Presenter Biographies
Christine Abel, Vice President, PartnerHay Group GmbH
Dr Christine Abel is practice leader for executive pay in Austria, Germany and Switzerland and consults in executive pay for listed and privately owned companies. Christine’s special experience is on risk management of executive pay and risks related to the policy, process and practice. Christine’s clients include the compensation committees or senior managements of large companies in the Germany and Switzerland, including several from the Fortune Global 500. Before joining Hay Group in 1997, Christine worked for a large international consultancy as an actuary and benefits consultant.
Trevor Blackman, Head of Remuneration & Benefits, Royal Bank of Scotland
Trevor leads the team responsible for the development and implementation of Compensation and Benefits policy across the Royal Bank of Scotland group.
Prior to joining RBS in May 1994, he spent ten years working with Hay Management Consultants in their offices in London, Philadelphia and Glasgow. He holds an MA in Anthropology from Cambridge University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland.
Peter Boreham, Associate Director, Hay Group
Peter is one of Hay Group UK’s most experienced executive compensation consultants and was UK practice leader from 2001 to 2003. His clients include the compensation committees or senior managements of large companies in the UK, the Netherlands, Norway, and Ireland, including several from the Fortune Global 500. His particular speciality is the design of long-term incentives and he has a track record of developing innovative solutions for his clients.
Chris Bruce, Director of Marketing & Technology, Thomsons Online Benefits
Chris is Managing Director and one of the two co-founders of thomsons online benefits the leading reward consultant and technology specialist. He has been working in the employee benefits field for over 15 years. He holds a BA (Hons) in Financial Services and is a regulated benefit consultant. He was particularly heavily involved in the early development of our international and flexible benefit business streams and was responsible for launching the first online flexible benefits scheme across nine countries simultaneously. Chris has advised some of the world’s foremost employers on their reward programmes including the Economist, RBS, and Vanco.
Antoine Carlier, GRP
Antoine Carlier currently holds the Compensation & Benefits Director position for the EMEA Region at Avaya a leading telecommunications company providing business communications technology to enterprises. Antoine has 25+ years of experience in the automotive, computer and telecommunications industries. Except for the first six years of his career where he worked in a manufacturing environment in a variety of positions,including line management, Antoine has spent his professional life in Human Resources, first in various HR Manager/Director positions then as a compensation and benefits expert in roles with an ever wideninginternational scope (France & MEA, Latin America, EMEA). Currently based in Paris, Antoine has lived in the United States and in Belgium. He is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.
Narcisa Chelaru, International Compensation Services Consultant, ORC Worldwide
Narcisa Chelaru is an International Compensation Services Consultant in the ORC London Office. She is responsible for assisting and advising clients on a multitude of areas in international compensation, expatriation and cost of living, and works closely with a number of UK, Spanish and Greek multinationals. Narcisa also assists in the development of international assignment policies, as well as conducting training seminars in Europe.
Narcisa previously performed the role of Economic Research Analyst, responsible for producing the Home Country Data and Tax profiles, integral to the approach that ORC uses to determine international pay systems.
Prior to joining ORC’s London office, Narcisa completed her BA in Business Administration in Bucharest, Romania and has obtained a distinction from London Metropolitan University for her MA in International Human Resource Management.
Laurence Chou, Talent & Organisation Consulting Director, Hewitt Associates
Laurence leads the Talent & Organisation Consulting activity at Hewitt France. She specialises in total compensation design and implementation including benefits and performance management. She also has more than 10 years’ experience in integrating HR programmes in mergers and acquisitions, from due diligence to harmonisation of working conditions including negotiations with employee representatives. She joined Hewitt three years ago having spent 13 years in an HR consulting firm and four years as HR partner for IBM France and Europe. She is also a lecturer at Paris University. She holds an MBA in Financial Marketing and an MA in Econometrics.
Jerome A Colletti, Managing Partner, Colletti-Fiss LLC
Colletti-Fiss is a management consulting firm headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona (USA), that helps management make decisions about programmes that increase sales results. Jerome’s firm focuses on three areas of sales effectiveness: jobs design and organisation structure, performance management programs, and sales compensation plans. Jerome is the author of more than 70 publications including pieces in Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal. He holds a BA from St. Mary’s University and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin.
Diane Doubleday, Worldwide Partner, Global and Europe Executive Remuneration Head, Mercer
Diane Doubleday is a Worldwide Partner in Mercer's human capital business. Based in London, she consults on executive remuneration and is the global and European leader of the executive remuneration service segment. Before joining Mercer in 1989, she practiced tax law with Morrison & Foerster. Diane earned her BA and JD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of the U.S. National Association of Corporate Directors 2003 Blue Ribbon Commission on Executive Compensation and Compensation Committees. She is also a member of WorldatWork and the U.S. National Association of Stock Plan Professionals.
Nicholas Egger, HR Director Compensation & Benefits, Firmenich Inc
Human Resources Generalist and Business Partner.
Nicholas has wide experience in large multinational companies in different business areas at corporate and operational level. He has been with Firmenich for 12 years where he has contributed to the growth of the human capital management from 3,200 to 5,800 employees including implementation of HR processes, systems, organisation and policies at worldwide level and was recently involved in the acquisition of Danisco Flavours (March 2007). Nicholas holds a degree in Economics and HR from Geneva (Switzerland).
Rohan Fernando, Managing Principal European Offices, ZS Associates
Rohan is the Managing Principal in the ZS London office. He has consulted with numerous pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the area of incentive compensation, sales force strategy, integrations/mergers, targeting, product launch strategy and customer segmentation. Rohan has worked in numerous countries, including the US, and many countries in Europe and Australia and has also published on sales force regionalisation. Rohan received an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, an MPP from the Kennedy School at Harvard University, and a BA (PPE) from Oxford University.
Enrico Gambi, Senior Consultant, Watson Wyatt
Enrico is a senior consultant for Watson Wyatt's talent management practice in Milan. He has developed his expertise through various HR consulting projects both with major Italian and international clients. These projects have included competency definition, people assessment and development, talent reviews, succession planning and career development, performance management and management training.
He has gained international experience on a number of projects in Europe and a medium term assignment in Dubai where Watson Wyatt has recently opened a office.
In addition to his client work, Enrico is involved in the development of Watson Wyatt's research on employee engagement in Italy.
He has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Bologna and a master training in NLP and Executive Coaching.
Pat Gurren founded GURREN Compensation in 2004, an Independent Human Resource consulting firm based in Ireland, providing specialist services in the field of Compensation & Benefits (C&B). Prior to establishing GURREN Compensation, Pat was the global head of C&B Operations at Intel Corporation overseeing C&B for 80,000 employees on a worldwide basis. During his tenure with Intel Corporation, Pat worked as the Ireland C&B Manager, the Regional C&B Director for both the Asia and Europe region, the HR Shared Services Director for the EMEA region and the Global Head of C&B operations.
Prior to Intel, Pat held HR and Manufacturing management positions with both Motorola and Digital Corporation.
Pat holds an honours degree in business studies from the University of Limerick. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. As a member of the teaching faculty at WorldatWork, Pat contributes to the professional certification of reward professionals on an international basis. Pat is also a regular guest lecturer on C&B management at the University of Limerick.
Mark Hoble, Principal Senior Executive Remuneration Consultant, Mercer
Mark Hoble advises clients on total compensation strategies across various industry sectors. Mark has particular expertise around reward in Private Equity especially in the area of co-investment and carried interest incentive plans. He is also a member of Mercer's global M&A team and has worked on many transactions across different sectors. Mark has 14 years experience advising the Remuneration Committees of major U.K. companies on executive compensation matters. He holds an MBA from London Business School and a BA (Hons) in Economics from Nottingham University.
Mark Hudson, Reward & Performance Director, BP – Integrated Supply & Trading
Mark Hudson is Reward & Performance Director for the Integrated Supply & Trading (IST) division of BP, one of the world’s largest companies. He is globally responsible for all compensation, benefits and performance management programmes. IST comprises all of the oil and gas trading activities for BP, together with the ancillary support organisations. Mr Hudson has Reward teams in the UK and US to support the business.
Desiree Isabelle Klein-Wagner, GRP, Senior Vice President, Global Rewards Systems, Allianz AG
Desiree has been SVP Global Reward & Performance Total Reward for Alllianz SE, based in Munich, since 2007. She was previously Vice President Total Reward for BP plc in London and employed in various European HR leadership roles in Nokia, Intel and HP in Germany, Finland, Switzerland, and the US. Desirée has an MBA from INSEAD (France), a Dipl.-Betriebswirt (BA) from Berufsakademie Stuttgart (Germany), and is a GRP (WorldatWork). She has been an active member of the compensation and benefits community in Europe and the US for many years, serving on steering committees of various compensation groups and a member of the Board of WorldatWork since 2006.
Gie Kauwenberghs, General Manager, Hay Group (Belgium)
Gie Kauwenberghs is general manager for Hay Group Belgium and director of international business solutions for Hay Group in EMEA. Gie has extensive experience in leading large companies through organizational change projects. He often coaches executives and CEO level, but also works with management teams across business units to ensure smooth and effective implementation. Gie is a renowned speaker in conferences on a range of human resources topics and is often quoted in leading business papers and magazines. He has a Master in Psychology from the University of Leuven, is an alumnus of INSEAD, and is accredited by the Management Research Group.
Josy Koumans, Consultant, Mercer
Josy is Principal Consultant at Mercer in Human Capital Advisory Services. Based in Amstelveen (Netherlands), she consults to multinational organisations about building workforce performance strategies and aligning these programmes with business priorities. She works across a range of areas including reward and talent strategy, workforce planning, compensation design and career development. Josy has 15 years of experience in consulting and international project management, nine of which have been with Mercer. Before transferring to Europe she was with Mercer in Seattle. She has an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BA Hons from Brown University (USA).
Astrid De Lathauwer, Executive Vice President Human Resources, Belgacom
Ms. Astrid De Lathauwer is Executive Vice President Human Resources of Belgacom SA. Ms. De Lathauwer joined Belgacom in 2000 and previously held the positions of Top Group Resources & Talent Director and HR Director of Belgacom. Prior to joining Belgacom, Ms. De Lathauwer worked in Marketing and Human Resources with AT & T and Monsanto. Ms. De Lathauwer holds a degree in History of Art from the University of Ghent and a degree in International Politics and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Leuven.
Jean-Francois Latour, Manager, ZS Associates
Jean-Francois is a Manager in Evanston, IL. He is a member on the ZS Associates’ Compensation Practice Area team. Jean-Francois’s experience at ZS has included work in incentive compensation design and administration, quota-setting, sales force strategy and targeting. He works primarily with clients in the pharmaceutical industry. His experience prior to joining ZS includes developing marketing model software applications. He has an MS in Business Administration in Management Sciences from the Pennsylvania State University and BA in Business Administration in Finance from the University of Liège (Belgium).
Vivian Leinster, Head of HR and Sourcing , BT Design
Vivian joined BT plc in 2004 as the Head of Reward for BT Retail. In 2005 she managed the reward work-stream in the creation of Openreach as a result of regulatory commitments. In 2006 Vivian joined BT Global Services as VP Reward where she managed all elements of reward for 30,000 employees, in over 50 countries. Most recently, she has moved into a generalist HR role as Head of HR & Sourcing in BT Design.
Born in Australia, Vivian moved to the UK in 1994 and has been working in the ICT sector for around 10 years. Prior to working at BT, Vivian was a Director of Compensation & Benefits at COLT Telecom has also worked for ICO, a satellite telecommunications company. Her roles at these organisations involved all elements of global compensation and benefits including share schemes, incentive arrangements, international assignments, benefits programmes, and implementing pay practices aligned to performance and the external market.
John Macdonald, Managing Director Middle East, ORC Worldwide
John joined ORC Worldwide in September 2007 as Managing Director for the firm’s new office in Dubai. With the exception of two years working in Houston, he has spent the last 10 years in Dubai where he has been heavily involved in expatriate, regional, and local compensation management. Prior to that, he spent most of his career in human resource management in the UK power sector apart from a four-year spell in Saudi Arabia in the mid 1980s. John has a Masters Degree in Management from the University of Salford (UK).
Clare Muhiudeen, European Practice Head, Human Capital Group, Watson Wyatt
Clare has been with Watson Wyatt for 22 years and is responsible for the European Human Capital Practice which includes Reward consulting services ( Executive Reward, Strategic Reward, Sales Compensation, Market data ) and Talent management.
Clare has extensive consulting experience working with multinational organisations within a variety of sectors. She has in-depth expertise in reward strategy design , performance pay and integrated talent and reward assignments for executives and employees of multinational organisations. Clare's clients include large companies in the UK and the US, including several from the Euro 500.
John Richardson, European Compensation & Benefits Director, Avery Dennison
John Richardson is Head of EMEA Compensation & Benefits at Avery Dennison. Based in Pasadena, California, Avery Dennison employs 36,000 globally (including 6,500 in 22 EMEA countries) and had 2007 sales of $6.3 billion. The Company is a global leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing pressure-sensitive technology and self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials.
John’s responsibilities include deployment, development and direction for compensation / benefits programmes, the pay link to performance management, and grading and career family / organisation structures.
John holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle in the UK and is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. John has previously held HR or general management roles at Black & Decker, PepsiCo, Ebac and PrismTech. At Avery over the last seven years John has held HR Director and specialist posts in Europe and North America. He is based near Newcastle in Northern England.
Gregory A Stoskopf, CCP
Gregory A. Stoskopf is a Director in the US Total Rewards/Human Capital Practice, National Leader of the Broad-based Compensation Competency, and a Member of the Global Talent Steering Committee of Deloitte Consulting LLP. His consulting expertise is focused on the design and implementation of strategic, global broad-based performance and reward systems, including talent and total reward strategies designed to enhance the attraction and retention of critical talent segments. He has over 20 years of experience in compensation, performance management and human resources. His clients represent a broad range of industries including healthcare, financial services, pharmaceuticals, media, manufacturing, consumer products, professional services, and nonprofits. He is an author and frequent speaker on compensation, performance management, talent and total rewards topics both nationally and internationally. He is a member of the New York Compensation Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and WorldatWork. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Baker University, a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology from the University of Kansas and is a Certified Compensation Professional.
Michael Tovar, GRP, Director, Center of Expertise Global Compensation & Benefits, Tetra Pak
Michael Tovar, GRP, is currently the Director of the Center of Expertise Global Compensation & Benefits at Tetra Pak in Switzerland. His responsibilities for compensation and benefits at Tetra Pak started in the United States in 2002. Tovar is contributing to an article on international pension and benefits for mobile employees, and he is a member of WorldatWork and SHRM. He earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in philosophy from Northern Illinois University.
Enrique Zamarbide, Sr Director Compensation and Benefit , Medtronic International
Enrique leads the compensation and Benefits department for the International region in Medtronic. In this role he is exposed to all the Compensation and Benefit programs around the world. As part of this role, he leads a team of specialists on the variable pay area. Their role is to work with senior management and HR generalists to ensure their Compensation programs are effectively leveraged to drive their business results and people strategies. Previously to joining Medtronic, Enrique worked for Hewlett Packard where he lead the Compensation programs in EMEA for one of their main business and the Sales compensation strategy for all the Region. His experience on Sales incentives strategies and Variable pay program has driven Enrique to give lectures around the European region, participate in several seminars and write articles on this subject. His background as economist and finance and his multicounty and multicultural experience have provided Enrique with a particular point of view on the Compensation and Benefits world.
Alexander Zerkowitz, GRP, is regional human resources director with Raiffeisen, one of the leading retail banks in Central and Eastern Europe. In his professional career as a practitioner, he has been holding international HR and C&B management responsibilities with leading companies from various industries such as GM, Red Bull and Nokia. He did a foreign study assignment in France and Belgium and earned a Master in Commerce from Vienna University for Business Administration as well as an Executive MBA from California State University Hayward.
