Digital Leadership Forum 2024

Alejandro Varsky
FIFPRO (Netherlands)

Director of Communications

Antonina Shelepova
Schneider Electriс (Hungary)

Global Communications manager Global Supply Chain, Europe

She can relate to the following quote "Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.” (Brian Tracy)

Bipasha Bhattacharya
CNN International (Germany)

Director Corporate Communications, Asia Pacific and Germany

This quote from Maya Angelou resonates with her “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Darren Hill
Petrofac (UK)

Digital Communications and Marketing Manager

Steven Bartlett´s quote resonates with him “Stories are the single most powerful weapon any leader can arm themselves with – they are the currency of humanity. Those who tell captivating, inspiring, emotional stories rule the world.”

Eric Servant
Shutterstock (Germany)

Operations Specialist, Global Customer Care Communications

Erik Hartman
Advatera (Netherlands)

Moderator

Expert in enterprise information management and business process optimization

Fareyd Bonnett
Kiwi.com (Czech Republic)

Manager of Internal Communications

Felicity Sibindi
VSO (Netherlands)

Senior Programme Manager

"Leadership: Building inclusive and diverse communities."

Janine Kretschmer
Dentsply Sirona (Austria)

Junior Digital Corporate Communications Manager

Jiří Pešina
Roche (Czech Republic)

Communication Director

Connecting medicine with the media world has been Jiri´s mission and joy for 25 years. He still enjoys exploring new strategies, technologies and ways to communicate information.

Laura Bieler
Beiersdorf (Germany)

Digital Corporate Communications & External Media Manager

For Laura, companies that want their employees to speak positively and authentically about their employer on social media need to do more than just insist on it and wait. Nothing works without a mindset shift and a basic understanding of the importance of personal branding on channels like LinkedIn – this requires corporate support, education and role models.

Marie Gonzalez
Advatera (Austria)

Moderator

From the organisation to the speaker inputs and get together times, the conference is a very rich learning space. The following quote catches her attention: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Mark Battcock
Imerys (France)

Digital Communication Director

As a team player and a big fan of transparency & collaboration, a quote that resonates with him is the classic proverb: "To go fast, you go alone. To go far, you go together."

Paul Bennun
DAZN (UK)

VP Internal Communications and Involvement

Paul's passion is improving engagement and enablement across the business through a blend of global and local initiatives.

Peter Nissen
Ramboll Group (Denmark)

Digital & Web Manager

Vincent Van Gogh´s quote "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." such as the one from Mother Teresa "None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful." are being significant for Peter.

Serena Borghero
Steelcase (Netherlands)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Director - Global - People Engagement

Serena can relate to the quote that Gandhi said “Be the change you wish to see in the world”.

Stefan Stojadinovic
Petrofac (UK)

Head of Digital Content and Channels

This quote from Günther Steiner (an F1 Legend) “The most important thing is that you give something a go. And if it doesn’t work, change it back again. Never be afraid to go back to something if you have to”.

Viviana Cordero
Oikocredit (Netherlands)

Communications Business Partner for Outflow

Simon Sinek´s quote "Effective communication starts with listening" resonates with her.

Volker Grünauer
Advatera (Austria)

Moderator

Moderator of the Advatera community of practice

Yann Jeschke
NETZSCH Group (Germany)

Director Group Corporate Brand & Communications

To him, “Communication is the key to EVERYTHING”