Jermaine Daw

BBC Studios

Global Chief People Officer & Director

Jermaine Daw is Global Chief People Officer & Director for BBC Studios, the global media company borne of the BBC. He took up the role in June 2025 is a member of the BBC Studios Executive Committee and reports into Uzair Qadeer, Chief People Officer, BBC, and BBC Studios CEO. 

As the Chief People Officer for BBC Studios, he is responsible for all People & Culture activities for the company’s 6,000 staff and freelancers across 16 countries, shaping the company’s high-performance culture and helping the business transform culturally to support its ambitious growth targets. 

Jermaine brings more than 20 years of international experience in the sports, media, entertainment, and FMCG industries to BBC Studios. He spent more than a decade with the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he led the strategic and operational delivery of organisational design, talent acquisition and management, change management, employee experience and benefits and rewards for all of the NBA’s business units outside the U.S. Most recently, he was Vice President and Chief People Officer of EMEA for Wella, one of the world’s leading beauty companies. Previously, he has also worked for HBO, and EssilorLuxottica.

Francesca Dellacroce

PVH Corporation

EU Director of HR Strategy and Planning

Francesca Dellacroce is an experienced senior manager with a demonstrated history of working across several market industries for more than 17 years. She is a professional with consulting background, highly skilled in HR strategy and transformation, change management, talent and learning management, organisational effectiveness, and design. She has relevant cross-functional experience developed working for both business (e.g. Retail and B2B) and control/support functions (HR domain) in international and multicultural environments. She currently covers the role of EU Director of HR Strategy and Planning at PVH Corporation in Amsterdam Headquarters.

Joselyn DiPetta

Google

Head of Global Learning and Development

Joselyn is passionate about enabling organizations to create dynamic and healthy cultures that make it possible for all employees to thrive. With over 20 years experience in organizational development, talent development and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) programming, her experience is wide-ranging. She’s designed and led programs to transform organizational culture, performance management, job architecture, leadership behaviors, hiring, and coaching and career development processes, integrating DEIB to enable equitable outcomes across eff orts. 

Industry experience includes tech, healthcare, fi nancial services, education, agriculture, energy and manufacturing across North America, EMEA, and APAC. She is currently the Head of Global Learning and Development at Google. She earned her BA from Case Western Reserve University and Master of Public Policy degree from Georgetown University. She is a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute and is licensed in Insights Discovery as well as organizational assessment tools. She has lived and worked in North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. She currently resides in Munich, Germany.
 

Lena Nordin

Betsson Group

CHRO

Lena Nordin has more than 25 years of HR experience. She has lived and worked in 7 different countries. She joined Betsson Group in October 2017 as Chief HR Officer and is based in the HQ in Malta. She is responsible for developing and implementing Betsson Group's human capital strategy that is aligned with the Group's business objectives and its constantly evolving requirements. In her role, Lena provides leadership to all human resources personnel globally across Betsson Group's seven locations which together employ almost 1,700 professionals from more than 60 different nationalities. 75% of the global workforce are Millennials. Prior to joining Betsson Group, Lena worked in various senior HR positions at Baxter, Gambro, and Ericsson. She has a strong background in talent management in global tech companies and has experience across the full spectrum of the HR discipline, including organizational design, employee engagement, and company culture.

Emanuele Poletti 

Campari Group

Leading Global Talent Insights

Emanuele joined Campari Group more than 5 years ago and is currently leading the leads the Global Talent Insights Team. His team is bringing together the full spectrum of people data, analytics, feedback and assessment tools, and employee listening into one cohesive vision. Our mission is to build a deeper, more holistic understanding of our talent: their potential, performance, and sentiment. By doing so, we aim to enable more data-informed, people-centric decision making across the Group.
Emanuele has over 15 years of international HR experience in Warner, General Electric and Generali, and has played a key role in Campari Group HR transformation over the past years, from simplifying systems and processes to launching the New Employee listening strategy and building new data analytics capabilities across the board.

Ruben Groen

Merck

Global Head of Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics

Ruben Groen is the Global Head of Strategic Workforce Planning and People Analytics at Merck based out of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. With extensive experience leading global teams and driving large-scale HR technology and transformation programs, Ruben combines strong management consultancy expertise with internal HR digital roles. He has successfully led initiatives to transform the People Data landscape, while positioning HR as a strategic partner to the business. A passionate advocate for data-driven decision-making, he is recognized as an external leader and speaker in the field and has been included in Gartner’s top priorities for 2025. Ruben holds a master’s degree in occupational health psychology from the University of Leiden and has lived and worked in various countries, enhancing his global perspective.

Pedro Monteiro

ING

Global Learning Lead – Talent & Learning CoE

A work psychologist, coach, and visual storyteller, Pedro Monteiro is part of ING’s global learning team. In addition to his current work driving strategic upskilling and coaching senior executives, Pedro previously led Heineken’s global leadership development academy. He brings a work experience spanning across various Fortune 500 companies, such as Shell and Unilever, and countries like Switzerland and Singapore.