7 Questions on Leadership

Name: Alicia Oriol

Title: Director, Field Marketing

Organisation: e2open

Alicia Oriol is a results-oriented Global Marketing Director with a passion for technology and over two decades of proven success in B2B and SaaS industries. Based in Europe, Alicia is a skilled team leader with extensive multinational experience.

She possesses excellent communication skills and speaks seven languages. Alicia has held key positions in renowned companies such as E2open, where she serves as Director of Field Marketing, and ToolsGroup, where she worked as the Global Marketing Director and Telecom Business Development Director. With a strong track record of achieving revenue growth and leading high-performing teams, Alicia's expertise lies in strategic marketing, supply chain management, and applying technologies to drive innovation.

Alicia is also an active thought leader, blogger, and coach, and she has a keen interest in artificial intelligence and disruptive technologies, as well as investments, particularly cryptocurrencies.

Name: Andrew Dalgleish

Title: President

Organisation: Victorian Principals Association

Andrew Dalgleish is President of the Victorian Principals Association, representing approximately 1200 government primary, P-9, P-12 and specialist school principals, comprising over 380,000 students in Victoria. He is a member of the Australian Government Primary Principals Association executive.
Andrew has been a primary school Principal for over 25 years, having worked in various rural and regional locations within Victoria during this time. Throughout his career as a school leader, he has focused on developing teacher, middle leader and school leader capacity for impact. He has developed strong connections with school communities and worked as a contributor within the state education system.
Andrew has a passion for education and the critical importance of equity to support opportunities for all children regardless of their background.

Name: Angel Radcliffe

Title: Business & Technology Integration Lead

Organisation: Accenture

Angel Radcliffe is a Technology Transformation Thought Leader & Advisor and with 15 years experience. Her specialty includes Digital & Financial Transformation related to Strategy/Operations, and business processes/automation within accounting/finance departments. Building her corporate profile, she found she has a passion for both Finance & Technology, eventually blending the two skill-sets through various consulting projects.

She has a track record of executing projects across Global & Domestic teams. Radcliffe has proven not only be a leader but a persistent team player who brings positivity, innovation and initiative to her projects while being dedicated and driven. She is also passionate about creating diverse & inclusive environments, while being an advocate of change.

Name: AnneMarie Maw

Title: Principal - St Agatha's Clayfield

Organisation: Brisbane Catholic Education

Anne-Marie has been working in primary schools for 25 years. Having started her career in country New South Wales, Anne-Marie has since taught in the inner west and northern beaches of Sydney as well as Ontario, Canada. She is currently Principal of St Agatha's Primary School Clayfield in Brisbane's Northern suburbs. In her spare time Anne-Marie enjoys volunteering in her community, walking her dog and pilates.

Name: Antonio Novillo Suarez

Title: Founder, Advisor and CIOO

Organisation: ansLWS

Senior Technology, Transformation, and Operations executive with 30 years’ experience in Asset Management, Wealth Management, Capital Markets, Retail and Manufacturing across North America, EMEA and Asia.
Proven success driving improved client and product experience, through front-to-back transformation of the product, technology and operations stack. Expertise in both strategy and execution, partnering with global teams to achieve success efficiently and effectively. Purpose driven leader focused on personal and professional development of peers and teammates.

Name: Arif Malik

Title: CEO

Organisation: Liztek - Liz Solutions Inc.

Profile 20 years of technical leadership and managerial experience with a proven track record of leading, mentoring, and forging high-performance teams that deliver reliable, scalable, and maintainable data-intensive systems.
Data Strategy, Architecture and Engineering leader experienced in diverse cloud native data environments, processes, tools and technologies to implement data-intensive applications and big data platforms. Responsibilities included:
Evolving the Data Architecture & Engineering Practice, driving technical go-to-market for large scale projects Deliver tangible business outcomes through modern data architecture, engineering, cloud and advanced analytics.
Strong technical capabilities in Tableau and data analysis with effective strategic, analytical and communication skills, working with senior stakeholders to turn data into actionable insight and improve performance, manage change and drive growth within complex global organizations

Name: Arin S

Title: Director Sales and Partnerships

Organisation: AyoConnect Indonesia

19+ years’ experience in sales, business development, marketing, operations, risk management and compliance with an established record of successfully leading, managing and driving sales, revenue, P&L, commercials, risk management and compliance functions, new market expansion, support investor relationships and fundraising in multiple geographies (Asia, South-East Asia, USA, parts of Eastern Europe and MENA etc).

Proven experience in managing diversified Financial Services, digital products (Telco, Utilities), e-commerce, SAAS products, software-hardware and technology solutions/products, heavily regulated and unregulated sectors, and Gaming Businesses with in-depth knowledge of payments, payment methods, ecommerce, retail and online gaming business. Have handled B2C and B2B businesses and scaled business from concept to a commercial platform.

Name: Ashish Katyayan

Title: Founder & Managing Partner

Organisation: KATBOTZ LLC

I am an entrepreneur and innovator who is passionate about developing relationships to solve complex cross functional business problems by connecting the dots between ideas, people and solutions. I am a team builder, coach and mentor who helps people tap into their potential. During 18 years of my management consulting experience in business transformation I have built new market offerings with high performing teams and enabled my clients in bringing a positive change through next-gen technology solutions.

I am also currently leading new business development including business planning and financial analysis for my consulting/technology business. I have led multiple initiatives in Life Sciences, Hi-Tech, Consumer Goods, Energy & Utilities, and Financial Services industries.

Led global teams and market offerings in sales pipeline management, program management, S/4HANA Deployment, Finance Transformation, Integration, Tech Strategy, S/4HANA COE, Application Assessment, BRIM COE, component level depreciation, deployment strategy, and S/4HANA Customer Validation. My subject matter expertise is in Finance Transformation, designing integrated solutions across processes and systems.

I have spoken at SAPinsider, S/4HANA forums, authored strategies on S/4HANA deployment, S/4HANA business case development, business process innovation, maximizing value from S/4HANA, financial reporting, affiliate gross profit, profit in inventory, mid-month profit forecasting, real-time analytics for variance analysis, inter-company capabilities in S/4HANA, data conversion for product costing, and inventory accounting in S/4HANA. Over 14 SAP ECC/S4HANA business transformation experience with leading consulting firms & served multiple fortune 100 clients. I have an MBA in Finance from Pune University, PMP certification, and an SAP certification in FI/CO solution consulting. I live in Bridgewater, NJ where I am actively involved in community initiatives.

Name: Ashish Verma

Title: Director - Finance, IT and Operations

Organisation: 2X Global Limited

Ashish is presently holding the position of Director in charge of Finance, IT, and Operations at 2X Global Limited. Prior to joining 2X in the UK, he had worked across several countries in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia, collaborating with people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

With a total of more than 14 years of professional experience in the Finance and Tech domains, he has expertise in areas such as FP&A, Corporate Finance, Business Finance, M&A, Treasury, and Business Transformation. He is a passionate Tech enthusiast who advocates the use of technology for driving business outcomes and enabling business transformation through the application of Automation, Analytics, and Data Science.

Name: Ben Tilley

Title: Business Development Manager

Organisation: Itineris

Sales Manager with 12+ years in Digital Marketing & Sales Funnels.

Name: Boaz Ogen

Title: Head of Delivery

Organisation: Nokia

A Business Operations and Customer-Facing Delivery executive. Expertise in generating business value for the organization - revenues, margins, growth engines and operational excellence.
Worked for several industries in the field of telecom, defense (aviation and space), automotive (EV-Electric Vehicles), IT/software/hardware, managed services - applications and infrastructure.
Recently completed his position as a Director, Head of Project Delivery Europe at Nokia’s Cloud & Network Services division.
Adopted a comprehensive approach expressed in business and technical acumen, understanding capabilities and deliverables provided by all business interfaces in the organization and how they relate to support the needs of the market and customers.
Experienced in senior management positions, engagements with international customers, program/project management and business operations with the various cross-functional business interfaces within the organization,
Setup of groups and operation of international teams (on/offshore)

Name: Bonnie Kowaliuk

Title: Mindfulness Coach and Transformational Leadership Consultant

Organisation: Senses Mindfulness Coaching

Bonnie Kowaliuk is an eclectic mindfulness coach and transformational leadership consultant. She was inspired to pursue a higher purpose focusing on the mental health and wellbeing of men and families resulting from her own personal challenges to tackle broken systems that no longer serve their needs. Her background in human services, leadership, mindfulness and the expressive arts has supported her own capacity to deliver online coaching, counselling and programs to promote mental health, wellness, optimal learning and human performance. Her hope is to inspire growth, change & evolution in others and their family/organizational systems.