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Forum Moderator
Joel Kurtzman
Author, Advisor on Global Competitiveness
Joel Kurtzman is a noted author and advisor to leading organizations around the world in the areas of social capital, governance, and assessing and managing global risk. His expertise is highlighted by his long, successful career forecasting global events, from oil-price shocks to the dollar's ups and downs. Joel's vantage point in understanding and relating business implications comes from the fact that he has held both positions of senior strategic business leader and journalist responsible for reporting and translating business issues. Whether presenting to business leaders or government officials, Joel presents his ideas with one overarching concept in mind: provide thought leadership that creates value and sustainable growth.
Presenters
Dr Schon Beechler
Faculty Director, Positive Organisational Scholarship Leadership Programs, Executive Education, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
"Developing Leaders with a Global Mindset"
Dr Schon Beechler specialises in management of multinational organisations and development of global leadership within them. She is Faculty Director of Positive Organisational Scholarship Leadership Programs in Executive Education at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Academic Director, Duke Corporate Education; and adjunct professor, China Europe International Business School. In these roles, she designs and delivers executive education, open and custom programs, globally. Previously, she served as Faculty Director of the Senior Executive Program in the business school of Columbia University, where she was Faculty Director of Fundamentals of Management Asia and a Visiting Associate Professor at the Center for Innovation Research at Hitotsubashi University in Japan. She has also served as Chair of the International Management Division of the Academy of Management. Her education and consulting clients have included Medtronic, Bosch, Microsoft, Itochu, Hitachi, Aventis, Kone, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Synergos. She is an active researcher who has published in leading academic journals and is working a new co-authored book, People Strategies for Global Firms, to be published by Routledge in 2009. She earned a joint PhD in Business Administration and Sociology from the University of Michigan.
Philip Berry
Managing Principal, Berry Block & Bernstein, LLC
"Mastering Cultural Competence: Survival Issues for a Global Business"
Philip Berry is Managing Principal of Berry Block & Bernstein LLC, an advisory firm specialising in global talent management, executive coaching, global diversity, leadership training, innovation and corporate social responsibility. Through mid-2008, Berry was Vice President, Global Workplace Initiatives, for consumer products manufacturer and marketer Colgate-Palmolive, headquartered in the US with products sold in 200 countries and territories. In this role, he launched initiatives to attract and retain a diverse global talent base in ways that contribute to goal alignment and brand-building. During his corporate career at Colgate-Palmolive as well as Procter & Gamble, he held senior Human Resources and Employee Relations positions serving divisions in Central Europe/Russia, Africa/Middle East, Latin America and Europe. As an active member of several internationally-focused organisations, Mr Berry was an invited panelist at the 2008 World Diversity Leadership Summit, a gathering at the United Nations of senior officials focusing on global diversity management challenges and opportunities. Mr Berry holds an MBA from Xavier University in the US and a MS from the Columbia University School of Social Work. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York.
Rajeev Kapoor
CEO, Fiat India
"Go Fast: Renew and Grow in a Big Market on a World Stage"
Rajeev Kapoor is CEO and President of Fiat Auto India, a wholly owned Indian subsidiary of Fiat Automobiles SpA. Mr Kapoor is the first Indian national to lead Fiat in-country. He joined Fiat in late 2007, having previously been at Hero Honda. He is charged with overseeing Fiat's activities in one of the world's fastest-growing auto markets - a country with aspirations to be a global auto hub and leader in the small car segment. Fiat's continuing expansion in India follows on the heels of what is widely considered a remarkable turnaround of Fiat under CEO Sergio Marchionne. It involved a number of large-scale change management and human resources initiatives including one called "Go Fast." During Mr Kapoor's tenure as CEO in India, Fiat Auto India launched its much-anticipated product premier small car Fiat 500, an outgrowth of a joint-venture between Fiat Group Automobiles SpA and Tata Motors Limited, one of the largest automobile companies in India.
Konstantin Korotov
Co-author The New Russian Business Leaders; Senior Research Fellow, INSEAD Global Leadership Center
"Emerging Russian Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities, Hopes and Threats?"
Dr. Konstantin Korotov is an expert on multinational management, with a specialisation in Russia and other post-Communist societies, and the co-author of The New Russian Business Leaders. He is a Senior Research Fellow with the INSEAD Global Leadership Center in Fontainebleu, France, and Associate Professor at the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin. At ESMT, he directs "Leading People and Teams" executive education, and delivers programs in Executive Transition and Russian Leadership. He has provided customised executive education for multinational companies such as Deutsche Telekom, BAT, RWE, Xerox, TNK-BP, Slavneft, Shell, Arcelor-Mittal, Cushmann & Wakefield, KPMG, Lufthansa Cargo, Uralsib and Unilever. He has 14 years of leadership development consulting and coaching experience with multinational organisations in the US, UK, Western and Eastern Europe, and Asia. Previously, he was also a Director with Ernst & Young.
Sam Lam
President & Managing Consultant, Linkage Asia
"Unspoken Truths: What Really Makes for Effective Cross-Cultural Leaders"
Mr Lam is President and Managing Consultant of Linkage Asia, based in Singapore. He serves as advisor and executive coach to a number of notable CEOS and senior government officials in Europe and Asia, and regularly delivers leadership development experiences in North America. Mr Lam has extensive experience in the use of psychometric and other assessment tools for selection and grooming of leadership in cross-cultural environments. A former Managing Consultant for Towers Perrin Singapore, Mr Lam led an office of top human resources practitioners in performance management and incentive design. Prior, for five years, he led major projects in leadership development, organisational improvement and performance management for the Hay Group. Mr Lam holds an MA from the National University of Singapore and a BA from the University of Southern California.
Dick van Motman
President & CEO, DDB China Group
"Aligning with the Dream: How the Olympics in China Changed the Game for Multinationals"
Dick van Motman is based in Shanghai and Beijing, where he is President & CEO of DDB China Group, part of the DDB Worldwide Communications Group - the fourth largest consolidated advertising and marketing services global network. In 2006, Mr van Motman also became CEO of DDB Guoan through a joint-venture with China's premier communications company, creating a multi-faceted agency to serve the second largest advertising market in the world and key growth market for international brands in the future. Accounts managed by the agency were among those associated with the advertising blitz surrounding the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Mr van Motman's nearly 20-year career in advertising includes global work for Philips DAP, multinational account responsibilities spanning Asia-Pacific, and professional roles based in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Korea and Singapore. At the University of Amsterdam, Mr van Motman has studied Sociology, specialising Organisational Management, and he holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing & Economics.
Fernando Napolitano
Vice President & Managing Partner, Booz Allen Hamilton Italy
"Creating a Megacommunity: How to Link Leaders Across Business, Government and Non-Profits"
Fernando Napolitano is managing partner of Booz & Company in Italy and coordinator of the company's European Advisory Board - composed of business leaders from across Europe. His is also co-author of the book Megacommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today's Global Challenges Together. The megacommunity concept is an approach by which leaders across sectors address complex problems - collaborating based on common vital interests while maintaining their unique priorities. Mr Napolitano specialises in organisation and change leadership, complemented by his background in competitive strategy, international competition and technology. He has consulted with large industrial and service firms, governments and international organisations in more than 30 countries. Mr Napolitano served on the Enel SpA Board of Directors (where he had the distinction of being the youngest outside director ever appointed), and he is a member of the international advisory board of Harvard's Environmental Economics programme. He received an MS in technology management from Brooklyn Polytechnic University in New York; an advanced management programme certificate from the Harvard Business School; and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Federico II University in Naples, Italy.
Dr. Rafael Ramirez
Dr. Kees van der Heijden
Co-editors, Business Planning in Turbulent Times
"On Top of the Turmoil: Global Planning Approaches in Turbulent Times"
Drs. Ramirez and van der Heijden are co-authors of the new book Business Planning in Turbulent Times: New Methods for Applying Scenarios and renowned experts on scenarios development and planning in complex, multinational settings. Dr. Ramirez is founder of the Oxford Futures Forum and Oxford Scenarios Programme (for executives), and he was recently named Chairman of the World Economic Forum's global council on strategic insight. He was Visiting Professor of Scenarios and Corporate Strategy at Shell International from 2000 to 2003, and he has consulted with organisations in more than 20 countries, including France Telecom, Credit Suisse, and HP Laboratories. Currently, Dr. Ramirez is Professor of Management at HEC-Paris, Senior Research Fellow in Futures at the James Martin Institute of Oxford University, and Fellow in Strategy at the Oxford Said Business Business School. He holds a PhD in Social Systems Science from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. van der Heijden focuses on institutional strategic thinking, learning and interventions. He is author The Sixth Sense: Accelerating Organisational Learning with Scenarios. He also pioneered the concept of the "Strategic Conversation" - bringing together scenario planning with business idea development. Previously, he was head of the Business Environment Division of Group Planning at Royal Dutch Shell, London, as well as Shell's Internal Strategy Consultancy Group. Currently, he is Emeritus Professor of General and Strategic Management at the Strathclyde University Graduate School of Business, Glasgow, and Visiting Professor at Nijenrode University, Holland.
Dr Frank-Jürgen Richter
President, HORASIS, The Global Visions Community, Former Head of Asian Affairs, World Economic Forum
"Hybrid Knowledge: Tapping the Best of Western and Eastern Management"
Dr Frank-Jürgen Richter is President of HORASIS, The Global Visions Community, through which he serves as a senior advisor to corporate leaders from Asia, Europe and North America. Prior to founding Horasis, Dr Richter was Director of the World Economic Forum, in charge of Asian Affairs. Under his leadership, the Forum's focus on Asia as well as its Summits in Asia facilitated the exchange of expertise between business, government and civil society. His analysis and commentary are widely recognised as an influence on business and government decisions. Dr Richter is also an active scholar and author, with his most recent books including: Global Future, Asia's New Crisis and Recreating Asia. His opinions and articles have appeared in The International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal and The Far Eastern Economic Review, and he has been interviewed on CNN and BBC. Dr Richter was educated in Germany, Mexico and Japan. He lived in Tokyo and Beijing for a number of years and is fluent in Japanese and Mandarin.
Ros Tennyson
Director, The Partnering Initiative, International Business Leaders Forum
"Fit for Purpose: Building Global Partnering Capacity"
Ros Tennyson leads cutting edge work of the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) to promote and support the art and science of cross-sector partnerships for sustainable development. The Partnering Initiative undertakes original work and research on emerging partnership issues and innovative practices. Tennyson has run workshops, skills training and other partnership-building activities in more than 40 countries, as well as specialist programmes for corporations, international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and UN agencies. Publications developed under her leadership have reached a global audience at strategic and operational levels, with The Partnering Toolbook now available in 18 languages. On behalf of IBLF, she is Associate Director of the Post-graduate Certificate in Cross-sector Partnership in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and Director of the Partnership Brokers Accreditation Scheme - two initiatives that have involved 500 partnership practitioners.
Dr Chow Hou Wee (C. H. Wee)
Co-Director Berkeley-Nanyang Advanced Management Program, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
"Strategic Wisdom: Incorporating Chinese Philosophies into Global Leadership Practice"
Dr Wee is a renowned expert on topics related to doing business in China and Asia, as well as the application of classic Chinese philosophies in modern business practices, strategic thinking, leadership, teamwork and marketing. He is the senior or sole author of books such as The 36 Strategies of the Chinese: Adapting Ancient Chinese Wisdom to the Business World; Sun Zi Bingfa: Selected Insights and Perspectives; and The Inspirations of Tao Zhu-gong: Modern Business Lessons from an Ancient Past. Currently, he is Professor and Head of the Division of Strategy, Management & Organisation at the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, as well as an Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Management at Xiamen University (China) and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman of Malaysia. Previously, he was Dean of Business Administration and Director of the Graduate School of Business, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Co-Director of the Stanford-NUS Program. He has conducted executive training for more than 250 major organisations in 30 countries spanning Europe, Asia and the US, including Nokia, Siemens, Royal Dutch Telecom, Singapore Airlines, Neptune Orient Lines, Taiwan Semiconductor, IBM, Motorola and Dell. Dr Wee has more than 230 publications to his credit, and he has served on editorial boards of international journals including Advances in International Marketing, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Journal of Strategic Marketing, and Thunderbird International Business Review.
Mick Yates
Global Business Development, dunnhumby UK
"Global Leaders: Engaging Employee Imagination; Understanding Customer Minds"
Mick Yates is responsible for Global Business Development at dunnhumby, a UK-headquartered provider of data-driven customer insights to multinational corporations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Mr Yates is responsible for developing new partnerships with major retailers. Previously, he was Company Group Chairman of the Johnson & Johnson consumer business in Asia-Pacific and a member of the Global Operating Committee. He also spent 11 years as a Regional CEO of Asian businesses for Procter & Gamble. Mr Yates has an established track record of revitalising and growing brands in challenging markets by establishing a compelling vision and empowering teams around customer-focused initiatives. In the non-profit arena, Mr Yates has served as a Chief Advisor to the Save the Children International Alliance. He is founder of www.leader-values.com, one of the Internet's most visited sites on Leadership Development
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