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WIL London event - May 15th & 16th

  • 15 May 2017
  • 18:00 (BST)
  • 16 May 2017
  • 12:00 (BST)
  • London

Registration



May 15th : Cocktail – Dinner

Venue:  Aviva's Office, St Helens, 1 Undershaft, London EC3P 3DQ,UK


18:00-18:20
Welcome & Networking

  • Mingle with fellow WIL members


18:20-18:30
Welcome Remarks

  • Thaima Samman, Partner, SAMMAN Law and Corporate Affairs & WIL President

18:30-19:00
Business in Europe. Opportunities and Challenges for UK & Europe. 

  • Introductory words by Katherine Corich, Chair at Sysdoc, Associate Fellow - University of Oxford

  • Keynote Speech by Mark Wilson, Group Chief Executive Officer AVIVA 

19:00-20:00
Diversity in the workplace: What does it mean for women in leadership?

Moderator:

  • Katherine Corich, Chair at Sysdoc, Associate Fellow at the University of Oxford

Speakers:

  • Sarah Morris Chief People Officer at AVIVA
  • Claudia Arney, Non-executive Director at AVIVA
  • Line Pélissier, Diversity Director at Orange
  • Paulina Dejmek-Hack, Member of Cabinet, Economic Advisor for the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker 

Wrap-up of the discussion by a Women Talent Pool member 

  • Sigrid Windmolders, Legal and Corporate Affairs Attorney at Microsoft Belux

20:00-21:30
Buffet dinner and networking



16 May: Breakfast – Debate

Venue: House of Parliament, Cromwell Green visitor entrance , Westminster, London SW1A 0WP





8:20-9:00
Welcome & Networking
Take seats for the Breakfast Debate
Please note that passing security at the House of Lords may take a while

9:00-9:10
Introductory words

  • Helene Martin Gee, Chief Adviser, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship and President of Pink Shoe Club
  • Thaima Samman, Partner, SAMMAN Law and Corporate Affairs & WIL President


9:10-9:20
Welcome Remarks

  • Fiona Capstick, Executive Director at EY Advisory 

9:20-10:15
Digital Transition Debate

Moderator: 

  • Thaima Samman, Partner, SAMMAN Law and Corporate Affairs & WIL President
Speakers:
  • Emma Loisel, Chief Operations Officer at The Exchange Lab, Judge at the London Business School for the Entrepreneurial Faculty 
  • Amit Pau, Venture Partner & Executive Director- advisor to corporations at Ariadne Capital
  • Kristin Schreiber, Director for COSME Programme and SME Policy, European Commission

  • Alison Rayner, UK Digital’s Risk and Compliance Director at Aviva

Wrap-up of the discussion by a Women Talent Pool member:
  • Kirsten Perzi, Midmarket Leader Central Region (DACH) at Lenovo 

10:30-12:30
Women Talent Pool Workshop: “Career Development”

Facilitator:

  • Anne Houtman, Lecturer at Sciences Po, former senior civil servant at the European Commission 

Speakers:

  • Véronique Karcenty, Recruitment Diversity and Careerpath Director, Orange
  • Sarah de Carvalho, CEO at Happy Child International Foundation


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