I am Helene Ziv-Douki, my current job is Panamax Pacific Trading Manager for Cargill Ocean Transportation BU. From June 2006 till June 2008 I was the Igma Parcel Service Manager. I joined Cargill in nov 2003 as Junior Freight Trader at the Igma Parcel Service Desk. Prior to joining Cargill I worked for 4 years at Louis Dreyfus in Paris and Geneva as a Grain trader. I have a master degree in economics and speak fluently English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

I live and work in Geneva. I am 33 years old, married and the happy mother of Adam 19 months old. I am passionate by my job. In the meantime I make sure I have a good work-life balance and spend good time with my family.

Jean-Michel Monnot is Vice President, Group Diversity and Inclusion at Sodexo. He joined the company in 1987 in Sales and has been responsible for implementing Sodexo’s diversity strategy across 25 European countries since 2007.

Cathriona Hallahan Joined Microsoft in February 1986 in Finance. Over the course of 10 years she held various roles from cost accountant, accounts supervisor, and finance manager. During this time Cathriona contributed to some revolutionary changes in Microsoft which involved setting up the commission agent structure, centralising all warehouse, operations functions to support our Full Packaged Products, Licensing and Programs businesses.

Beginning in 1996 Cathriona joined operations to lead the organization responsible for managing operations for marketing programs like MSDN, TechNet, MSPP, MCP/MCT, Courseware, and End User Fulfilment. Cathriona also lead a key strategic Sales Marketing & Services Group project known as Project Spirit which was driving the strategy to centralise the pre-sales call centres that support the subsidiaries and then transition responsibility for running the operation to CSS.

Cathriona´s first global role in August 2003 had responsibility across Microsoft Operations organization to develop the Customer Partner Experience (CPE) strategy.

In February 2005 Cathriona became responsible for the EMEA MBS business. In February 2006, she took global responsibility for MBS and was responsible for the operational execution of the MBS processes including agreement processing, order management, query management and operational program management.

In January of last year Cathriona became Managing Director of EOC and also kept responsibility for MBS Operations WW.

Dr. Paul Vanderbroeck Chartered FCIPD CC

Paul Vanderbroeck works as an executive coach and organisational consultant for multinational organizations and for IMD International in Lausanne. Paul has a particular interest in how leaders and organisations interact most effectively. His pragmatic and results-oriented approach takes into account Culture, Capabilities, Context and Contributions. In his coaching practice he specialises in making Female Executives successful, Career Transformation, Intercultural Integration, High Performance, , and Change. As a consultant he is an expert in Teamwork, Change Management, Strategic Human Resources and Talent Management.

Paul is a Partner of 20-First, a strategic management consultancy that helps organisations improve their gender balance in leadership.

Previously Paul held senior level positions in HR and Talent Management in Royal/Dutch Shell, General Motors, Georg Fisher and UBS. During this time he frequently acted as personal adviser to CEO’s and as career counsellor of High Potentials and Succession Candidates and has recruited numerous MBA’s. He gained particular experience in working in intercultural settings, major strategic change projects, such as mergers and acquisitions and divestments, as well as managing diversity.

At the World Economic Forum, Paul is a Global Leadership Fellows coach. He teaches in the Executive Education programmes of the HEC University of Geneva. He is a co-author of “Leading in the Top Team” (Cambridge 2008). He is a member of the Lake Leman Organizational Research Group.

Paul studied History and Psychology at the Catholic University of Nijmegen and holds a BA, MA and PhD in History from that institution. He is a certified coach and assessment consultant with the Centre for High Performance Development, PDI and SHL. He is certified in numerous psychometric tests, assessment, selection and 360° feedback processes as well as being a certified Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire coach. He is also a certified Linkage International Coach. He has been trained in consulting to groups at the Tavistock Institute. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; a Member of the American Society of Training & Development, the Academy of Management, the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, HR Swiss, the International Coach Federation, the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, the Netherlands Order of Professional Coaches, the Fédération Francophone des Coaches Professionnels, and the International Association of Facilitators.

Paul's working languages are English, French, German, and Dutch. He grew up in the Netherlands and currently lives in Switzerland. Previously he has lived and worked in the US, France, and Germany. He is father of two children and is married to a film producer.