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Since 2012 Anja Michael is responsible for global HR Management at Avira, focusing on people-, leadership- and organisational development, international recruiting and employee retention. She has been leading global HR functions in high tech companies for 15+ years. Prior she held different management positions, i.e. in M&A. She is co-lead of the group „Strategic HRMRead more

Born 1965 in Bonn Studied Economics in Bonn and Tübingen (Dipl. Kaufmann) Joined Allianz Group 1992 Several Manager and Experts roles mainly HR and IT Current role: Global HR Business Architect of Allianz SE / HR Solution Architect within Allianz HR Transformation ProjectRead more

Leading HR Transformation, e.g. setup of new SSCs and offshoring Implementing HCM and SSC solutions Process redesign and continuous improvement Leading various automation, robotics and AI projectsRead more

Georg is a Senior HR Manager who sees the glass always half full. 20 years of international HR experience in various international organizations, from software (SAP), oil and gas (BP) to now chemicals (Borealis). During these years he also gained experience in consulting (Deloitte and Aon Hewitt). Some years ago, when he struggled with gettingRead more

Katrin Krömer took over as head of employee and manager development at Deutsche Bahn in April 2018. Previously, she held the position of managing director at DB JobService GmbH, a Deutsche Bahn subsidiary dedicated to providing Group companies and employees with consulting and support services in connection with staff-related change processes. In 2009-2015, she wasRead more

Gero Pickert has been VP HR Operations at Nokia since October 2009. Prior to the merger of Nokia and Siemens Networks, Mr. Pickert worked as CEO for Siemens Mobile Networks in China. “What drives me is to make a big team successful and see how its members evolve”.Read more

Nissan Programme Director for Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Digital HR Ecosystem (Workday, Cornerstone, Service Now) • 235 k employees • 50+ Countries I am an experienced international HR Director with a fact-proven record of transformation and making-business-happen in the big-corporation arena by Leading, Enabling, Engaging and Empowering People + Organisations. With more than 29 years in the AutomotiveRead more

Simone Lietz-Gresens is the global VP of HR for Mastercard’s Consumer Products & Processing and is responsible for creating and driving the HR strategy and people agenda across the various markets in support of the business priorities. Simone began her career as HR consultant at the Royal Bank of Scotland and moved to Santander ConsumerRead more

Steffen Fischer is CHRO for the international automation company ifm electronic gmbh and Executive Board Member of the ifm group. Before this, he was HR manager for the engine manufacturer MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH. Steffen Fischer deals with holistic approaches of HR management in all their facets and is co-author of the BPM brochures “DieRead more

As Global Head of Knowledge, Development and Talent Management, I am in charge of the Santander University and Corporate Schools and have the mission of preserving and further developing the Group top managers potential, of nurturing the Group Leadership pipeline and talent pool as well as of managing the Company Knowledge. The Global Head ofRead more