Claire-Marie Boggiano is a Chartered Engineer who started her early career in Financial Services. She established her own Consultancy, Lurig Ltd over 20yrs ago; which specialises in business change and leadership development. Lurig has worked with blue chip organisations such as Rolls-Royce, AstraZeneca & BASF; public sector clients including the NHS and Greater Manchester Combined Authority; SME’s and smaller high growth clients. Claire-Marie provides executive coaching, team facilitation and support to individuals making personal career transitions. She also lectures in Leadership and Change at a variety of business schools.
Claire-Marie created and hosts the monthly ‘Women Leading in Business’ guest speaker and networking series at Alliance Manchester Business School. She is a member of the Global Advisory Board of WIN (Women’s International Network) and co-founded WIN Manchester. She is an ambassador for ‘Women on Boards UK’ and ‘Queen Bee Coaching’, which offers free leadership coaching to women across Greater Manchester. She is a co-chair at ‘GM4Women’, a charity convened by Helen Pankhurst focussed on promoting equality and diversity for the benefit of the Greater Manchester community by harnessing data, dialogue, deeds & determination to help women & girls prosper. Claire-Marie champions Women in Business and Women & Girls in STEM. She believes organisations succeed by harnessing the imagination and talents of their people.
Anne Hamro is an Executive, Life, and Cross-Cultural Coach and trainer and NLP Master with 30+ years experience living and working abroad. She helps individuals and groups create awareness, understanding, and strategies for building bridges of communication, cooperation, innovation, and trust. Anne is passionate about promoting cultural competency and driving impactful results through customized training and coaching programs.
Dr. Anthony Giannoumis is a globally recognized thought leader in the field of inclusive leadership, a professor, and a passionate advocate for diversity and accessibility. With over a decade of experience teaching and mentoring more than 3,000 students, he is a sought-after keynote speaker, consultant, and innovator in leadership and inclusion.
Dr. Giannoumis has:
● Collaborated with 10 United Nations agencies, contributing to global policies and initiatives on inclusion.
● Spoken in over 35 countries, sharing his expertise with 10s of thousands of people at conferences and events worldwide.
● Published extensively in leading academic journals, advancing research on accessibility, inclusive design, and leadership.
● Secured over €13 million in research and innovation grants, leading groundbreaking projects in technology, diversity, and social change.
● Won multiple awards from United Nations agencies for his innovative contributions to accessibility and inclusive leadership.
Known for his dynamic speaking style, Dr. Giannoumis combines humor, storytelling, and practical insights to connect with audiences. As a stand-up comedian and professional storyteller, he uses humor to inspire action and foster meaningful change.
Through his work, Dr. Giannoumis empowers individuals and organizations to turn inclusion promises into practice, fostering cultures where everyone can thrive.
Anna Pawlowicz, Co-founder & CEO of HumanKind
Anna founded HumanKind after 15 years in senior sales roles in global organisations. She spent the last 5 years of her corporate career at Gartner working with CHROs and their management teams. Anna’s motivation for founding HumanKind was her son’s diagnosis with a rare genetic condition, causing him a life-long disability in addition to autism. Connect with Anna on LinkedIn.
About HumanKind
HumanKind is a Copenhagen-based training and consulting business specialising in disability and neurodiversity inclusion in the workplace. They work with global organisations in the technology, finance, life science and industrial sectors. Their purpose is to help organisations create more inclusive workplaces for their colleagues with disabilities, which helps drive business value through organisational culture, innovation and productivity.
Annette Jordan has been an independent organisational consultant for digital transformation since 2015. She has been involved in the topics of ‘leadership’, “change” and ‘diversity’ since she took over the management of the Wanne-Eickel marshalling yard for Deutsche Bahn in 2001. The mechanical engineer went on to hold various top management positions in rail freight transport, including on the board of SBB Cargo AG. Today, she is convinced that pure hierarchical leadership and no diversity will not move any company forward in the long term. Holistic and agile management structures are needed to increase diversity.
For this reason, she also invests with her JA Invest AG in various tech start-up teams that have an impact on the environment, health promotion and animal welfare with their start-ups. She is also a volunteer for FidAR (Frauen in die Aufsichtsräte) in NRW and organises events on the topic of equal participation.
Julia Goering is a German procurement and change management executive, leadership coach, speaker, negotiation expert, entrepreneur, and executive search partner. Passionate about improvement and collaboration, she brings people together to drive positive change. As a dedicated youth football coach for over a decade, she helps children develop skills and confidence. With her visionary optimism, she focuses on possibilities rather than limitations. Currently, she is organizing the first SHERO all-female Innovation Award, hosted at the inaugural WIN Düsseldorf Leadership Conference on July 3rd.