Take a look at just some of the learning and networking that delegates enjoyed at the 2019 FEM EMEA Global Mobility & HR Summit at the InterContinental - O2, London
Fergus Bird, Global Director, Sales & Operations, Luke Marjason, Global Marketing Manager, Helena Barrow, Global Operations & Events Manager, Aiden Powell, Global Sales Manager
A busy start:
Selecting sessionsA warm welcome from FEM's Claire Tennant-Scull, Global Director, Content & Events and Summit ChairGrant Herbert giving the keynote address on Controlling Workplace Stress and Building Mental Resilience for Optimum PerformanceDelegates get energised for the busy day aheadOur first panel discussion: Immigration Challenges in EMEA with Louise Haycock, Partner, Fragomen Christopher Hawkes, Director, Global Mobility, KPMG Joseph Owen, Programme Director, Institute for Government Vivien Mott, Head of Global Mobility, Aviva
Ian Robinson of Fragomen delivering his presentation on Brexit and Immigration: Where to Next? (and getting Brexit sorted - in our minds at least!)Gareth Davies of Equus showing that listening is just as important as speaking at his presentation: Simplifying & Automating your Posted Worker Registration Obligations Time for a break - many thanks to Portland Brown for serving THE most delicious coffee and brownies!
Ema Boccagni and Laura Whitehouse of ECA International challenging delegates in their engaging workshop: Short-term Assignments: Policy and Pay StrategiesHands up who knows the answer...David Gibbs of Alliott Group tackling the tax implications within the topic: Death in Service, Marijuana, Family Rights and Criminal Convictions: Commonly Overlooked Aspects of International AssignmentsGraeme Kirk explaining immigration issues with Alliott Group's topic Luc Lamy of Alliott Group talking about the two great certainties in life: death and taxes - and how Global Mobility needs to plan for bothKathleen Gaber taking on the difficult issue of dealing with Marijuana, Family Rights and Criminal ConvictionsDay One Corporate-only roundtable discussionsMatt Burns kicking off Part One of Global Mobility FundamentalsRita Meouchy tackling subsidiaries as part of Global Mobility FundamentalsTime for a well-earned lunchbreak and some valuable networkingCollecting those all-important Round the World Passport stamps!Now, what to learn about this afternoon...Compelling perspectives in the early afternoon discussion: HSBC Expat – Global Mobility in a Changing World with Peter Hopkins, Vice President, Client Services at BGRS Glyn Lloyd, Senior Solicitor and Founder of Newfields Law Mark O’Reilly, Head of Vendor Management, HSBC Katie Wilkins, Head of Customer Value Management, HSBC Expat James Speirs (with Lesley Putnam) of Clearmove presenting their Expert Insight case study: A Middle East Success Story! Going Globally Centralised Nicolai Wassmann presenting his Mobility Masterclass on: Rambøll’s Continuing Global Mobility Journey – An Update on an Award-winning TeamFinal panel discussion of the day: Creating Agile Policies with Robust Risk Management with Ema Boccagni, Commercial Director, ECA International, Jennifer de Breuys, Global Business Traveller Enablement Lead, FIS, Global Mark Sallis, AVP, Global Mobility Assignments & Relocation, Cognizant Technology, James Wood, Head of Security Solutions, International SOS
Time for Networking Drinks!
Frank Jura, our phenomenal FEM Chapter Lead in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and ZurichOur brilliant Netherlands Chapter Lead, Henk Amorison (left) speaking with FEM's founder, Brian Friedman and Andreas von Strachwitz of WeichertA warm welcome and cheers to our delightful delegates from Kazakhstan!
The Forum for Expatriate Management's (FEM) mission is to distill best practice across regions, industries and functions while providing valuable networking opportunities for knowledge sharing and program support. Through our multi-platform of content and events we are able to encourage dialogue and enable mobility professionals to unite, learn and grow.
Continuing to be humbled by the response to my keynote in London last week on stress reduction in a global workplace. Feeling privileged to travel the world delivering a message born out of my burnout. Thank you for allowing me to speak into your lives.
The Forum for Expatriate Management is the premier worldwide community for Global Mobility professionals and is dedicated to enabling professionals across industries to unite and distil best practice while facilitating valuable networking opportunities for knowledge sharing.
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Continuing to be humbled by the response to my keynote in London last week on stress reduction in a global workplace. Feeling privileged to travel the world delivering a message born out of my burnout. Thank you for allowing me to speak into your lives.