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Julien is an AudenciaBusiness School (Grande Ecole Programme) alumnus and is highly experienced in recruitment in large consulting firms in digital transformation. He is particularly interested in the concept of getting to know oneself and wants everyone to be able to discover themselves and find success in their projects.

Back in 2001, our next speaker made a mess of a presentation in his first job.Vowing to improve, he joined a public speaking club. Andwent on to place 2ndout of 30,000 competing speakers in the Final of the World Championship of Public Speaking in Vancouver, Canada.A full-time speaker, coach and facilitator since 2008,Simon Bucknall helps leaders to connect, influence and inspire their audiences through the spoken word.His session today looks at simple, practical tips and insights for high impact speaking.Youmay bepresenting to an audience, seeking greater impact in meetings or wanting to stand out at interview.Simon’spresentation today willopenwith one of the contest speeches he gave in the2017 Public Speaking World Championship.

Trained as a work psychologist, she specialises in Headhunting and the direct approach in recruiting French and international profiles. Having worked in a wide range of positions, she is highly interested in new methods for personality, aptitude and skills assessment.

Maria is a career strategist with 20 years of experience in training & development, talent management, senior-level recruitment and executive coaching. She designs
and delivers trainings and seminars for university students and executives, specializing in presentation skills, effective networking, personal branding; executive presence, CV & cover letting writing, interview preparation and career strategy. From 2000-2008, Maria worked for Egon Zehnder International, identifying talent for a specific set of defined core competencies and placing the right candidate in the right position.

In 2008, she took on the role of Director of Careers & Alumni at Alba Graduate Business School, the American College of Greece, sharing her business background with aspiring students eager to begin, change or improve their careers. At the same time, she qualified as an executive coach. Maria is passionate about public speaking, preparing her students and coachees for their future careers, taking risks and promoting synergies. Her career focus has been building alliances and helping people connect. Her vision is to equip candidates with skills that lead to personal and professional excellence.

Erik Novaes is an experienced Supply Chain professional, currently leading Procurement and Sustainability for AB-InBev’s European Zone. With professional experience across Latin American and Eurasian markets, Erik has spent the last 17 years dedicated to delivering value on the ground at AB InBev, having held roles in Logistics, Solutions, Supply and Procurement & Sustainability. Erik was appointed Vice President for Procurement and Sustainability Europe in January 2020, managing the purchase of goods and services that go into brewing great beers for more than 50 million European, Russian and Ukrainian consumers every day. Erik graduated with a Bachelors in Business with an MSc in Transportation Engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro -UFRJ.

Maria is a career strategist with 20 years of experience in training & development, talent management, senior-level recruitment and executive coaching. She designs
and delivers trainings and seminars for university students and executives, specializing in presentation skills, effective networking, personal branding; executive presence, CV & cover letting writing, interview preparation and career strategy. From 2000-2008, Maria worked for Egon Zehnder International, identifying talent for a specific set of defined core competencies and placing the right candidate in the right position.

In 2008, she took on the role of Director of Careers & Alumni at Alba Graduate Business School, the American College of Greece, sharing her business background with aspiring students eager to begin, change or improve their careers. At the same time, she qualified as an executive coach. Maria is passionate about public speaking, preparing her students and coachees for their future careers, taking risks and promoting synergies. Her career focus has been building alliances and helping people connect. Her vision is to equip candidates with skills that lead to personal and professional excellence.

Laurent Choain currently serves as Chief Partnership, Education & Culture of Mazars, and CEO of Mazars University, a CLIP accredited organization. Mazars is a uniqueinternationalintegrated partnership, with 1000+ partners and 25,000+ professionalsacross 90+ countries.Laurent has led a career at the crossroads of leadership in large companies (banking sector, luxury hospitality, professional services), consulting, entrepreneurship as well as business schools. For thirtyyears, his vocation has been to develop executive education through innovative endeavours in both the academic and corporate worlds, founding and leading corporate universities, launching post-graduate programmes for executives and chairing thinktanks on the future of leadership education. In June 2011, he joined the board of EFMD as well as the EQUIS Accreditation Boardin 2014 andbecame in 2013 a member of the board of the Peter Drucker Society Europe. Laurent holds a Phd and a post-doctoral degree in Management Science, a MsC in business administration as well as a Master degree in Human Resources Management and OD.He currently serves as Professor at the University of Paris 2 and is a senior fellow of ESCP Business School.

Sophie Le Ray is an entrepreneur, an author and an experienced business facilitator. In 2003, she co-founded Naseba, a business information company specialised in supporting enterprise development in emerging markets. She was instrumental in its international expansion, and in accompanying the group when it went public in 2006. She was appointed CEO in 2009 and was responsible for its strategic development and overseeing its operations worldwide until 2019. For 15 years, Naseba pioneered in growth markets: Middle East, Africa, South East Asia, China. First European company to host a business summit in Saudi Arabia, in Algeria, Libya, Irak, the Naseba team conceptualised hundreds of summits from Healthcare to Fintech, Real estate to Renewable energy and facilitated $Billions of business transactions.Sophie is the founder and spokesperson for the WIL Economic Forum, the first platform for business women leaders in the Middle East and Asia. Based in Dubai for over a decade, she is the co-author of award winner ‘Game Changers: How Women in the Arab World Are Changing the Rules and Shaping theFuture’, published in May 2016. She now lives in Europe where she regularly speaks in global conferences on entrepreneurship and women economic empowerment.She is the co-founder of EVE List, a global Not for Profit organisation dedicated to connect and equip rising professional women and support organisations aiming at reaching gender parity in senior management.

Helen’s career has spanned 30 years, moving from Hospitality and Events management to multidisciplinary Recruitment roles. During the last six years she has specialised in higher education careers advice provision; and as an AGCAS member, she has expert knowledge for postgraduate guidance on career direction. Helen also provides significant experience of event organisation, international conference networking and relationship management on local and national scales. Alongside her role, Helen is studying fora Master’s in Careers Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education -provided by the University of Warwick.