HR Partners’ CEO roundtables offer a unique opportunity for business leaders to network and exchange ideas on topics of particular interest to their industry. On December 13th, 2019 we organized in Prague an exceptional roundtable with five senior figures from the IT and innovation area in the Czech Republic in order to discuss current challenges in the tech sector. Participants included Senta Cermakova, director of Brand and Strategic Innovation at Deloitte, Andrea Hepnerova, ex Managing Director at SAP Services, Martin Triska, Vice President of Product Management at Social Bakers, Vit Subert, co-founder and CEO of UP 21 incubator and Roman Cabalek, ex General Manager of Microsoft Czech Republic. An inspiring and friendly moment to exchange thoughts and ideas on the sourcing of IT professionals for development or outsourcing operations in Central Europe as well as the career alternatives of senior leaders in the IT market place.
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HR Partners’ CEO roundtables bring together exceptional minds to discuss hot topics in business. On December 11th we organized in Bucharest a face-to-face discussion on the challenges and opportunities for retail in Romania with Sonia Nastase, Business Executive Officer for Romania of Nespresso (a division of Nestlé Group) and Vojtech Janiak, Managing Director and Board Member at Noriel Group, the largest retail toy business in Romania. An inspiring moment to exchange thoughts and ideas on changes in consumer behavior and the acceleration of digitization and digital sales.
By Philippe Riboton, Managing Partner at HR Partners International Executive Search
Not a day passes without the topic of the gender pay gap making the headlines.
HR Partners’ CEO roundtables provide leaders from very different industries a unique opportunity to exchange managerial experiences. On November 12th, 2019 we hosted in Warsaw a new ”Power Women Meeting” with three female leaders from the Polish business scene. We were delighted to welcome Iwona Olbrys, General Manager of pizza delivery chain Domino’s, Dorota Pomacho-Patkiewicz, Managing Director for Eastern Europe of Pandora jewelry brand and Olga Sobieraj, Board Advisor at Sales Overnight & Brand Overtime. A very inspiring moment for our guests to discuss topics centered on changes affecting the business in Poland – among them the rise in labor costs as well as consequences for companies of ongoing government social reforms.