Vincent Bouw is a seasoned professional and leader with an international career of more than 25 years. He has extensive experience in business and Human Capital leadership roles. Currently he is Director of Talent and Performance Management and Learning, leading the function for Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Before that he held various leadership roles in FMCG, ICT and worked as an independent human capital consultant, supporting a range of international clients on Talent and Leadership challenges. In the last few decades he has worked across all areas of Human Capital and multiple geographies and industries. Vincent’s professional and personal style is characterized by an authentic and pragmatic approach, aiming to keep things simple and effective, to make a meaningful impact on the organization and the people he collaborates with.

Wim Focquet is an experienced speaker, educator and consultant with a focus on talent management and coaching executives in a wide range of industries. He concentrates on helping organisations in growing their business by growing the people inside and improving the conversation with clients, employees and other stakeholders. He assists and coaches leaders to tap into their authentic self and encourages them to follow their dreams.

Currently, Wim acts as Academic Director HR and Talent Management at the IE Business School of Human Science and Technology in Madrid. His aim is to offer to a group of professionals deep knowledge of strategic HR, new organisational models, talent and first-rate analytics to turn the HR function in a key player to add competitive advantage in the new workplace crafted on the powers of positive human behaviour.

Michael joined VEON Ltd as Group Chief People Officer as of July 2021. He served as a member of the Group Executive Committee until December 2023 and continues on the Board of Directors of several VEON Portfolio Companies. He has and continues to provided independent Business Advisory Services in strategic Human Capital solutions and Board Advisory for clients from various sectors such as Retail, Renewable Energy and Power. He serves on several Advisory Boards, including Venture capital. He partners with HumanCapital Labs on the +AI Value Proposition: How to maximise Financial Performance through strategic and ethical integration of Human and AI capital. Michael holds an MSc in Law from University Bayreuth, Germany and is an alumni in Executive Education from INSEAD and London Business School.

Mohsin is an HR executive with two decades of cross-industry, country, regional and global leadership experience in generalist and specialist roles. His expertise is in connecting business strategy, talent assessment and organisational development to drive commercial success. Previous positions have included roles including Shell, Standard Chartered, and Philips.

John Whelan is a Director at Corporate Research Forum. Formerly UK HR Director of BAE Systems, the FTSE 100 defence, security, and aerospace company, John’s experience and strengths lie in business and HR Transformation, Organisation Development and Employee Relations. Prior to joining BAE, he held a variety of HR roles in engineering, technology and manufacturing businesses across the telecommunications and semi-conductor industries including Matra-Marconi Space where he was HR Director for the UK and, latterly, Group HRD.