Ranjeeta Rai is the Head of Packaging & Global KAM Supply Chain for Laundry & Home Care at Henkel. She has been with the business for over seven years, working within the Netherlands, Singapore and China. Previously, Ranjeeta was a Senior Analyst and Team Leader within investment banking. How does your company work to retain high potential employees? Henkel has a robust talent programme with variou...

Pratik Yadav is the Digital Transformation and Analytics Lead for all programmes at Mondelez. Pratik is one of the rare leaders in the industry today, having a solid background within Operations, as well as hands-on knowledge of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), robotic process automation (RPA), blockchain etc., driving global digital transformations. He has been through...

Brad Perry is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of beqom, the provider of a cloud-based total compensation solution. beqom’s mission is to make the people of the world's largest enterprises happy, with correct, fair and transparent compensation.Brad has 22 years of experience in senior Finance positions, creating value for customers and shareholders of blue-chip technology companies. He served for a decade...

Luigi Maria Fierro joined ING Group in 2015 and is currently Global Head of ING HR Strategy and Advanced Analytics, leading HR’s future strategic agenda with clear focus on analytics and data. During his journey in ING, he covered several roles as Head of HR Transformation and Head of Performance Culture, leading several strategic initiatives like new HR operating model design and implementation, and Group’s...

Valentina Ericson is the Vice President Indirect Procurement & Head of Packaging at Signify in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She was previously the Global Director Indirect Procurement at Nouryon and Global Director Procurement Strategy at Volvo Construction Equipment in both Belgium and Sweden. How do you feel the workplace will have changed as we emerge from the global pandemic? I believe there are a few themes a...

How can companies reduce bias in the hiring process? We work on the mindset of the leaders, the line managers and introduce varied ways to equip them to experience good quality interviews completely bias-safe. It is a dedicated and persistent proactivity that we deploy to secure the positive mindset change that eradicates potential types of bias. Helping hiring leaders become aware of this topic benefits their efficienc...

Can you identify how SCIEX stands out from the market and your competitors? When I applied for SCIEX, what stood out for me was its technology. The company has been a major leader in mass spectrometry for the last 50 years. What makes SCIEX different is its innovation used in products and systems. If you look at other players in the market, SCIEX stands out for high precision and ground-breaking technologies.  Personally...

What was the best/worst interview experience you have had? Best interview experience must have been my first interview for AkzoNobel, and one of the first interviews in my life. I was travelling in the US, met the senior director for audit - an old school American gent, three-piece suit and all - and we had lunch together at Chicago O’Hare airport. He was very tough in his questions and had the best poker face...

How can companies reduce bias in the hiring process? Within Kraft Heinz, it really started by acknowledging that there are inherent biases in the hiring process. A lot of people claim that there aren’t, but you just need to realistically look at it and for us we said, ‘yes, they are definitely there’. Once we all established that we had those biases and articulated what they were, we build in what w...