DPW Conference

Lisa Martin

CPO GSK

Lisa is an inspirational Leader who uses storytelling to inspire action. Equally her actions are grounded in financial data and analytics. She is a respected and credible voice in enterprise decision making and a strategic business partner.

Zoe Kleinman

Technology Editor BBC

Zoe Kleinman was appointed to the prestigious role of the BBC’s first ever Technology Editor. With over 20 years broadcasting experience, Zoe has spent most of her career as a specialist presenter and reporter covering all areas of the tech agenda.

Atif Rafiq

Former President MGM Resorts, CDO McDonalds and Volvo Cars

Atif Rafiq has been part of the executive committee of 3 large cap
global companies working directly for their CEO’s and interacting
with their Boards on transformation and strategy. His C-suite roles
at some of the world’s most recognized brands draws upon a 15+
year career in Silicon Valley / digital native companies including
Amazon, Yahoo! And AOL as well as startups.

Tamara Erickson

Adjunct Professor of Organisational Behaviour London Business School

Tamara J. Erickson is a McKinsey Award-winning author and a widely-respected authority on leadership, the changing workforce, collaboration and innovation, and the nature of work in intelligent organisations. She has five times been named one of the 50 most influential living management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, the respected ranking of global business thinkers. Erickson is an Adjunct Professor, Organisational Behaviour, at London Business School, where she has designed and directs the school’s premier leadership programme for senior-most executives, Leading Businesses into the Future. An experienced executive and global advisor, Erickson has also served on the Board of Directors of two Fortune 500 corporations.

Len DeCandia

Global CPO Johnson & Johnson

As Chief Procurement Officer, Len is responsible for all global procurement policies, supplier base strategy development, practices such as relationship management and functional headcount. He also serves as a member of the Johnson & Johnson Enterprise Governance Council. He spearheaded an enterprise-wide functional transformation, from a decentralized procurement system to a center-led model, covering all categories of spend for Johnson & Johnson globally. As part of this transformation, he led the deployment of the world’s largest cloud-based procurement technology, which processed more than $50 billion in spend in the first three years. He also created global citizenship strategies that expanded social impact spending by 70% over the last five years. 

Michael Wade

Professor of Innovation & Strategy IMD

Michael Wade’s areas of expertise relate to strategy, innovation, and digital transformation. He directs IMD’s Leading Digital Business Transformation, Digital Execution, Digital Transformation for Boards, and Digital Disruption programs, and provides consulting services to several organizations on strategy and digital transformation.

Michael has published nine books, was nominated for several teaching awards, and appears frequently in the mainstream media.