European HR Leaders Summit 2010

Summary

This conference is our ultimate event for senior, national and international HR professionals.

Providing ideal opportunities to network with peers, this event will address the critical issues that HR leaders faces on the road to recovery from the recession and the challenges of the future.

The conference will incorporate key updates in European Union labour law and strategic insights into the top 5 critical issues identified by HR departments: talent management, managing demographics, becoming a learning organisation, managing work life balance and managing change and cultural transformation. European HR Leaders Summit 2010 is an event not to be missed if you want to transform people performance and improve your organisation’s bottom-line.

• Ensure your organisation is prepared for economic recovery
• Examine future trends in strategic HR
• Examine the latest European Union legislation affecting your organisation
• Develop business skills within your HR department and ensuring that the HR and business goals are aligned
• Explore human capital management and the link to employee engagement
• Increase the strategic credibility of your HR function
• Set the framework and understand the joint challenges of mergers and acquisitions
• Refine HR service delivery and structural transformation of HR
• Create a global approach to HR services and manage cultural expectations
• Improve cost control, efficiency and contribution of your HR outsourcing and Shared Service Centres

• Alexander Mann Solutions - Rosaleen Blair, Chief Executive and Founder
• A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S - Per-Arne Håkansson, Vice President Executive HR
• BT Group - Jenny Arwas MBE, Director, BT Group Functions HR
• Canon Europe - Massimo Macarti, Chief of HR
• Kenexa - Dave Millner, Director of Consultancy EMEA
• Hitachi Data Systems Ltd - Scott Kelly, Vice President Human Resources, EMEA
• Visa Europe - Sara Bruck, Vice President Organisation Development
• Hertz Corporation - Karl-Heinz Oehler, Vice President, Global Talent Management
• Cadbury’s - Dave Nelson, Process Director HR
• Disneyland® Paris - Ruth Bond, Director, Learning & Development
• Pricoa Relocation - Stephen Fairn, Senior Vice President, International Operations
• Sun Microsystems - Paul Harrison, VP of HR Global Shared Services and Outsourcing
• Crown Relocations - David Muir, CEO Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
• Hertz International - Mike Clarke, VP of HR
• SuccessFactors - Marjorie Toucas, Snr Director EMEA SMB Business Unit
• TravelPort - Nick Kemsley, Group Vice President Organisation Effectiveness
• BP - Christopher McLaverty, VP HR Leadership, Talent and Resourcing
• Staples - Michael Puri, Head of Talent, Learning & Development International
• Charles Russell LLP - Tim Tyndall, Partner
• Skanska - Harvey Francis, Executive Vice President, Human Resources
• Sainsbury’s - Sue Round, Head of Leadership Development

VP’s, Directors and Heads of:

• European & National HR
• Global HR
• HR EMEA
• Group HR
• HR Shared Service Centres
• HR Business Partners
• Organisational Development
• HR Transformation
• Employee Relations EMEA
• HR Systems & Processes
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Rapidly Emerging Markets

Rosaleen Blair, Chief Executive and Founder, Alexander Mann Solutions

• Creating a world class HR function
• Examining the competencies needed to lead your organisation
• Developing the strategic role of HR
• Retaining top talent to ensure your competitiveness

Jenny Arwas MBE, Director, BT Group Functions HR, BT Group

• Developing business skills within your HR department
• Ensuring that the HR and business goals are aligned
• Increase the strategic credibility of your HR function
• Driving business performance through HR

Massimo Macarti, Chief of HR, Canon Europe

• The HR Shift: how to successfully make it in today’s environment
• Current perceptions of HR, drivers causing the shift, and the business case for change
• Examining how HR can add value to the organisation and the methods for measuring success
• The future of HR with practical application for HR professionals

Dave Millner, Director of Consultancy EMEA, Kenexa

• Aligning your employees with your business strategy
• Optimising your workforce productivity
• Increase employee engagement
• Retain your top talent

Marjorie Toucas, Snr Director EMEA SMB Business Unit, SuccessFactors

Christopher McLaverty, VP HR Leadership, Talent and Resourcing, BP

This is your chance to seek solutions to your challenges. Split into round table groups and discuss your key concerns with your peers.

• Linking HR strategy to business performance
• Examining the importance of measuring HR’s own performance
• Identifying gaps in your workforce
• Obtaining data across borders
• Understanding and using results effectively

Karl-Heinz Oehler, Vice President, Global Talent Management, Hertz Corporation

• Changing focus: Examining the growing trend for ”Productivity & Effectiveness”
• Balancing short and longer-term organisational capability needs
• How does this challenge HR?
• Rediscovering metrics and demonstrating value short and longer-term

Nick Kemsley, Group Vice President Organisation Effectiveness, TravelPort

• Complying with legislative changes and understanding changes from the EU
• Coordinating Pan-European HR projects
• Managing cross-border operations

Tim Tyndall, Partner, Charles Russell LLP

• Aligning HR initiatives with business strategy changes
• Streamlining HR initiatives and processes
• Delivering business impact solutions with fewer resources

Per-Arne Håkansson, Vice President Executive HR, A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S

• Crown’s evolution in core values based succession planning
• Integrating talent management support technology into an entrepreneurial culture
• Opening doors of leadership within a flat management structure
• Motivation & retention in a privately held business

David Muir, CEO Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Crown Relocations

• Examining the leadership capabilities and behaviours you need as your business grows
• Bringing the right level of leadership skills to your business
• Managing talent through difficult times
• Integrating leadership development

Michael Puri, Head of Talent, Learning & Development International, Staples

This is your chance to seek solutions to your challenges. Split into round table groups and discuss your key concerns with your peers.

• Examining cross border strategies
• Creating a truly pan-European organisation
• Understanding cultural differences and expectations

Stephen Fairn, Senior Vice President, International Operations, Pricoa Relocation

Panel participants include:

• Mike Clarke, Vice President, HR, Hertz Corporation
• Dave Millner, Director of Consultancy EMEA, Kenexa

Rosaleen Blair, the founder and CEO of Alexander Mann Solutions, is widely credited with pioneering the concept of recruitment process outsourcing in Europe, since. Since the company was founded in 1996, Alexander Mann Solutions has become the recognised global leader in recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), building world-class talent functions for its clients that cover permanent, contingent, internal mobility, graduate and talent resourcing programmes.

Rosaleen continues to lead from the front, with her vision and creativity driving the business and its people forward to further success. In 2010 she was named as a Global HRO Superstar by HRO Today magazine and was the only UK representative on the list. This title can be added to her list of other notable achievements that include winning Ernst & Young’s London Business Products & Services Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006, and the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year in 2007.

Marjorie Toucas joined SuccessFactors in 2009, responsible for leading substantial growth in SuccessFactors’ EMEA, focusing on small and medium-sized businesses, as the leading supplier of on-demand Business Execution solutions, including goal management, competency management, succession planning, compensation planning, workforce analytics and performance reviews. Prior to joining SuccessFactors, Marjorie held a number of successful senior roles which included building and growing the SMB Sales infrastructure and developing the market for that segment in EMEA over a 4 year period at MySQL AB as Director of EMEA Corporate Sales and Worldwide Lead Development. Marjorie also spent time at Oracle, as EMEA Education and Research Direct Sales Manager. Marjorie is a graduate of the University of Lyon, France, and Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria, and holds a degree in International Trade and a Masters degree in European Corporate Management and Business from the University of Nantes, France, and Manchester Metropolitan University, England. Marjorie resides in Dublin, Ireland.

Michael is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His responsibilities span across the core talent management areas of the employee life-cycle from acquisition to performance management, learning and development, succession planning and career development. In January 2010, Michael joined the International division of Staples which represents 17.000 employees across 24 countries. Michael comes to Staples from UCB, a global biopharma organization, with which he was based in Belgium. At UCB, Michael was Senior Director of Global Talent Development for the past four years. He has also served as UCB’s Director of Corporate Compensation & International Mobility for three years.
Michael is of Indian-Polish origin, born in New Delhi. He has lived, studied and worked in over 12 countries. A graduate of the University of Nantes with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and with a Master’s Degree in Strategic Marketing from a business school in Grenoble, Michael also has professional experience with the Dexia Group, the Hay Group, and Novartis.

Paul Harrison is VP of HR Global Shared Services and Outsourcing at Sun Microsystems. He is responsible for HR operations and service delivery across 50 countries and the management of one of the most extensive global HR outsourcing contracts in the industry. Paul has had a number of positions in Sun including HR Director, EMEA and international assignments in the US and Asia. Previous to Sun, Paul held senior HR positions at GE and Unisys. He has a degree in Economics from Bristol University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development. He lives in Hampshire with his wife and enjoys country walking and many sporting activities such as Tennis, Football and Cricket.

David was appointed as CEO of EMEA in 2003 having previously served as CEO of the Americas since 1998. David is in charge of Crown’s 74 operations in 27 EMEA countries, as well as quality management and operational excellence for the Group. As a Board member, he shares worldwide responsibility for the strategic development and overall management of the company. He is currently based in Prague, Czech Republic.

David joined Crown in 1996 as Senior Vice President of the Western Region of the United States where he managed the opening of several strategic new operations throughout the Americas.

Born in Scotland, David has 30 years of relocation industry experience and is a member of the Employee Relocation Council (ERC). He previously held the position of Vice President of the British Association of Removers (BAR) while working in the UK. He is a regular speaker at relocation industry related conferences and human resources seminars in Europe & USA.

Mike Clarke serves as Vice President, HR , Hertz International. He has direct responsibility for country and region-based HR Business Partners for the company’s vehicle and equipment rental businesses in Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific markets. Mike provides strategic HR support for the senior management team of Hertz International and plays a key role on the global HR Leadership team of the Hertz Corporation.

Drawing upon his wealth of experience, Mike is playing a leading role at driving strategic, transformational change within both Hertz and the HR centre of expertise. He is adept managing HR operations across geographies and business units. He is also an expert in delivering cultural change processes focused on driving values and behaviours in line with strategic goals.

Mike brings to Hertz a strong operational and HR background as well as vast international and business restructuring experience. Prior to Hertz he was the Senior VP of HR – Europe for Fiat Group, and previously VP, HR - International for Tenneco.

Nick Kemsley is Group Vice President Organisational Effectiveness for Travelport, a global, private equity owned provider of technology solutions and services to the travel sector, with a presence in more than 150 countries worldwide. His main role is to maximise efficiency and productivity, whilst at the same time developing the future organisational capability which Travelport will need for the future. Nick also has global responsibility for Travelport’s resourcing, talent, performance and L&D functions, as well as performing the “Number Two” global HR role to Group CHRO Lee Golding. Nick came into HR from the wider business, and has a multi-sector background with companies including Prudential, Mars and BOC Group.

Christopher is currently VP HR Leadership Development, Talent and Resourcing, based in London. He joined BP in May 2005 as VP HR Corporate and Functions and up to September 2008 was responsible for HR covering the 12,000 staff centralized into functions, regions and the corporate centre, plus HR for BP Shipping.

His human resources career began in the food company HJ Heinz and continued in the drinks business with Guinness/Diageo. He held a variety of line and HR roles. Christopher moved to Accenture in 1996, where he worked in the Change Management Practice, consulting on HR, Organization Development and Leadership with clients in oil, investment and retail banking and insurance. In 2001, he joined Lloyds TSB Bank as Director of Talent and Learning and he also ran the Corporate University, covering 100,000 staff in the UK, Latin America and Australasia

Christopher holds an MA from Cambridge University in Social Anthropology, a MBA from Henley Management College in London (1992) and a Masters degree in Organizational Clinical Psychology from INSEAD in France (2005). When he is not working, Christopher enjoys keeping fit and travelling in Native America with his wife and three children.

P-A Hakansson holds the position as Head of Executive and Headquarters Human Resources for A.P. Moller – Maersk. His responsibilities include recruitment, development and Compensation & Benefits management for the Group’s Executives. He is in addition responsible for Office employees at Group Headquarters in Copenhagen.
P-A has held positions as Global Head of Human Resources for TAC and Luvata. The larger part of his career has been in Business Management in HiTech companies.
He holds a Master degree in Political Science and a Bachelor degree in Psychology.

Stephen Fairn, Senior Vice President, International Operations, is responsible for delivering an integrated international strategy in line with Pricoa Relocation’s goal of being the “global relocation company of choice.” He works closely with his teams in the US, Canada, Asia Pacific and EMEA to oversee the operations, implement sound corporate governance and risk management practices across the diverse marketplaces where our clients do business and ensure the company realizes its vision and growth targets.

With more than thirty years experience in hospitality, Ruth has worked in many different areas of Human Resources - organizational development, training & development, recruiting, executive coaching and as an HR generalist. Her professional career has led her to work in Europe, the Middle and Far East, and in North America. Born and educated in the UK, Ruth is a naturalised US citizen.

Dave is the Process Lead for the Cadbury implementation of SAP HR in 67 countries. The project includes the implementation of HR self service and also the out sourcing of payroll and workforce administration services for over 50% of Cadbury’s 50,000 employees worldwide.

Dave joined Cadbury in 2001 working as HR Business Partner for IT and then for Manufacturing. Prior to Cadbury he worked as an HR Manager in the motor industry, including a process and policy role in BMW where he was responsible for UK-based employment policies.

Karl-Heinz Oehler serves as Vice President, Global Talent Management for the Hertz Corporation. His responsibilities include talent acquisition, succession and high potential management, performance and career management, organizational learning, organization development and design, human capital measurement, and HR due diligence and post merger integration.

Karl-Heinz has over 30 years of extensive experience in developing both global human resources and organizational development strategies in a multicultural business context. He also has deep expertise in organization effectiveness, mergers and acquisitions, change management programs and program measurement.

Karl-Heinz is a popular speaker on HR and talent management topics. Previous speaker engagements include Osney Media, Jacob Fleming, Towers Perrin, Teneo Events, Marcus Evans, Leadership Forum, IATA Airport, and IMD.

Prior to joining Hertz. Karl-Heinz led Global Human Resources and Organization Development for the international division of The Reynolds and Reynolds Company. Previously, he worked for SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) where he held various vice president positions. Before then, he created and managed the Geneva branch of Personnel Decisions International, a global OD consulting firm. Previously Karl-Heinz worked for 15 years in senior positions in human resources, organization development, and marketing & sales with Texas Instruments.

A German national, Karl-Heinz holds a Masters Degree in Social Psychology and a Masters Degree in Economics both from the University of Düsseldorf. He is a member of the Association of Psychological Types. He is also a certified organizational auditor of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). Karl-Heinz is based in Zurich, Switzerland, having previously lived and worked in Korea, Singapore, the United States, Finland, Sweden, France, and Germany.

Sara Bruck has been the Vice President of Organisation Development at Visa Europe since 2004. Sara has been at the forefront of creating and realising the organisation development strategy in order to deliver an environment in which people are engaged and passionate about improving business and personal performance.

Sara’s career has been committed to the Human Resource Management field and her first role was as a trainee with Marks and Spencer. She then spent a significant period of time in financial services and the public sector. In 1996 she gained a postgraduate degree in Human Resource Management, and she joined Visa Europe in 1997. With extensive European and UK experience across a range of specialisations, she recently entered into the field of Organisation Development.

Sara’s current priorities focus on the development of a new approach to talent management and succession planning. It also concentrates on the ongoing evolution of a leading edge behaviour change programme that seeks to achieve peak performance for the organisation by unleashing the potential of the individual. This programme is about a way of thinking, a way of harnessing an individual’s unique talents & enthusiasm and aligning these with personal, team and organisational purpose in order to achieve excellence.

With over 15 years of human resources experience, Scott has worked for Scottish Power, Motorola and Dun & Bradstreet, before his current role with Hitachi Data Systems.
Scott has been involved in the change process and in business partnering, he is very familiar with what is needed to make the business relationship a successful one.

Scott’s current focus is in helping support the Hitachi business in growing across the EMEA & APAC theatres. He has also had responsibilities in roles encompassing; change management, re-engineering, organizational design and effectiveness, employee commitment and HR transformation.

Dave Millner is the director of consultancy services for Kenexa’s Global Assessment Practice, and has established a professional HR consultancy practice with a range of products and services that complement and support psychometric and online assessments from Kenexa. This includes the development of a range of solutions to support the change in HR process and behavior that is required to make the HR function a true partner and business leader. Mr. Millner has also established and leads the Kenexa HR Institute (KHRI), which helps HR practitioners become more commercial and solution-oriented in their approach. He has worked directly with a variety of organisations, offering a range of assessment, development and performance-based solutions, including Siemens, Royal Bank of Scotland, BP, HM Treasury, HM Revenue and Customs, GE Money, Norwich Union–Aviva, Nakheel, BAE Systems, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Anglian Water and E.ON UK.

Before joining Kenexa, Mr. Millner worked for NatWest, now part of the RBS Group. With expertise in project/change management, strategic relationship management and consultancy and technical expertise, he has managed and implemented a diverse range of client and business-driven change projects through the design, application and implementation stages of organisational development processes and systems. In each of his consultancy projects, he provides expert advice, strategies and operational solutions that meet each client’s specific business needs.

Massimo Macarti is Chief of Human Resources for Canon in Europe, Middle East and Africa, which is part of the Canon Global organisation delivering an annual turnover of more than ¥4,1 trillion.

Canon Europe employs about 11,000 people
across the EMEA region. Massimo’s responsibilities cover this entire region and all the Business Units and include all HR related spheres, such as Remuneration and Benefits, Talent and Resourcing, HR Operations, Learning and Development. Massimo is focussed on driving HR to become World Class together with developing the HR value proposition to support the business objective of sustaining profitability and growth by developing it’s people.

Before the European appointment Massimo spent most of his career in Canon Italia, where initially he held different roles in the Service and Support Area.

Subsequently he was appointed Director of Canon Business Solution Marketing, looking after areas like Product Marketing, Channel and Trade Marketing, Marketing Communication for the Business Products.

After that Massimo held responsibilities as Corporate Planning and Communication Director, and Information and Communication Technology Director before being appointed as Director of HR in Italy.

Jenny joined BT in 1977 and has enjoyed a varied career in a number of operational and HR roles across the BT Group. She spent the early part of her career in catering.

More recently after a spell managing the HR interests in BT’s European ventures, Jenny was appointed HR Director, for BT Openworld, BT’s own Internet Service Provider arm. In her present role as HR Director for BT’s Group Functions, she has also managed BT’s talent and executive appointments, and implemented the 10 year HR outsourcing contract with Accenture HR Services.

Jenny was appointed MBE in the 2008 New Year’s Honours, for services to charity. She is a member of the Princes Trust London Council. She holds a non executive appointment in the pharmaceutical industry.

Alexander Mann Solutions
With over 1,200 specialist staff and 39 clients across 50 countries globally, Alexander Mann Solutions is the largest independent provider of Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) services world-wide. Alexander Mann Solutions was first to market in Europe with RPO in 1996 and since then has grown a market-leading global business and blue-chip client base across a range of industry sectors. The company defines RPO as the design, transformation and delivery of the end-to-end recruitment process, and its client relationships range from project-based consulting and small national RPO solutions, to large global relationships delivering 20,000 hires a year. Alexander Mann Solutions provides companies with a true understanding of their current recruitment, retention and release activities, reengineering their processes to be more efficient, and significantly improving the visibility and control of their recruitment spend. Alexander Mann Solutions enables its clients to build and manage their own employer brand, and ensures that organisations fully align resourcing to their strategic business plans, recruiting the right talent to support future growth.

Kenexa®
Kenexa® provides business solutions for human resources. They help global organisations multiply business success by identifying the best individuals for every job and fostering optimal work environments for every organisation. For more than 20 years, Kenexa has studied human behaviour and team dynamics in the workplace, and has developed the software solutions, business processes and expert consulting that help organisations impact positive business outcomes through HR. Kenexa is the only company that offers a comprehensive suite of unified products and services that support the entire employee lifecycle from pre-hire to exit.

Pricoa
Pricoa is a full-service mobility management firm providing a wide range of solutions to help corporate clients with global mobility management and destination services needs throughout the UK, EMEA and the World. Pricoa is a global corporation where we devote our resources, our expertise and our technologies towards the single goal of providing superior relocation services in a streamlined manner on a consistent basis. As such, our singular focus has allowed us to develop solutions for our clients that directly answer their needs for relocation management and destination services. Pricoa has more than 1,000 clients worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, small industrial and service companies. We are a division of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), one of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Visit www.pricoarelocation.com or call +44(0)2089961200 for more information. Our Services: Relocation Program Management, Relocation Policy Counselling, Home Finding, Settling-In, Education Consulting, Temporary Accommodation, Guaranteed Home Sale (US only), Visa and Immigration Services, Household Goods Transportation, Storage & Insurance, Tenancy Management, Cost and Expenses Management, Intercultural Training, Spouse/Partner Assistance, Language Training, Repatriation.

Crown Relocations
Crown Relocations provides strategic mobility programme management for some 2,000 diverse organisations and facilitates 100,000 relocation services each year. We operate in the global marketplace, serving human resource professionals and other key stakeholders within organisations, to provide diverse relocation solutions. The breadth of Crown’s service capability includes programme management, policy administration, departure assistance, destination services, household goods transportation, ongoing support services, supplier management, intercultural and language training, spouse and family support, relocation expense management, as well as consulting expertise and customised web-based technologies. Crown leverages its over 2,750 experienced, customer-focused employees across our worldwide operations in over 52 countries to support our clients which include publicly and privately held multinational corporations, governments, international development organisations and private individuals.

SuccessFactors
SuccessFactors is one of the fastest growing public software companies and the leading provider of on-demand Business Execution Software Solutions. The company enables organizations of every size, and across every industry and geography, to achieve high-performing workforces through goal alignment and execution, talent development and planning, and pay-for-performance initiatives. From 92 customers and approximately 282,000 end users in 2003 to more than 3,000 customers and 5.3 million end users today, SuccessFactors’ solutions are widely deployed across 60 industries in over 185 countries in 31 languages. Founded in 2001 with offices around the world, the company employs passionate people focused on revolutionizing the future of work. For more information, visit: http://www.successfactors.com.

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