HR Forum 2022

Managing Partner, Professional Coach

OZLEM SARIOGLU, PCC is a professional coach working with leaders, teams and organizations and is also the co-founder of Sparkus Digital Coaching Platform, one of the 400 start-ups around the globe invited to the World Economic Forum with a social impact. As the managing partner responsible for coaching in Sparkus, she has vast experience on how to adopt coaching services to the digitalization agenda of the corporate HR and L&D teams, also leading the Sparkus coach pool. She is the author of the book “World Voices in a Polarized World” which focuses on adopting an individual coaching technique, namely Voice Dialogue, to teams and organizations. In 2019, Ozlem was recognized by the International Coach Federation (ICF) with the “ICF Young Leader Award” as one of the six people to carry the coaching profession into the future.

I am enthusiastic, energetic, and direct individual with diverse industry experience in HR for over 15 years (retail and wholesale, banking, oil&gas, automotive and public sector). I enjoy reading a good book that broadens my knowledge and understanding, am in love with adrenaline sports and eager to get back to car racing. On the other side I find it equally exciting spending time in the nature which gives me a new wave of energy needed to overcome daily challenges in ever changing world.

Business wise, I strongly believe that company culture drives employee engagement and that these two areas are the base for business sustainability and development.

If you do not have the right people to make tough decisions and those who trust them when going gets rough your future doesn’t look too bright. Our really is, as Mr Trudeau said, that the world around us is changing at the fast pace and yet the change will never be this slow again. It is up to us to decide how to adjust our business and bring on board those who will make it sustainable. That is why you have HR on board (amongst other, a bit more boring, things….) 😉

Training and Adaptation Specialist in the biggest IT Recruiting Agency of Eastern Europe

Monica has an extensive experience of over 15 years in HR and Operational roles in different industries, including an international experience of 7 years in an Oil & Gas Services Company headquartered in Norway. She is currently the Regional HR Manager of P&O Maritime Logistics Cyprus, an international company providing sea services at the Port of Limassol. Monica holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from Middlesex University Business School London (UK) and a BA in Economics (Business Economics and Finance) from Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece). She is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and a graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD London). In addition, Monica is sitting at the Board of WISTA Cyprus since 2018 holding the position of the Treasurer. She is an active member of different non-profit organisations including the Cyprus Human Resource Management Association (CyHRMA). Monica has executed several trainings on soft skills (i.e. Stress Management, Time Management, Interview Skills, CV writing, etc.). In addition, Monica is a Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner (NLP).

Loïc Michel, CEO of 365Talents

Loic Michel is an entrepreneur, CEO, and Co-Founder of 365Talents. He is passionate about innovative and collaborative technologies, HR, and business models. Loic holds a degree from INSA Lyon, a French “Grande école” of engineering. As a result of many years of experience consulting for top companies in France and Canada, he has developed a profound expertise in HR innovation.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/loicmichel/

Loïc Michel, CEO of 365Talents

Loic Michel is an entrepreneur, CEO, and Co-Founder of 365Talents. He is passionate about innovative and collaborative technologies, HR, and business models. Loic holds a degree from INSA Lyon, a French “Grande école” of engineering. As a result of many years of experience consulting for top companies in France and Canada, he has developed a profound expertise in HR innovation.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/loicmichel/

SVP Human Resources of airBaltic. Taking care of HR strategy of very dynamic, diverse, international company. Background in Comp&Ben and HR Analytics area.

The pop in my Job:

“I am passionate about my job, as it constantly evolves based on the internal and external trends & demands. Constant change is what shapes me every day, every day is the new day. Opportunity to contribute with ideas, solutions, initiatives to company growth is the most energizing for me.”

EMEA Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Leader

“I’ve always believed that the most important asset of a company is its people. My current mission is to make sure that ALL IBMers, incl. those with different abilities, feel engaged in IBM’s success

I am known for:
• Developing the strategic direction and vision of an organization: since 2005 I have been developing and implementing strategies and programmes to support IBM’s workforce diversity policies in the area of inclusion and employment of people with disabilities and generational diversity issues

• Negotiating and influencing skills: I am used to successfully negotiating partnerships with Universities and governmental organisations and NGOs to promote the business case of IBM’s diversity practices

• Experience of innovation and promoting change across complex systems: implementing diversity programmes at the highest level of a complex organizations at international level

• Media skills and ability to represent the organisation in press and on public platforms: I am often invited to participate as speaker to international high level events to present and promote IBM’s diversity policies. I am also regularly contacted by the media (press, radio, TV) to talk about my professional and personal experience as an “active” wheelchair user.

Specialties: • Involvement in developing the strategic direction and vision of an organization
• Negotiating and influencing skills
• Experience of innovation and promoting change across complex systems
• Media skills and ability to represent the organisation in press and on public

Susan HayesCulleton, CFA, “The Positive Economist” is Managing Director of VectorVest Europe. Susan is a five-time author including “Money Matters”, a financial literacy textbook that is now in every secondary school in Ireland with the support of CFA Ireland. She has twice co-authored “Positive Economics“, the market-leading Leaving Cert economics textbook in Ireland, and she is the author of two books published by Penguin, The “Savvy Woman’s Guide to Financial Freedom” and “The Savvy Guide to Making More Money”. Susan is co-founder of The Positive Economist, Associate Lecturer at Ulster University in the UK, and host of both the “Fantastic Female Fridays” and the “ESG & Tech” YouTube shows.

She serves on the boards of the Irish International Business Network and the Ireland Hong Kong Business Forum.

Susan holds a Chartered Financial Analyst charter, MSc Executive Leadership, BSc Financial Maths and Economics and a Diploma in Taxation.

A Global Business Services and Transformation executive with 20 years of experience in international, dynamic, multifunctional environments with exceptional record of delivering projects that have tangible monetary benefits. Built up GBS locations across 4 continents.

Finance Executive and General Manager profile, with consistent track record including strategy definition and execution, outsourcing, operations delivery, post-merger integration, change management, finance processes standardization and services transformation.

Passionate about delivering outstanding customer service, driving value through continuous improvement, technologies and developing high performing teams.

I’ll be speaking about Latvenergo’s journey to transform the organization post-pandemic in order to become Irresistible in the new world of work

Human Resources Executive with diverse international experience in Oil & Gas, FMCG, Telecom, Banking& Finance, with acclaimed successful transformation missions.

Enthusiastic Global HR Manager. Associate Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Career Development, Business Planning, Analytical Skills, and HR Consulting.

Strong education professional with a PhD focused in Psychology – Work and organizational psychology from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Experienced HR enthusiast and business partner with demonstrated history working in fashion, sporting goods industry, IT, Sales, hospitality , Retail, Mechanical Engineering and Wholesale
great business acumen, hands-on mentality, pragmatism and fast-pace
Networker

Human Resources Director

Lara Calfa is the HR Director of Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (HCAP).
She has over two decades of experience as Human Resources Leader – specialist and generalist – in a variety of industries, in various companies in Greece and abroad, with focus both on local and European level and in multinational as well as Greek environments.

Lara started her career with Colgate Palmolive in Greece. She then worked at the European Headquarters of Colgate Palmolive in Brussels and Paris while working closely with the Global Headquarters in New York. She moved back in Greece on 2000 where she worked in a variety of industries, always as an HR Leader, in companies like Wind (telecommunications), ANT1 Group (Media), Media Markt/Saturn (Retail), Famar (Pharma Manufacturing). Lara and her teams won a variety of awards for employee experience and digital transformation initiatives.

Most recently, Lara joined HCAP where she oversees HR for the SOEs in HCAP’s portfolio that are operating in critical sectors of the Greek economy, such as energy, water supply and sewerage, infrastructure, transportation, services, markets etc., – sectors that affect positively significant aspects of the Greek economy like development, employment, competitiveness and extroversion.
Lara has an MBA in Finance from City University, London UK – Cass Business School. She studied business in Deree American College as well as Mathematics in Kapodistriakon University, Athens, Greece. She is fluent in Greek, English and French and has basic knowledge of Italian, German and Spanish.

Group Head of HRSS Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan at Al-Futtaim

Head of Talent & Culture at CarNext | Founder theinnerbusinessschool.com | Anthropologist

I believe that we can transform our economy and society through transforming our jobs. My vision is to help as many corporate professionals as possible to do work that matters to them.

This is how I make my vision a reality:

As a the Head of Talent of a fast-growing scale-up, I help our people to feel seen and heard through people experience & culture design; inclusion & diversity strategies; and human upskilling.

As an educator, I help corporate professionals to redefine their jobs on their terms based on emotional intelligence and business wisdom. 👉 Start now at www.theinnerbusinessschool.com
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As a change maker, I bring together courageous, inspiring corporate professionals who raise their voices and leverage the power of their organizations to positively impact social change or legislation. 👉 Drop me a mail if you’re intersted in joining our corporate activist network actvsm.org

As an anthropologist in training, I study cultural differences in how societies find meaning in work and determine the value of work with a focus on corporate and employee activism.

Yes, well… my vision might sound idealistic and optimistic, but I’m very pragmatic on how to get there – how WE can get there. Want to join forces? 👉 I’ll see you at www.svenjadietrich.com