HR, primarily from consultancy and the FMCG-industry. He holds an Executive coaching degree from Columbia University in New York and holds a master in Organizational Strategy.

Stefaan Stroo

ING Group

HR Way of Working & Risk Lead

Stefaan Stroo joined ING in 2016 and is part of the Global Strategy & Analytics Team. In that team, he is responsible for the strategy and design of the global HR function and for the global HR Risk team, where the goal is to ensure that ING is a safe and compliant place to work. Previously he worked for ING Belgium, where Stefaan developed and build a new approach to support potentially redundant employees from job to job. Before joining ING, Stefaan was a project manager and a banker at BNP Paribas Fortis, after which he joined a consultant firm in project, portfolio & program management, where he led the HR department. His professional experience has allowed him to build up expertise in both HR as well as the business side, and to combine the two to create business value.

Khan Ozol

AstraZeneca

Head of Talent Acquisition - North America, Global Oncology R&D, and TA Data Science & AI Innovation

Debra Corey

Rebel Playbook for Employee Engagement

Author

Debra Corey is a highly experienced and award-winning HR professional, two-time author and world-class speaker. She’s had a varied and exciting career over the last 20+ years, working for global companies such as Gap Inc., Honeywell, Merlin Entertainments and Reward Gateway to name a few, where she’s developed and delivered HR strategies in a rebellious way, pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo to truly drive employee engagement.

She's also an accomplished author, publishing two best-selling books, and in addition writes blogs for Forbes as well as other industry publications, getting her innovative and rebellious thoughts out in a variety of ways.

Debra's just moved into what she calls the 'pay it forward' part of her career, where she's using her experience to assist and influence others through her speaking, consulting and writing.

Roisin Finnegan

Facebook

Learning & Development Consultant & New Hire Orientation Program Manager, EMEA

Roisin is a Learning and Development consultant and coach on the EMEA Learning and Development team in Facebook. Roisin specializes in partnering with people and teams, helping them achieve their personal and professional goals, helping them unlock their potential and to make shifts and changes in their lives. She also leads the Onboarding Program for Facebook in EMEA, onboarding all new hires into the company and getting them set up for success in their roles in Facebook.