Keynote Speaker
Mark Freed, Co-Founder,
Men For Inclusion “
How to Achieve True Equality in the Workplace”Mark Freed is the co-founder of Men for Inclusion, an organisation engaging men in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives. He champions the idea that inclusion benefits everyone, working to break stereotypes and foster cultural change. Mark has developed strategies to involve even resistant men in DEI, creating thriving workplaces. Previously, Mark founded E2W, promoting gender equality in financial services. Over 25 years, he supported women through coaching and systemic change, collaborating with HM Treasury on the Women in Finance Charter and addressing the Gender Pay Gap. Frustrated by slow progress, Mark shifted focus to engaging men as allies, founding Men for Inclusion to drive collaborative solutions. He has also influenced initiatives like Powerful Women and the Diversity Project and contributed to inquiries such as the UK Government's "Sexism in the City." Mark is committed to building inclusive workplaces where everyone can succeed.
Workshop session
Sarah Rozenthuler, Chartered Psychologist, founder of
Bridgework Consulting Ltd.
Sarah Rozenthuler is an international keynote speaker, chartered psychologist and published author. With over 20 years of experience working globally at senior levels in large, complex organizations, Sarah brings extensive expertise in executive coaching, team coaching, board facilitation and leadership development consulting.
As an accomplished author, Sarah has written several impactful books, including
Now We’re Talking: How to Discuss What Really Matters (2024),
Powered by Purpose: Energise Your People to do Great Work (2020)
and How to have Meaningful Conversations (2012.) Through her deep understanding of coaching executives and fostering authentic dialogue, Sarah inspires leaders to collaborate effectively, amplify team potential, and drive organizational success with a meaningful purpose. In 2007, Sarah founded Bridgework Consulting Ltd, a renowned consultancy firm dedicated to empowering leaders, teams, and organizations to achieve greatness.
Sarah is a valued member of the faculty at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford where she teaches on the Advanced Management and Leadership Programme. She imparts crucial dialogue skills and assists leaders in embedding purpose within their organizations and teams, thus fostering a culture of excellence and innovation. Sarah also delivers masterclasses for the British Psychological Society where she is an Associate Fellow.
Watch Sarah's webinar:
Navigating challenging conversations for success in education
Panel speakers
Elaine Héry, Founder and Managing Director of
Eres Relocation and Eres Legal
Eres Relocation provides destination & immigration services in 7 European countries (Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Czech Republic), and Eres Legal provides immigration services all over Europe.
Elaine is British and moved to live and work in Spain for one year in 1991. When that year ended,(and the job with it) and with no desire at all to leave Spain to return to the UK, Elaine began to provide destination services to US nationals arriving in Barcelona with a major US multi national company. Thirty four years on, those timid beginnings have developed into an international destination services company with 120 employees and 200 field consultants, operating in 7 countries and working with more than 800 global client companies. In 2024 eres managed more than 8000 international services.
Elaine studied History & Business management in the UK, and International marketing and communication at INSEAD Business school in Paris. She lives in a small mountain town , 30 kms outside Barcelona with her husband and son and her very energetic golden retriever Shelby.
Despite her more than 30 years in the Global Mobility Industry, Elaine is still learning: “Stay curious, positive and optimistic, always, try to learn something new, and look for the humour every day” is her mantra. Building great international teams, learning from them and helping them to realize their full potential is what she finds most rewarding about her own global mobility role. As Elaine, together with her business partner, José Antonio deRos, lead eres into the future, their mission is to become the leading European provider of destination and immigration services, with operations in every European country.
Eres won the 2024 Relocate Global Awards for best European Destination Provider and for Recruitment and talent retention. Read about
Eres Relocation's winning Awards entries
Angela Fubler, Founder & CEO of
Chatmore British International School, Bermuda
Angela L. Fubler is a Bermudian educator, presenter, author and educational consultant who is passionate about transformational learning in all settings for adults, families, professional groups and especially children. Angela has a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology, is a Certified Management Consultant and a Member of the Institute of Leadership & Management. Angela has worked extensively with school and education leaders in Bermuda, US, Australia, Asia, UK and the Caribbean to address ideas regarding Early Childhood education, Parenting Styles, Neuroscience, Learning and Teacher Training.
Read
Angela's 40 Outstanding Global Women profile
Roundtable facilitators
Working in perceived difficult geographical locations
Pam Mundy, Executive Director at Pam Mundy Associates
Pam provides consultancy to many of the world’s leading school and education groups, independent and international schools, UK multi-academy trusts and international Ministries of Education on strategic planning, leadership, development and expansion. She also provides advice and guidance to start-up schools on brokering and securing investment, selecting partnerships, school design and development, and is involved in a wide variety of high-net-worth education development projects worldwide.
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Pam's 40 Outstanding Global Women profile
Gill Gordon, Chair of
Permits FoundationGill Gordon is Chair of Permits Foundation and has been a Board Member since its establishment in 2001. Gill spent most of her career with Schlumberger (now SLB) and her last appointment was as HR Director UK from 2014 to 2020, based in London. She held many different positions including HR Director for the global seismic business, Director Executive Compensation for Schlumberger, and HR Director for the global R&D population. She played a key role in setting up and developing a shared services organisation for the HR function in Europe, Caspian and Africa and was also HR Director for a global electricity and gas utilities business.
Gill was involved in a number of strategic initatives in the areas of career development, diversity and divestitures as well as numerous acquisitions and divestitures. During her career, she spent over ten years in expatriate assignments in France, Germany and the US. Gill started her career in international HR at Ford Motor Company and has a BA Hons. French & German from Heriot-Watt University.
Read
interview with Gill Gordon
Irina Yakimenko, Managing Partner at
IntermarkIrina Yakimenko, GMS, MIM is Intermark's Managing Partner and Co-Owner. She co-leads Intermark Relocation with her business partner, Marina Semenova.
She is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in international affairs and managing global businesses in locations across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and worldwide. Irina worked for NGOs for many years before working in the Global Mobility industry. She is skilled in Cross-Cultural Communications, People & Talent Management, Immigration Law, Global Mobility, and HR Consulting. Irina is a well-versed operations and client services professional with an M.A. in Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Communications, an M.A. in Management and Strategic Planning from Moscow University for Economics and Statistics, and Business Coaching from Erikson Coaching International.
Irina has been a proud TIRA member for five years and previously served as a TIRA Board member for two years. She is also an Executive Board Member of EuRA.
Irina was born into a Jewish Ukrainian family in Moscow with strong family roots in Ukraine and Israel. She resides in the U.K. with her family. She is dedicated to her family and friends and enjoys watching American Football, a nice glass of wine, a brisk walk, or an enjoyable book. Irina is passionate about Jewish culture and tradition, interfaith dialogue, feminism, and equal rights.
Read
Irina's 40 Outstanding Global Women profile
Navigating challenging workplaces
Dr Sue Shortland, Professor Emerita, London Metropolitan University
Sue Shortland, PhD earned her doctorate in gender diversity in expatriation at the University of Westminster where she previously lectured in International HRM before retiring from teaching in July 2024. She holds the title of Professor Emerita, London Metropolitan University. Sue remains an active researcher and has published in a wide range of peer-reviewed academic journals including: Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Global Mobility, Career Development International, Gender in Management, Personnel Review, Employee Relations, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, and European Journal of International Management. Her specialist research areas lie in diversity and gender in expatriation and in corporate governance with a focus on executive remuneration. Her previous roles include being a manager in international HRM consultancy at KPMG, heading up the CBI’s Employee Relocation Council, and working in various editorial and research capacities for industrial relations and HRM journals.
Read Sue's 40 Outstanding Global Women profile
Ann Ellis, Co-Founder & CEO at
Mauve GroupAnn Ellis, co-founder and CEO of Mauve Group, is a recognised leader in global HR, employment, and business expansion. Since founding Mauve in 1996, she has driven its growth into 70+ countries, providing businesses with seamless, compliant solutions for hiring, paying, and retaining global talent.
Originally from Wales, Ann moved to Italy and founded Mauve Group in 1996 – initially serving as the company’s only back-office employee. Under her leadership, Mauve has grown into a multinational organisation with a network across 150 countries, providing innovative workforce solutions for 70+ industries.
Ann’s expertise has been featured by
The Times and the BBC, and she is a sought-after speaker at global events. Ann was named International Director of the Year 2024 by the Institute of Directors, and one of Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women. Passionate about empowering growth-focused businesses of all sizes, Ann continues to shape the future of global work.
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Ann's 40 Outstanding Global Women profile
Education — Early years to life-long learning
Mary Biddlecombe, Executive Director at
TASIS EnglandMary Biddlecombe has built a career on breaking the glass ceiling. Moving from HR to business development, Mary’s career progression also shows the transferability, value and relevance of HR’s professional certification in today’s workplace.
Mary’s ambition, coupled with strong leadership attributes spotted early on by employers, enabled Mary to help organisations and individuals grow. Today, Mary is supporting the next generation of globally minded leaders and their families by championing
TASIS’s vibrant diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, STEAM subjects and innovation.
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Mary's 40 Outstanding Global Women profile
Paul Williamson, Group Head of Talent Development at
ATG Entertainment UKPaul oversees learning and development at ATG Entertainment, the world’s largest live entertainment group. He has been a senior leader in Sales, Ticketing and HR. During his time in talent development, he has designed acclaimed in-house leadership development programmes, helped to build a successful internal coaching faculty, and coached leaders at all levels within the organisation. Paul is a passionate advocate for coaching, the arts and culture, and life-long learning. He is a Chartered Member of the CIPD and holds a Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching from the AoEC. Paul also specialises in coaching leaders around ‘the Childhood Story’, based on the work of Dr Sarah Hill and David Kantor. Paul is Regional Chair for Great Britain at the Association for Coaching (AC), and has written a chapter for a new book ‘Coaching as a Leader’ due to be published by Kogan Press in April this year.
Watch Paul's webinar:
The Journey – How the arts, creativity and storytelling can unlock profound insight for everyone
Wellbeing, family and work-life balance
Claudine Hakim, Head of Advancement, Transitions and Student Support at
International School LondonClaudine Hakim is Head of Student Support at the International School of London (ISL) and is the leader of the award winning ISL Positive Transitions Care programme. Claudine was previously a Head Teacher at an independent Special School and another International School.Claudine holds a Masters degree from the University College in London, in Educational Leadership and Management and a BA in Pyschology and Counselling from Richmond International University. Claudine is a citizen of the United Kingdom, is originally from the Lebanon and born and raised in Ghana.
Having lived in three continents, Claudine is passionate about fostering well-balanced and inclusive international communities.
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Claudine's 40 Outstanding Global Women profile
Heather De Cruz-Cornaire, Coaching/Certified Principal Business Psychologist,
Café CoachHeather De Cruz-Cornaire, MSc, BSc (Hons) is a Certified Principal Business Psychologist (ABP), Coaching Psychologist (BPS) and Fellow Coach (AC) with an international track record for over two decades in HRM and IHRM. Founder and Managing Director of Café Coach Ltd, an innovative coaching platform and global HR consultancy practice. As a Relocate Think Global People 2024 Award Winner for Best Research Contribution ‘
Peace of Mind on the Move’, she has also won multiple awards for Excellence in Coaching and Thought Leadership in the UK, EMEA, and the USA.
She uses the power of psychology to uncover blind spots in the workplace. In global talent mobility she is an expert, thought leader and advocate for leaders to understand the impact of the dual-career dilemma.
Heather won the 2024 Relocate Global Best research contribution Award. Read about
Heather's winning Award entry
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