Perspectives 22 - Unleashed

It has been Annick's passion and work for almost 20 years to gather together Corporate University professionals from across the world and ultimately helping to shape the future of our profession. She is regularly invited as a keynote speaker in conferences at international events on Corporate Universities and learning. She advises Organisations ascribed with the design and construction of their corporate university or with to re-dynamization of their corporate university. She received the National Order of Merit at the rank of Knight and decoration from the Advisor for Higher Education and Research to the French President.

Esther leads an incredible team of content writers, researchers, product thinkers, and marketers, building fantastic media products to enable more impactful HR and talent decisions. In her previous roles, she led different functions in HR for a host of blue-chip companies like HP in Spain and Tata Consultancy Services in India & UK. She has been featured on the LinkedIn Top Voices list, ranking the top writers for the year. She has also been recognized as Remote Work Thought Leaders of 2023, Power List of the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership and Top 30 Influential Women Leaders in HR Tech 2023.

Potoula Chresomales is the SVP of Product Management and Innovation at Skillsoft, a global corporate elearning company that serves 70% of the Fortune 1000. Potoula is responsible for product development and user experience design and launched the award-winning skill-building platform, Percipio. Potoula founded the Skillsoft Design Partner Program to collaborate with leading global companies to design Percipio to inspire, motivate, and engage learners. She is responsible for Skillsoft’s skill-building framework, using AI to drive personalization and interactivity, and enabling clients to manage, promote, and measure learning. She is expanding Skillsoft’s ecosystem integrations and uses design thinking methodologies to keep the customer at the heart of all that Skillsoft does.

Potoula believes deeply in the power of education to open doors and in the unique position Skillsoft has to help thousands of companies fill critical skill gaps to achieve their strategic priorities and create career opportunities for their team members.

Prior to joining Skillsoft, Potoula held leadership positions in product management and marketing at Kaplan Test Prep, The College Board, McGraw-Hill, and JP MorganChase.

She is a board member of Reach the World, an education non-profit that matches world travelers with K-12 classrooms so they can explore the world together and inspire a generation of global citizens. She is the Chair of the partnerships board for District C, an education non-profit that pairs students with businesses to solve real-world problems. She was a founding member of the Digital Learning Consortium and a mentor with Built By Girls, which aims to prepare the next generation of women leaders in technology.

Potoula was a member of the Forbes Technology Council and was recognized by the National Diversity Council as among the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Tech in 2021. She was also recognized in HR Executive’s Top 100 HR Tech Influencers in 2022 and in Women in Tech Network’s Top 100 Women in Tech to Watch in 2022.

Potoula has an M.B.A from the Tuck School at Dartmouth and a B.S. from New York University.

Entrepreneur, HR Transformation & Digitization, HR Advisory and Start-up Mentor; forging a different future and loving it! A thought leader in the Digital HR space and a digital evangelist. Vasu has led e2e digital transformation of HR and is regarded as an expert in readying organizations for change and digitization. HR Leader with extensive India and international experience in Manufacturing, Banking and Infrastructure Sectors across Asia, Africa, Middle East, Europe and the Americas. He has lived and worked in various states of India, China (Shanghai), Taiwan (Taipei) and Singapore.