Digital Leadership Forum 2023

Adriaan Bloem
Radagio (Spain)

Digital expert, speaker, author

Managing web and digital projects

Andras Spiegel
Stellantis (Austria)

E-Commerce Global Process Manager

Sales/marketing expert including digital transformation, customer experience, lead management. Result-driven & strategic, he has multi-country work experiences.

Bardha Azari
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Germany)

Director of Strategic Communication

Seasoned professional with extensive global communication experience in the American, European and African theaters. Specialized focus in strategic planning, development and implementation of external communications that support access to target audiences and influence key stakeholders. The following quote resonates with her "There are three truths: my truth, your truth and the truth".

Bipasha Bhattacharya
CNN International (Germany)

Director Corporate Communications, Asia Pacific and Germany

This quote from Maya Angelou resonates with her “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Caroline Rheubottom
Intuit (UK)

Senior Manager Internal Communications

Claudio Corvaglia
Georg Fischer (Switzerland)

Social Media Manager

With passion and focus, he likes to simplify messages and craft new formats that suit the target audiences.
He believes that "What happens on Instagram stays on Instagram", the IG-only content is not only about making this channel special, it's about making our social media portfolio richer.

Dana Zhmudska
RHI Magnesita (Austria)

Corporate Channel Manager

Delphine Bradshaw-Nguyen
Medtronic (Switzerland)

EMEA E-Commerce Customer experience manager

Passionate about change management and digital transformation, she can relate to "keep it simple" & "What matters most is not what happens to you, but, how you react to it".

Erik Hartman
TIMAF (Netherlands)

Moderator and trainer

Expert in enterprise information management and business process optimization

Felicity Sibindi
VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) (Netherlands)

Senior Programme Manager

"Leadership: Building inclusive and diverse communities."

Frank Giroux
Bayer AG (Germany)

Digital SC Transformation Manager

Experienced digital expert, the following quote from Peter J. Scott resonates with him “No matter how much computers learn how to do – it is how we come together as humans what matters”.

Joerg Schudrowitz
BSH Home Appliances Group (Germany)

Social Media Lead Central Europe

For him, the line between feeling supported and feeling monitored is fluid, as technology continues to evolve and change the way we interact with information.

Kata Dudar
Continental (Hungary)

Employer Branding and Communications Specialist

Lars Ruddigkeit
Global AI Hub & Microsoft (Switzerland)

Thought Leader in Cloud, Data & Artificial Intelligence

Expert in Artificial intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud & Big Data, the following quote resonates with him “But Artificial Intelligence is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.”

Le Thuy Duong
Global VAT Compliance (Netherlands)

Marketing Communications Specialist

The quote “to stay relevant tomorrow, you need to invest today” resonates with her.

Luke Hudson
FREENOW (Germany)

Junior Internal Communication & Employer Branding Manager

"Both internal communications and employer branding are all about getting into the mindset of someone other than yourself: researching, remembering and reflecting on what really counts to the people that matter: your current employees and prospective ones."

Marco Matti
Unilever (Switzerland)

Digital Commerce Lead Nutrition DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

Multilingual, he is a real digital expert and the following quote resonates with him “to stay relevant tomorrow, you need to invest today”.

Nicola Cockroft
Wise Ltd. (UK)

People Experience Comms & Employee Engagement

She loves finding out about what makes people tick and what they find challenging. Also loves telling their stories and helping them navigate through uncertainty to get to where they need to go.

Orsolya Eszterváry
PRETTL SWH group (Hungary)

Head of Global Communications

Multilingual expert in B2B and B2C marketing and communications in the global automotive sector.

Sharon Campbell
Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)

Deputy Head of Communications

A long expertise in social media and digital content, the following quote from David Bowie resonates with her “Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.”

Sven Fritzsche
Syngenta Group (Switzerland)

Head Brand, Partnerships and Digital

Engaging and committed communications professional, he belives in partnerships that inspire and can help to positively emotionalize a brand if used in communications in creative ways.

Thomas Lidy
Utopia Music (Austria)

Senior Director of AI & Data Science

Active in the field of music tech & AI since 2004, creating emotion-aware AI systems that capture the moods & emotions both in music & from music listeners, he has been organising regularly events in the field and wrote multiple publications. He can relates to the following quote “Personalization is key to every product in the age of social connectivity. With state-of-the-art AI technology, we understand people better than ever before.“

Tina Schmechel
Imperial College London (UK)

Alumni Communications and Digital Marketing Officer

As marketers, it’s hard not to get distracted by the latest trends and what seems to work well for other businesses. More often than not, leveraging your company’s core strengths is the better course of action. When it comes to long-term success, clear messaging and being true to your brand identity always trumps sales gimmicks.

Volker Grünauer
Advatera (Austria)

Moderator

Moderator des Advatera Netzwerkes