Martin Barner is the Head Sandoz EX & HR Transformation at Sandoz. He joined Novartis in 2014 (former parent company of Sandoz) as part of the Corporate Strategy team in Basel, and moved into HR for the first time in 2016 as Sandoz Head HR Strategy & Program Management Office. Prior to Novartis, Martin started his career in McKinsey & Company and have since worked for several companies in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries in both global, regional and local roles across a variety of functions, including strategy, marketing, sales and finance. Martin holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Copenhagen, doing part of his studies at the California Institute of Technology.

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I thrive in a dynamic fast paced environment where focus is on driving performance while delivering impact towards a meaningful purpose. I get to live this every day by working on large scale transformations and being at the intersection of people and technology. This allows me to deliver on my own leadership purpose which is to explore and uncover what leads to human peak performance. Through this life-long journey I aim to empower and inspire my surroundings to reach their human potential.

Matthias is currently the VP, People & Organisation at emnify. As award-winning TA Leader of the Year in 2023 in EMEA for small markets, named as Talent 100 Finalists of TA Leaders globally, and recently nominated to be one of LinkedIn's Top Voice Influencers, Matthias is a real industry expert in Talent Acquisition. With over 13 years of experience in Talent Acquisition in different businesses from corporate companies like Zalando, and Scout24 to smaller scale-ups like Beamery and Visual Meta, his focus areas are maturing hiring cultures, managing the transition to skill-based hiring, building a strong employer brand, data-driven TA and moving from reactive recruitment to proactive and strategic Talent Advisory. Matthias is also the Co-Founder of TA Crunch Berlin community that builds connections and fosters inclusion among TA professionals in Berlin.

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare and nutrition. We design our products and services to serve the most essential human needs of health and nutrition. At the same time, we strive to address some of the world’s biggest challenges presented by a growing and aging global population. At Bayer, we’re committed to driving sustainable development and generate a positive impact with our businesses. Through the power of science, we’re pioneering new possibilities that advance life for all of us. That means reimagining how we care for ourselves and one another by empowering everyday health, improving approaches to patient care, and finding better ways to nourish our communities around the world.

Sandoz is the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. Our Purpose is to pioneer access for patients. Our broad global portfolio comprises about 1,500 quality biosimilar and generic medicines. We provide more than 800 million patient treatments per year, generating more than USD 18 billion in direct savings in the US and Europe alone, improving healthcare by freeing up resources and resulting in a total social impact estimated at around USD 400 billion per year worldwide.

Emnify is the leading IoT connectivity partner to the innovators building our connected world. Founded in 2014, emnify developed the industry’s first cloud-native, global connectivity - the SuperNetwork. Our unique approach to IoT connectivity, coupled with our comprehensive connectivity management platform and services, ensures seamless data exchange between devices, cloud environments, and IoT applications. Headquartered in Berlin, with offices in the US, Brazil and the Philippines, emnify is the global provider of IoT connectivity for thousands of enterprises worldwide. Our solution connects millions of devices across all industries including fleet management, consumer electronics, logistics, agriculture, environmental monitoring, smart buildings, retail, and beyond. Working with our customers, we connect the physical world with the digital world in a way that has real impact on how we work and live.