Global Speakers

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David Green

Talent Analytics Thought Leader and Global Director, People Analytics

IBM

FORUM CHAIRPERSON

David is a respected influencer and thought leader on the topic of people analytics and the future of human capital management. He is an active contributor to social media as well as being a prolific writer and blogger. David was recently recognized as Best Writer at the 2015 HR Tech Writers’ Awards. He also received an award from LinkedIn, who made him one of their Top 10 Power Profiles for Most Viewed LinkedIn Profiles in HR in the UK in 2015. David is also selected as one of the 100 Most Influential People in HR and Recruiting on Twitter.

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Dr. Andrew Doyle

Data Insights and Analytics Specialist EMEA: Talent Acquisition

Facebook

Following a PhD in Organisational Psychology, Andrew has developed a career in utilizing data analytics to drive efficient and effective HR initiatives through understanding relationships between people data, processes and business outcomes. Andrew currently is Talent Acquisition Analytics Lead for Facebook in EMEA. Andrew collaborates with the Talent Acquisition management team and management teams within the business to provide data insights through metric analysis and advanced analytics. Prior to Facebook, Andrew held theposition of HR Measurement and Analytics Lead for Siemens UK where he was responsible for leading the design and delivery of people analytics across 9 diverse business divisions. Previous data insights roles held, include; Deutsche Bank within the global HR Reward team and at London Business School.

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Dr. Iva Cek

Advisor, Assessment Solutions, HR Analytics

Shell

Dr. Iva Cek is highly passionate and experienced in people analytics and currently works as an Advisor in Assessment Solutions, a role which sits in the HR Analytics team at Shell in London, UK. As part of her role she works on creating and validating global assessments and metrics used for graduate recruitment, leadership development and leadership potential. She is also actively involved in a variety of predictive analytics projects in HR to pro-actively support the development of predictive HR strategies and frameworks with key stakeholders to achieve Shell’s business objectives and goals.

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Ian Bailie

Director, Talent Acquisition and People Planning Operations

Cisco

Ian has over 13 years of experience in managing operational effectiveness and enabling strategic transformation within HR. In his role as the Global Head of Talent Acquisition and People Planning Operations at Cisco, he is responsible for delivering Sourcing, Market Intelligence, Analytics, Program Management, Tools and Systems that enable and transform the planning, attraction and recruitment of talent for tomorrow’s Cisco. Ian is passionate about People Analytics and how to use data to transform the employee experience at Cisco.

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Krystian Oppenheim

Global Talent Analytics Lead

UBS

As a leader of the Talent Analytics function at UBS, Krystian’s role is to enable the bank to fully explore and develop internal human capital potential, through leveraging quantitative and qualitative insights on managing people in a global context. He is also a co-founder and CEO of data visualization consulting firm – The Information Lab Poland, which aims to promote the use of Tableau & Alteryx software. Krystian has gained business acumen as an internal and external advisor to multinational companies in Poland, Mozambique, Malawi, Brazil, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Singapore – in segments such as financial services, mining, international trade, oil & gas, among others.

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Ton van Dijk

Director Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics

EY

Ton van Dijk is a Director with EY’s London practice, specializing in People Analytics and Strategic Workforce Planning. Before joining EY in 2016, Ton has been leading the Strategic Workforce Planning and People Analytics efforts for Shell. With 20+ years of consulting and industry experience, Ton is one of the leading authorities in these areas. Ton has been managing large-scale projects to further mature the workforce planning and HR analytics practice. He has introduced scenario thinking for developing resourcing strategies to address the people implications of business strategies. He is known for synthesizing complex ideas into pragmatic frameworks and tools that executives can use to deliver value to customers, investors, and communities. His work has helped define and shape analytical capabilities in the HR space building a more data driven HR Function.

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Matt Lemay

Talent Ecosystem

LinkedIn

Matt Lemay is highly passionate and experienced in driving the adoption of using data and analytics to build an effective talent ecosystem in LinkedIn and implementing ‘best in class’ initiatives and resourcing plans/strategies to build the future of an agile and adaptive organization. He is actively involved in the development of clear, strategic frameworks with key stakeholders to achieve LinkedIn’s business objectives and goals. Previously in Expedia, Matt works with SVP / VP/ Senior Director level stakeholders to drive best in class data-driven resource planning and recruitment strategy to ensure profitability through talent analytics. He also provides talent acquisition solutions to the online strategy, marketing and corporate functions of the brand.

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Nathan Adams

HR Director

Aviva

Nathan joined Aviva Plc in August 2014. Having worked in both the Retail and the Financial Services sector, Nathan has a wealth of international, commercial, customer centric and change management experience. He is currently HR Director partnering the Global Risk and Audit Functions at Aviva. Before joining Aviva Nathan spent 6 years at Barclays Plc, undertaking roles in Barclaycard, Retail and Business banking and Global functions. Prior to Barclays Nathan spent several years in the retail sector working for Next Plc, Adams Childrenswear and the Arcadia group. Nathan is also a Board Trustee for the Charity – Fixers (PSBT), and is focused on helping the charity grow and build a sustainable future. Nathan has a passion for transformation, disruption and driving commercial change. Key to this is making a difference to organization and individuals, helping them to grow and achieve their ambitions.

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Patrick Coolen

HR Metrics and Analytics

ABN AMRO BANK

Patrick is a frequent speaker, blogger and thought leader in the people analytics space. He was a member of the HR management team within ABN AMRO and an expert in people analytics, HR IT and strategic workforce planning. With two degrees, one Master in Management of Information and one MSc in Cooperative Computing, Patrick started his career in IT and moved to HR in 1999. Ever since he was fascinated about the possibilities of recruitment, talent and performance management to support business strategy. Patrick is a true believer of bringing HR back in the centre of decision making by making HR more fact based and data savvy. Today he is the manager of HR metrics and analytics within ABN AMRO, a global bank with appr. 22.000 employees.

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Ralf Büchsenschuss

Global HR Strategy, Analytics and Transformation

Nestle

Ralf Buechsenschuss is the Global HR Manager – People Analytics at Nestlé. He started his career in Finance/ Internal Audit before moving to HR to drive and enable the Analytics journey. Ralf is passionate about People Analytics, holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and a MBA in Global Management. He has a broad experience in HR Strategy, HR Transformation and People Analytics within different industries.

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Dr. Wilson Wong

Head of Insight and Futures

CIPD

Dr. Wilson leads the Institute’s research department and is responsible for developing its futures and horizon scanning capability. He represents the UK on human capital metrics at ISO/TC260 (HR Standards) and is independent Chair of the Human Capital Standards Committee at the BSI. His career has spanned academia, corporate finance and national development policy. Wilson’s PhD in Economic Psychology (Behavioral Economics) was on opportunity recognition. He’s on the Editorial Board of HRDQ and International Journal of HRD Practice, Policy & Research. A member of the International Association of Applied Psychology and an Academic Fellow of the CIPD, he was called to the Bar in 1990.

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Dr. Max Blumberg

Founder and People Analytics Advisor

Blumberg Partnership

Dr. Max Blumberg is a Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London and founder of the Blumberg Partnership, which is ranked in Top 50 HR Analytics Influencers (2014), consisting of a group of corporate psychologists who develop human capital analytics techniques for improving organizational performance by linking HR and business strategies. Blumberg Partnership clients include the BBC, Rentokil Initial, Barclays Bank, and Friends Provident. In his academic capacity, Max is responsible for developing the CIPD’s Human Capital Analytics training programs. As a thought leader in the field of HR Analytics, Max regularly contributes to the media and is frequently invited to present at HR conferences globally.

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Eugene Burke

Former Chief Science & Analytics Officer

CEB

Eugene is the Former Chief Science & Analytics Officer at CEB-SHL, where he leads programs on talent analytics and applying the science of behavior to organizational issues and to organizational success. He has held various roles at CEB-SHL including Director of R&D, Global Product Director, Director of Design and Innovation as well as Director of Consultancy UK. He has worked with clients in both the public and private sectors across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia. A regular contributor to events on assessment, talent management as well as risk and safety, Eugene has published several scientific journal articles, book chapters and books on psychometrics, innovations in assessment and applications of assessment to talent management.

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Richard Phelps

Founder

The Human Times

Richard Phelps has been a pioneer in developing new People Analytics over the last 20 years. Richard co-founded Saratoga Europe Analytics in the mid-1990’s which was subsequently sold to PwC in 2003. Richard also collaborated with Dow and established a Fortune 500 Analytics Forum in which organizations developed measurement standards, HR metrics, measurement and data interpretation techniques and benchmarked performance. This Forum’s work was subsequently adopted and used by most Fortune 500 organizations, global professional services firms and professional associations, and led to the largest global database of HR metrics in existence in 2005. In 2016, he co-founded The Human Times, a new source of daily, actionable business intelligence for Human Resource Professionals and people managers everywhere. The goal of The Human Times is to raise the level of knowledge of whole teams and organizations in terms of business awareness, responsiveness to new thinking and approaches to workforce and people management.

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Peter Howes

VP Workforce Planning & Analytics

Success Factors

With over four decades of experience in human resource management, Peter is Vice President, Workforce Planning and Analytics for SAP SuccessFactors. Peter has a distinguished global reputation as a consultant in Workforce Metrics, Analytics and Workforce Planning. For the past fifteen years Peter has spent most of his time consulting and advising to global companies in North America and Europe. Peter has spoken at more than 500 conferences and workshops across the globe over the past thirty years and has been involved in more than 100 consulting assignments in Workforce Planning and Workforce Analytics