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Ole Gerkensmeyer leads Nexperia’s strategic direction and long-term growth agenda. With over 25 years in the semiconductor industry, he brings extensive expertise in business development, power electronics, and automotive applications. Prior to Nexperia, he held senior leadership roles at Texas Instruments, Future Electronics, and Wolfspeed. He also advocates for sustainable, circular-economy practices within electronics manufacturing.

Mayank Mohun serves as Vice President of Innovation and Value Capturing at Siemens Healthineers. Operating at the intersection of medical technology and corporate entrepreneurship, he drives strategic management and cross-functional innovation initiatives. Mayank focuses on translating advanced clinical research and medtech innovations into sustainable, value-generating business models across global healthcare markets.

Jan Boehler brings over 15 years of experience in M&A, organizational strategy, and financial integration. At Thomson Reuters, he guides complex corporate acquisitions, spin-offs, and steady organizational growth. Alongside his corporate expertise—which includes past collaborations with Deloitte, RUAG, and SAP—he is deeply involved in the biotech space, serving as Chairman of the Board at xcube.bio

Amath Tounkara is the Head of Strategic Business Steering for the Helvetia Baloise Group. In this capacity, he is responsible for aligning the insurance group’s broader corporate strategy with operational execution. He oversees business planning, enterprise performance management, and drives cross-departmental steering initiatives to ensure sustainable growth and operational efficiency in a dynamic European insurance market.

Marion Essl has spent over 16 years with the Baloise Group, building a diverse leadership background that includes serving as Head of Procurement in Switzerland. Currently focusing on corporate strategy and innovation, she specializes in bridging the gap between forward-looking strategic initiatives and core insurance business operations, fostering group-wide operational agility and cross-border collaboration.

Maria is a Data People Strategy visionary, driving AI transformations from business and human perspective as part of her corporate and big 4 consulting experience, advisory and board services, mentoring and trainings. She is passionate about topics of how to get value out of data, put humans in the center of AI transformation, revise business models, organizations and workplace to be relevant for the data-driven future.

Stefan Corradino leads the Group Project Management Office (PMO) at Sella, the innovative Italian banking and financial services group. He is responsible for overseeing and aligning complex enterprise-wide transformation programs, ensuring efficient strategic planning, and driving cross-functional project delivery. His work is central to advancing Sella’s digital transformation and operational excellence initiatives.

Laura Marsi is a senior HR executive with over 20 years of experience. Joining Allianz in 1991, she has led global talent management, HR strategy, and organizational development. Laura specializes in designing data-driven HR programs and champions cultural change, diversity, and agile leadership to enhance employee experience and overall business performance across diverse geographies.

Koen Vranken serves as Head of End-to-End (E2E) Value Chains at Euroclear. Operating out of the Amsterdam office, he draws on a robust background in relationship management, software engineering operations, and sales. Koen plays a key role in optimizing market infrastructure and client service models while actively championing an inclusive and diverse corporate workplace culture.

Elie Casamitjana is a strategy execution expert, leadership advisor, and thought leader dedicated to helping organizations translate strategy into measurable and repeatable outcomes. He is the co-founder and CEO of OKR Mentors, a global authority in OKR certification and strategy execution. With a collective of more than 150 senior experts worldwide and over 70,000 professionals trained and certified, the organization supports leaders in building effective strategy execution systems across industries. OKR Mentors has advised more than 600 organizations and works with companies such as KPMG, Accor, Sage, Indeed, Vinted, Allianz, and Accenture on strengthening strategic alignment and outcome-driven execution. Elie’s work sits at the intersection of strategy, operating models, and organizational design. He is the creator of several strategy execution frameworks and research initiatives, including a global benchmark assessing strategy execution maturity across organizations. A frequent international speaker, he works with executives and transformation leaders to help organizations turn strategic intent into sustained impact.

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Enzo De Santis brings over two decades of experience in the Life Sciences sector, spanning R&D, Quality, Operational Excellence, and global business transformation. He began at GlaxoWellcome before moving into Quality leadership roles at Schering‑Plough and Patheon, where he also led major transformation initiatives. He subsequently assumed increasing global transformation roles at Abbott Laboratories and now at Becton Dickinson, driving strategic value creation, capability building, and cultural change across multiple geographies. A seasoned Operational Excellence leader and Black Belt, he focuses on developing learning ecosystems where people grow, collaborate, and solve problems with purpose.

Federico Boccardo is a management engineer and pricing expert with over 15 years of international B2B and B2B2C experience. At Cargill, he leads commercial excellence, analytics, and strategic pricing initiatives across the EMEA region. He specializes in deploying cross-functional commercial transformation programs and scaling up advanced pricing strategies to drive profitable growth in the agricultural sector.

Dipanjan is a transformation strategist and operational leader with over 20 years of experience across the Travel and Telecom industries. As part of the CEO Office at Amadeus, he drives company level strategy execution, building governance frameworks that accelerate impact at scale. 

His career spans software development, professional services, program management, and executive delivery, giving him a unique vantage point on how strategy translates into execution. He has built IoT solutions for leading telecom operators, introduced Unified Communication as a Service products in global markets, and led airline IT transformation programs touching more than 100 airlines worldwide. At the intersection of corporate strategy and execution discipline, Dipanjan is recognized for bridging strategic vision with operational reality—helping organizations design resilient operating systems that deliver transformation at scale.

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