
Nordic CHRO Virtual Executive Summit
20 October 2020 | 08:00 - 13:15 CEST
20 October 2020 | 08:00 - 13:15 CEST
Collaborate with your peers
Come together with your peers virtually to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Nordic CHRO Virtual Executive Summit.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CHROs today:
Developing critical skills, competencies and the leadership bench for the future workforce
Leading through a new employee experience
Redesigning HR strategies, structures, and service delivery models aligned with the digital agenda
Co-Chairs

Alexander Jaffe
Bunker Holding Group
Group Director, Head of Group HR & Corporate Communications

Hanna Reijonen
Posti
SVP, HR
Agenda
20 October 2020
08:00 - 08:45 CEST Virtual Summit Keynote
HR Transformation in Enterprise Organisations
Hosted by Avature

Dimitri Boylan
CEO & Founder
Avature

Kerstin Wagner
Head of Talent Acquisition
Deutsche Bahn

Jan Christian Seevogel
SVP Europe
Avature
With the dawn of COVID-19, the pace of digital transformation projects across organizations and industries collectively skyrocketed in a race to adapt to the new normal. When change is the only constant, agility becomes the silver bullet businesses need to survive and thrive. To open the day, Kerstin Wagner, Head of TA at Deutsche Bahn, and Dimitri Boylan, CEO of Avature will be discussing how talent acquisition teams can remain agile and innovative during these uncertain times.
08:45 - 09:00 CEST Break
09:00 - 10:00 CEST Virtual Summit Boardroom
Expanding Data Collection and HR Analytics

Cori Petersen
Group Executive, HR & HSE
FLSmidth

Eva Boström
HRD
RSA Scandinavia
Data has never been so important for businesses to enable them to make faster, better decisions during times of uncertainty and HR leaders have a wealth and breadth of metrics at their disposal. When it comes to talent analytics, how do you ensure its best utilised to create a resilient organisation fit for the future?
In this session, you'll discuss:
- The most important metrics to assess performance
- Empowering a data literate HR organisation
- How to turn data into decisions that drive the business forward
10:00 - 11:15 CEST Break
09:00 - 10:00 CEST Virtual Summit Boardroom
Leading Through a New Employee Experience
Hosted by Workplace from Facebook

Kerstin Ahlfont
SVP HR
Vattenfall

Mikala Larsen
Head of HR Nordics
Nestlé

Elke Karskens
Global Director of Executive Engagement
Workplace from Facebook
Many organisations have been managing two crises during this pandemic: the crisis of health and safety and that of the employee experience. The decisions HR leaders make at this time will have a long-term impact on how their organisations define the employee experience of the future.
In this virtual roundtable discussion, you’ll explore:
- Implementation and management of communication and collaboration strategies to bring your workforce together
- Why you need to update your employer brand in response to the pandemic
- Early lessons learned on employee and manager behaviour during this disruption
09:00 - 10:00 CEST Virtual Summit Boardroom
Business Resilience and Employee Engagement
Hosted by Glint

Steven Buck
Head of People Science, EMEA
Glint

Petra Miesmaa
Country HR Manager, Nordics
GE Healthcare
In times of economic uncertainty and global disruption, HR has the power to guide enterprise strategy into reality. To do this, it is critical that HR leaders reinvigorate their workforce, help employees feel invested in the C-suite’s vision, and foster an environment that sets the organisation back on a course of engagement, entrepreneurship and innovation.
In this virtual boardroom, discuss how to:
- Enable a resilient workforce that can keep up with the pace of change
- Get buy-in from employees beyond engagement scores and surveys
- Co-design with employees to meet their needs, and attract and retain talent needed for the future
12:00 - 13:00 CEST Virtual Summit Boardroom
Anchoring Digital in Your Organisation

Martin Nissler
VP, People & Organization
Securitas

Maria Romberg Ewerth
EVP & CHRO
ASSA ABLOY Group
CHROs play a critical role in driving digital initiatives that support fundamental shifts in the workplace, the work itself and permanent states of agility.
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- Business needs, products and systems through a digital lens
- Aligning the digital agenda with strategic plans
- Plot next steps in your company’s digital journey
11:15 - 12:00 CEST Virtual Summit Keynote
Future Focus – Digital Trends for CHROs

Lena Bjurner
Secretary General and CEO
Swedish HR Association
2020 forced a new way of working for most organisations overnight. To survive through these times of change, an organisation-wide transformation is necessary and CHROs play a critical role in driving digital initiatives that support these fundamental shifts. What impact will these trends have on your workforce and how can you enable your people to adapt?
Attend this keynote to close the day as Lena Bjurner shares:
- Trends to watch in 2021 and beyond
- The evolving role of HR in the digital age
- Digital-first strategies that address workforce design, HR processes, and talent and performance management
13:00 - 13:30 CEST Networking
Community Discussion

Himanshu Saxena
HRD
Coty Europe
An informal and interactive opportunity for you to network with peers in small groups.
12:00 - 13:00 CEST Virtual Summit Boardroom
Creating Community Through Care and Connection
Hosted by Workplace from Facebook

Martin Lexa
Chief People & Corporate Communications Officer
Mölnlycke

Elke Karskens
Global Director of Executive Engagement
Workplace from Facebook
HR executives know that leading with care, developing deep human connections and building community can all create a sense of belonging. Today, they need to do this while balancing the employee experience needs of people working from home and in offices. How do you provide clarity, inspire leadership and build resilience when most workforces will remain distributed for the foreseeable future? Is your organisation ready to evolve its culture to meet the needs of employees and build a sense of belonging?
In this boardroom, you will explore:
- How leading with care, connection and community can evolve your culture and create a sense of belonging
- How to manage the ever-changing workforce needs as well as communications
- Why leading with empathy and transparency is key for HR managers
- Using data to measure employee sentiment and how to build employee resilience and respond to changing business needs
12:00 - 13:00 CEST Virtual Summit Boardroom
Developing a Resilient Leadership Bench

Laura Exner
Chief HR & Communications Officer
Höegh Autoliners

Ida Åhlund
CHRO
American Express Nordics
The need for purpose-led leadership has shone through in recent months. With CHRO peers, benchmark your own leadership development strategies and discuss:
- How to grow skills such as candour, empathy and humility in your leaders to continue to drive teams forward and improve business resilience
- Increase self-leadership amongst the workforce
- Fresh approaches to the use of technology for virtual leadership
16:00 - 17:00 CEST Virtual Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Meet virtually for in-depth conversations with your colleagues
Conducting business virtually makes it more challenging to meet and network with like-minded peers. During this time of disruption and uncertainty, it’s become even more critical to collaborate with peers who are facing the same challenges.
Now, we are bringing you the opportunity to set up 1-to-1 meetings in a private, virtual setting with community peers directly after the Virtual Executive Summit.
- Peer-to-Peer meetings are 25 minutes in length, giving you the chance for more personal interaction and in-depth conversation with your fellow Nordic CHRO Virtual Executive Summit peers.
- All conversations are private and will not be recorded
- Meet up to 3 peers based on your shared interests or priorities
Participant Testimonials
- ‘If I came just for the peer to peer meetings, my time was well spent. This is truly your USP.’ Stuart Hughes, CDIO at Rolls Royce
- ’The peer to peer mtgs were maybe the BEST part of this mtg’ Edward Wagoner, Executive Director, Digital, JLL
- ‘Best idea ever; I had such productive sessions with all three of my peers’ Dd Budiharto Sr. Director of Cybersecurity, Baker Hughes
How to participate
Please contact your Program Manager to participate.
20 October 2020
Community Programme Manager
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