DPW Conference

Stephany Lapierre

CEO & Founder TealBook

Stephany Lapierre is the Founder and CEO of TealBook. She is one of SCMA’s 100 Influential Women in Canadian Supply Chain and has received repeated recognition as a female tech entrepreneur. After studying the business impact of costly and inefficient gaps between enterprise buyers and suppliers, she launched TealBook as the largest, most robust and trusted B2B network. Her vision is for TealBook to upgrade the application of supplier information through machine learning, efficiently increasing innovation and value creation for all parties. Prior to TealBook, Stephany built a successful procurement consulting firm focused on helping Fortune 500 companies improve strategic sourcing efficiencies.

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.

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.

Martina Buchhauser

Advisor | Automotive CPO | Sustainability Champion

Martina Buchhauser is a global leader with a deep understanding of the automotive industry and its transformation to new technologies and a responsible and CO2-reduced business. She has held various executive positions in global procurement at General Motors, MAN, BMW and until recently was the CPO of Volvo Cars and member of the management board. She is a non-executive director of various advisory boards today.

Martina’s areas of expertise are strategy and transformation, resilient global value chains, sustainability, and managing multi-billion USD budgets and their cost competitiveness – resulting in substantial bottom line impact, sustainable growth, and market share increase.

Known as an inspiring leader with a diverse cultural experience, Martina cultivates an environment of collaboration and empowerment.

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.