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Karen Rivoire, a seasoned global executive with over three decades of experience, has significantly influenced the human capital landscape in prestigious organizations like IKEA, Unilever, WPP, and Sony. Her impressive journey, marked by C-level roles, attests to her unwavering dedication to driving business growth while concurrently fostering profound societal value. Karen's expertise lies in igniting human systems' value creation and nurturing organizational health, distinguishing her as a human capital transformation expert. Beginning her career in product marketing after earning a business degree from NEOMA Business School, France, Karen transitioned to human resources at Unilever, excelling in regional and global capacities for 12 years. Her leadership shines in uncharted territories, guiding people and businesses through the unknown with a unique blend of marketing, people strategy, technology, and sustainability. Notable achievements include award-winning employer brand initiatives at Unilever, transforming Thai Union into a value-driven entity, and revitalizing IKEA's people strategy. Karen, driven by a profound purpose, is now poised to redefine human capital and ESG impact in a purpose-led multinational corporation or investment firm as she seeks a Chief People Officer role, leaving a legacy as an adaptive leader and purposeful visionary.

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As part of Intergamma’s board of management, Jurre is responsible for eCommerce, Technology and Data&Analytics. His primary objective is to position Intergamma as the number one leading omnichannel non-food retailer in the Benelux.
Before joining Intergamma, Jurre worked as a retail strategy consultant and co-owned a start-up company.
Jurre studied at the Erasmus University and Berkeley. During the past 15+ years, Jurre worked in various countries such as South Africa, United Kingdom, Germany and China. His hobbies and interests are; surfing, running, reading books and travelling.

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Ronald wants to make HEINEKEN the best connected-brewer.
He joined HEINEKEN in 1995 and has worked across the entire business. From supply chain, to finance, from sales to distribution and from post merger integration to general management. He was born and raised in the Netherlands and has worked and lived in Colombia, Switzerland, the UK, Portugal and the USA.
Since 2020 Ronald is part of the executive team and leads the digital & technology function for HEINEKEN. Working intensely with all other functions to drive an end-to-end digital transformation of the company.
 

The focus is on five key areas:

• Digitizing the route to consumer
• Unlocking value with data & analytics
• Simplification & automation of HEINEKEN’s internal processes
• Building a modern digital backbone
• Creating a digital savvy organisation
   

Ronald lives with his wife, two sons and daughter in The Netherlands.

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Marieke Blom   is chief economist and global head of research at ING Group. She is also chief economist at ING in the Netherlands. 

Marieke has worked at ING since 2014. Her research team in Amsterdam covers a broad range of themes: from monetary policy and the housing market to specific sectors, sustainability, and technology. Marieke is a member of the board of the Dutch Royal Economic Society (KVS). She is also a member of the Advice Committee of the National Growth Fund. She regularly appears in the media. 

Before joining ING, Marieke worked as a senior manager at consultancy De Argumentenfabriek. She was a political advisor for the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). She started her career as a trainee and economist at ABN AMRO in 1999. 

Marieke holds a master’s degree in monetary economics and wrote her thesis at the research department of the Dutch Central Bank.

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Jacqueline van den Ende is co-founder of Amsterdam-based climate fintech company Carbon Equity. Carbon Equity is a climate VC and PE fund investing fintech platform. The company was founded with the mission to unlock retail capital at scale to power breakthrough climate technologies whilst enabling more equitable ownership.

Jacqueline brings a unique perspective as a founder-turned-investor-turned-founder, twice over. She has worked as a private equity investor at HAL Investments and more recently as a general partner at Venture Capital fund Peak Capital. Jacqueline has spent the other half of her career building and leading companies. To date, these include De Kleine Consultant; Lamudi, a Rocket Internet-backed online real estate marketplace in Southeast Asia; and TrueMoney, an Ant Financial-backed Fintech scale up.

Jacqueline is obsessed with the question of how we can leverage capital most effectively to mitigate climate change. In addition to her role as founder and CEO of Carbon Equity, she serves on the board of the Dutch last-mile delivery scale up, Trunkrs. Jacqueline obtained an MSc degree in economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and a BA in social sciences from University College Utrecht.

Jacqueline will speak to us about the role of institutional capital and private capital in fighting climate change.

After working in consulting and equipment rental, Erick Webbe joined bol.com about 8 years ago. Often acting as a translator, he bridges the gaps from management to merge requests and from academia to industry. Solving puzzles using technology is what he loves, especially if the solution requires a team effort to do it. At bol.com, he has built several data teams before becoming the advocate for data-driven working and opening the eyes of people of what machine learning can do. Erick tends to introduce his kids as analogue machine learning projects, which might explain his growing emphasis on responsible use of AI.

Erick Webbe joined bol.com about 8 years ago. Often acting as a translator, he bridges the gaps from management to merge requests and from academia to industry. Solving puzzles using technology is what he loves, especially if the solution requires a team effort to do it. At bol.com, he has built several data teams before becoming the advocate for data-driven working and opening the eyes of people of what machine learning can do. Erick tends to introduce his kids as analogue machine learning projects, which might explain his growing emphasis on responsible use of AI.

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Agustin Gutierrez has more than fifteen years’ experience as a film producer and operations director in the most demanding, fast-paced, international, high-tech environments across the globe. He's worked with influential TV and Film studios like Disney, Netflix, Hulu, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, Universal, Warner Brothers and Amazon. In addition, he's worked on popular TV shows such as Narcos (Netflix production).

Catch Agustin as he speaks to us about the future of the entertainment industry, streaming platforms and the role data plays in all this.

Thanks to his experience and background in social science and his drive to improve people’s lives using data, Marijn combines technical expertise with a delivery of analysis, visuals and coaching. At Capgemini NL, Marijn has been leading the AI efforts for over 5 years. As an open source and sensor enthusiast, Marijn leverages his affection for open data and internet culture to deliver unique insights and solutions.

From distinguishing science from fiction, creating friction and first introductions, to implementing research, development, team management and AI in production. That’s not all: Marijn is a frequent speaker at events surrounding AI and data science.

Stefan van Duin is a partner and consultant of technology at Deloitte. He’s an expert in the area of data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. A graduate of the Executive MBA programme at RSM, Stefan has a background in computer science. He now helps global companies, primarily in retail and consumer products, to develop and implement their AI strategy and deliver AI-powered business solutions. Stefan leads a team of 70 AI specialists at Deloitte Consulting in the Netherlands.

Dick Willems has worked as a data scientist with the Dutch police since 2012. He studied mathematical psychology and started his career by working as a data scientist in the commercial (marketing) industry to gain experience.

In his work at the Dutch police, Dick mainly focuses on the use of unstructured data such as text, image and video data and on predictive policing – he’s the creator of the Dutch predictive policing algorithm, the crime anticipation system or CAS (in Dutch, het Criminaliteits Anticipatie Systeem).

Pauline Bieringa has been managing director of Triodos Bank Nederland since September 2020. She grew up in Friesland, studied history in Groningen and the United States and completed her MBA at Erasmus University. Pauline started her banking career at ING Group, where she held several international positions in and outside the Netherlands. In 2004 she became director of public finance at BNG Bank. Additionally, she was supervisor at Hivos-Triodos Fund, Open University, KAS Bank and Stichting Berenschot Beheer for many years. Pauline is currently involved in a number of initiatives related to helping people with debt problems.

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