CEO, Capgemini Group

REDEFINING THE PATH TO VALUE

Aiman Ezzat is CEO of the Capgemini Group since May 20, 2020. Since assuming the role, Aiman has directed the integration of Altran and reinforced Capgemini's position as a leading responsible organization, notably committing to becoming a net zero business by 2040. With more than 25 years' experience at Capgemini, he has developed a deep knowledge of the Group's main businesses and has worked in many countries, notably the UK and the US, where he lived for more than 15 years. During his tenure as COO (from 2018 to 2020) and prior to this as CFO, from 2012 to 2018, Aiman reinforced both the Group's position as a global leader as well as its financial resilience. Aiman has a dual background in chemical engineering and management. He holds a MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. Aiman is also on the Air Liquide Board of Directors and is a member of the Business Council. 

Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali and Independent Non-executive Director, Eni

A STRONGER EUROPE IN A FRAGMENTED WORLD

Nathalie Tocci is the Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali since 2017 and an executive board member of Eni since May 2020. She is professor at the European University Institute, honorary professor at the University of Tuebingen, and a regular contributor to La Stampa, Politico, and BBC ''The Context'', alongside being a frequent media commentator on all major international media outlets. 

Member of the UK House of Lords and Former Goldman Sachs Chief Economist

EUROPE'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK & CURRENT RELATIONSHIP WITH BRICS

Lord O’Neill of Gatley is a member of the UK House of Lords, sitting on the cross benches since he stepped down as Commercial Secretary to the Treasury in September 2016. In July 2021, Lord O’Neill became a member of the panel of Senior Advisors to Chatham House, having finished his term as Chair. Lord O’Neill, creator of the acronym ‘BRICS’, worked for Goldman Sachs from 1995 until April 2013, spending most of his time there as Chief Economist.

Former German Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks

THE DATA AND CLOUD ECONOMY: THE FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNTY

Peter Altmaier was Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2018 to 2021. Prior to that, he was Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks. He has been a member of the German Bundestag for 27 years and is considered to be one of the formative heads of the CDU.
In 2004, Altmaier was made a Knight of the French Legion of Honour and in 2006 he became President of the Europa-Union Deutschland, of which he has been Honorary President since 2011.

Author and Professor, INSEAD

THE CULTURE MAP - BREAKING THROUGH THE INVISIBLE BOUNDARIES OF GLOBAL BUSINESS

Erin Meyer is the author of international best-seller ''The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business'' and the co-author of the New York Times best-selling book and FT nominated best business book of 2020, ''No Rules Rules''. She is also a professor at INSEAD. Her work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and Forbes. In 2021, Erin was selected by the Thinkers50 as one of the fifty most influential business thinkers in the world. 

British Endurance Swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans

ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE

Lewis Pugh is an ocean advocate and an endurance swimmer. Over the course of 30 years he has pioneered swims in the most challenging environments on earth, including the Antarctic, the North Pole and the Himalayas. In 2013 the United Nations appointed him as the first UN Patron of the Oceans. He is an adjunct Professor in International Law at the University of Cape Town.

Author, Entrepreneur and Keynote Speaker

A NEW DAWN FOR DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

Peter Hinssen is a serial entrepreneur, author, adviser and keynote speaker on the topics of radical innovation, leadership and the impact of all things digital on society and business. His current company, Nexxworks, helps organisations become fluid, innovate and thrive in The Day After Tomorrow. 

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Author, Neuroscientist and Former President Emerita of MIT

THE AGE OF LIVING MACHINES - CROSSING TECHNOLOGY BOUNDARIES TO NEXT-GENERATION GLOBAL BUSINESS

Susan Hockfield served from 2004 to 2012 as the 16th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the first life scientist and first woman in that role.  She is now President Emerita, Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Management, and Member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, at MIT. She also serves on the boards of Pfizer and two startups, Cajal Neuroscience, a startup focused on neurodegenerative disease, and Repetorie Immune Medicines, focused on immunology-based new medicines.

Presbyter and Theologian of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Professor Faculty of Theology Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

A RENAISSANCE - THE ROME CALL FOR AI ETHICS

Father Paolo Benanti is an Italian presbyter, theologian and academic of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. He teaches at the Pontifical Gregorian University and is advisor to Pope Francis on issues of artificial intelligence and technology ethics.

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with Capgemini Research Institute (CRI)

Designer, advisor, co-author of “Cradle to Cradle”. Time magazine “Hero for the Planet” (1999)

NATURE DOES NOT HAVE A DESIGN PROBLEM, PEOPLE DO

William McDonough, a globally renowned leader in sustainable design and development, will be discussing the importance of nature-based solutions in achieving sustainability. He will address how climate change cannot be addressed in isolation, and must rather be viewed as a complex issue that is interdependent with other environmental challenges. Rather than seeing carbon as ‘the enemy,’ McDonough recognizes it as the foundation of life, and believes we need to seek solutions inspired by nature to reduce and eventually eliminate human-made carbon emissions to help restore balance to the planet.

His work in architecture and sustainable design has earned him international recognition that includes being acknowledged as ‘the Mastermind of Sustainable Design’ at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 and named a ‘Hero of the Planet’ by Time magazine in 1999. In 2019, Fortune magazine included him in its list of the ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’.

As a designer, McDonough’s interests range from global to molecular scales, and his influential ideas have been shared with audiences worldwide. His book, ‘Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things’ which he co-authored in 2002, has become a seminal text of the sustainability movement.

Vice President of HR Transformation, HR Digitalization & HR Operations, Mercedes-Benz Group AG

THE FUTURE OF WORK & PEOPLE SCIENCE

Since April 2023, Eefje Dikker has been entrusted with the global responsibility of HR Transformation, HR Digitalization & HR Operations at Mercedes-Benz Group AG. Her role encompasses overseeing and implementing the HR transformation, driving the strategic development of the digital system landscape, and spearheading the implementation of new IT solutions for HR processes. Additionally, Eefje is accountable for HR Operations within Mercedes-Benz in Germany and globally. Eefje's qualifications include a degree in Communication Sciences from Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She has a distinguished career at Mercedes-Benz Group, where she held various management positions, including Head of Global Executive HR and Head of Compensation, Benefits & HR Policies, from 1996 until 2014.

CEO of Volkswagen Financial Services AG

MOBILITY SOLUTIONS - A CONERSTONE OF THE VOLKSWAGEN GROUP'S STRATEGY 

Since February 2022, Dr. Christian Dahlheim has been the CEO of Volkswagen Financial Services AG. From October 2018 to January 2022 Dr. Dahlheim led the Sales function of Volkswagen Group. Dr. Dahlheim started in 2005 as Head of Corporate Development at Volkswagen Financial Services. Between 2008 and 2012, he was responsible for the Financial Services business in European and selected global markets as Head of Region Europe & International. Dr. Dahlheim became Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VW Credit Inc. in the US in 2012. In 2014 he became President and CEO of the North-American Financial Services business of Volkswagen Group. From 2016 to 2018 he was a member of the Board of Volkswagen Financial Services AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing. Dr. Dahlheim holds a diploma in physics and achieved his Ph.D. at the European Business School in the area of Business Administration and Management.

Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Government Securities Services Corp. and Clearance & Collateral Management

FINANCIAL MARKETS IN THE DIGITAL AGE - REINVENTING THE LARGEST MARKET IN THE WORLD

Brian Ruane is the Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon’s Clearance & Collateral Management business and a member of BNY Mellon’s Executive Committee. As CEO of Clearance & Collateral Management, Brian’s focus is to provide clients with digitally-enabled, resilient infrastructure to settle, safekeep, finance and manage their post-trade inventory and collateral obligations. In addition to those responsibilities, Brian is the CEO of BNY Mellon Government Securities Services Corp, and oversees the firm’s credit services, real estate and leasing portfolios. Brian was a key voice on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Triparty Repo Infrastructure Reform Task Force, which drove systemic changes to ensure that the triparty repo market functions effectively and efficiently. He also served on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Working Committee on The Future of the US Government Securities Markets.

Chief Executive Northern Europe, Randstad

CEO PANEL - HOW EUROPEAN CEOS ARE REDEFINING THE PATH TO VALUE 

Dominique Hermans is the Chief Executive of Northern Europe, responsible for Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands at Randstad. Dominique joined Randstad 22 years ago and has since worked in various positions within the organization, including Regional Manager and Chief Operations Officer in Belgium. In 2015, she moved to Randstad Group Netherlands as Managing Director of Tempo-Team, and was subsequently appointed as Managing Director of Randstad Netherlands in April 2018 and CEO of Randstad Group Netherlands in 2021. Dominique holds a Master's Degree in Industrial Sciences from KU Leuven.

Chief Executive Officer, Nuuday

CEO PANEL - HOW EUROPEAN CEOS ARE REDEFINING THE PATH TO VALUE 

Jon James is the CEO of Nuuday, the largest telco in Denmark which operates market-leading consumer brands such as YouSee and Telmore as well as the Danish business telecoms leader, TDC Erhverv. Jon joined Nuuday in June 2021 with the brief to transform the business into a modern, digital communications operator after the separation from the infrastructure business – now known as TDC Net. The business has a turnover of DKK 15 billion and some 3,500 employees.
Jon was previously CEO of Tele2 Netherlands, the B2C and B2B fixed and mobile telecoms operator based in Amsterdam. Jon joined Tele2 in 2017 and, after leading a rapid operational turnaround, the business was sold to T-Mobile Netherlands in one of the few successful ‘4 to 3’ telecoms mergers in Europe. Previously he led the consumer business of Com Hem – the Swedish cable operator – through a significant turnaround from 2014 to 2016 after launching a successful IPO in 2014, one of the largest Nordic flotations in recent decades. Jon previously held senior roles at Virgin Media in the UK leading up to its sale to Liberty Global and was previously COO of a UK pay-TV company.

Brand Chief Executive Officer, Peugeot

CEO PANEL - HOW EUROPEAN CEOS ARE REDEFINING THE PATH TO VALUE

Linda Jackson was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer of Peugeot and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

From the United Kingdom to France, Linda Jackson has built her wide experience across the industry, notably with Finance and Commercial roles at Jaguar, Land Rover and Rover Group in which she went from Regional Financial Manager for Rover Europe in the late 90s to European Sales Finance Director for the MG Rover Group until the end of the year 2004, before joining Groupe PSA in 2005.

Linda’s first role within Groupe PSA was as Finance Director of Citroën UK, and then of Citroën France, from 2009 to 2010. She became CEO of Citroën UK and Ireland in July 2010.

In 2014, Linda was appointed as the Global CEO of the Citroën brand and member of the PSA Global Executive Committee.

In her 6 years as Global CEO of Citroën, from 2014, Linda succeeded in repositioning the brand, increasing sales and transforming Citroën into one of the most respected brands.

In January 2020, Linda was appointed to head up Mainstream Brand Portfolio Development at Groupe PSA, to clarify and ensure the differentiation of brands within the mainstream product portfolio.

Linda Jackson graduated with an MBA from the University of Warwick and spent her entire career in the automotive industry.

Chief Commercial Officer, Climeworks

CONVERSATIONS FOR TOMORROW - SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE TECH

As Chief Commercial Officer, Jan Huckfeldt's primary role at Climeworks is to scale the Direct Air Capture company to make a meaningful impact on the climate.
Climeworks is a climate action company removing CO2 directly from the atmosphere to store it permanently and measurably underground through mineralization. He is co-founder of NewNow, a novel decision-technology company on a mission to make AI more accessible to business decision-makers for more impact and speed. Previously, Jan held senior executive roles at multinationals such as Hewlett Packard, Procter & Gamble, and Lenovo, where he was Chief Marketing Officer of the $7B Mobile Business Group.

CMO, GE Digital’s Power Generation and Oil & Gas Business

CONVERSATIONS FOR TOMORROW - SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE TECH

Tracy Swartzenruber  is responsible for building and leading top talent focused on bringing software to market and driving demand through highlighting how products enable an accelerated energy transition. This spans product marketing and positioning to analyst relations and campaign development and execution. Ultimately, she’s held accountable for driving pipeline and overseeing efficient and effective marketing activities. Oh, and telling the story of how software accelerates the energy transition. This is easily the most enjoyable part of her role.
Tracy has more than 20 years’ experience bringing high-value products and services to market within a multitude of B2B verticals – using both traditional and digital marketing strategies. She’s passionate about connecting industry with solutions that benefit the bottom line and support a healthier planet. She holds a journalism degree and MBA from Western Michigan University.

Head of the 3Sun Gigafactory

CONVERSATIONS FOR TOMORROW - SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE TECH

Eliano Russo is Head of Enel Green Power’s 3Sun Gigafactory, in Catania, Sicily, which will become Europe’s largest solar panel factory by 2024. 3Sun’s mission is to produce new-generation photovoltaic (PV) panels and modules, combining research, innovation, and sustainability, thereby supporting a transition to clean energy. The Capgemini Research Institute spoke to Eliano about his work and the future of solar energy.

President Strategy & Sustainability of TotalEnergies and member of the Executive Committee

CONVERSATIONS FOR TOMORROW - SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE TECH

Before that, she was President Strategy & Innovation from 2019 to 2021, SVP Strategy and Corporate Affairs in Gas Renewables & Power from 2016 to 2019 and SVP Strategy & Business Intelligence from 2012 to 2016, within the Company she joined in 2011. Between 1994 and 2011, she held a number of general management positions within the Alcatel group, which became Alcatel-Lucent, and then Nokia. A dual Danish and French national, Helle Kristoffersen is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm) and the Paris Graduate School of Economics, Statistics and Finance (ENSAE). She also holds a master's degree in econometrics from Université Paris Sorbonne. She is an alumna of the French Institute for Higher National Defense Studies (IHEDN) and a Knight of the French Legion of Honor.