Speaker

Marie-Louise Ek has 20+ years of experience in HR, from several MNCs in various industries, spanning all continents.

After graduation in 2000, she spent 10 years with Swedish technology group Sandvik, early pioneers of HR transformation, which took her around the world and offered a broad variety of accountabilities. Post this she lead Africa, Middle East & Asia for APM Terminals, cultural transformation at Bridgestone, emerging markets in Coty and currently Marie-Louise is Sr Director HR for Pepsico based in Dubai where she is leading HR for the franchise business, she is also one of 100 digital ambassadors, a change agent program run across PepsiCo to drive digital transformation. Marie-Louise has a real passion for agility, strength and wellbeing. She is an avid fan of optimization and simplification, both in personal and in working life.

Marie-Louise has a bachelors degree in human resources management from Lund University, Sweden.