Maala Conference 2017 Speakers

With 29 years of experience at Procter & Gamble in Brand Management and Innovation, Virginie has a broad experience across multiple categories and global to local brand management expertise across several of P&G multi-billion dollar brands (Pantene, Ariel/Tide, Pampers). She has international experience (France, UK, Switzerland and the United States).

Prior to her current position, she was the Western Europe Franchise Leader for Ariel, one of P&G largest brands, where she turned Ariel into the leader in Sustainability through the launch of the highly successful “Cool Clean/Turn to 30” campaign and the most sustainable laundry product (Excel Gel).

Jo Confino is executive editor, Impact & Innovation and Editorial Director of What’s Working, at the HuffPost.
He develops long-term editorial projects that are based on social, environmental and economic justice and is a member of the senior leadership team. Previously he was an executive editor of the Guardian and chairman and editorial director of the Guardian Sustainable Business website. During his 23 years at the Guardian, he set up and managed a unique multi-stakeholder development project in the Ugandan village of Katine, and helped create the Guardian global development website.Jo also created and managed the sustainability vision and strategy for the Guardian and its parent company Guardian Media Group.

As a journalist for the past 35 years, he has worked on regional and national newspapers and websites, with an emphasis on business and finance, including three years as Wall Street correspondent for the Daily Telegraph.
He has completed an MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice at the University of Bath and is also a qualified executive coach and a trained facilitator. Jo chairs and facilitates major conferences around the world as well as more intimate workshops and events.

Jo is an associate of Leaders’ Quest, a social enterprise that works with leaders to create a more equitable and sustainable world, and a facilitator at the Singularity University.
He is an advisory board member of Parallax Press, a nonprofit publisher, founded and inspired by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, that publishes books on mindfulness in daily life and is a trustee of two charities.

With 29 years of experience at Procter & Gamble in Brand Management and Innovation, Virginie has a broad experience across multiple categories and global to local brand management expertise across several of P&G multi-billion dollar brands (Pantene, Ariel/Tide, Pampers). She has international experience (France, UK, Switzerland and the United States).

Prior to her current position, she was the Western Europe Franchise Leader for Ariel, one of P&G largest brands, where she turned Ariel into the leader in Sustainability through the launch of the highly successful “Cool Clean/Turn to 30” campaign and the most sustainable laundry product (Excel Gel).

Tzuk is responsible for developing, promoting and regulating the Israeli workforce and the labor market. Director of Employment Regulation focuses, among other things, on increasing the participation rate in the Israeli workforce, mainly for the Ultra-Orthodox Jews, the Arab minority, Ethiopian Jews and people with disabilities; developing methods and tools to address the challenges and opportunities of the future labor market; Promoting and Developing Human Capital by various means such as Vocational training and Technological high education; Providing and regulating daycares to support the employment of parents of toddlers; regulating labor Law and enforcing workers' rights.

Prior positions: Economic Assistant to the Director of Sourasky Hospital in Tel Aviv; Various leading roles in the Budgets Department of the Israeli Ministry of Finance employment, immigrant absorption, education, higher education, and religious services. Tzuk served as a member of the Boards of Directors of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., Ashdod Port Company Ltd. and as a member of the Israeli Employment Service Council.
Currently the acting chair of the steering committee of TEVET, JDC’s employment initiative. She also serves as a member of the Public Council and Finance Committee of the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School in Jerusalem.

Tzuk has a B.A. degree in Law and Economics and M.B.A. from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She graduated the Wexner Senior Leadership program at Harvard University's Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership.

Israeli and US citizen, born in London, UK. General manager and Chairman of Unilever Israel as of March 2013.
Anat joined Unilever in 2003. Previous senior roles include: Food solutions Managing Director, Marketing Director of Global Food and HPC Categories and Customer Development Director. Prior to her work in Unilever, Anat worked in various senior roles in the pharmaceutical industry.

Anat graduated from Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) with a Bachelor of Science of Biology degree and holds a MBA in Finance and Marketing from Tel Aviv University.

Jenny is the Age Research and Policy Manager at Business in the Community, leading on research into older workers and an ageing workforce, and the policy and business response to an ageing population.
At Business in the community she has developed pioneering research, knowledge and advice for both business members and the Government, on issues such as transitions in midlife, millennials and mental health in the modern labour market, and the gender pay gap.

Jenny has held previous roles in policy at Action for M.E. and in digital at Future Publishing, and has a First Class degree in Politics and Sociology from the University of Leeds, in which she focused on social and political theory.

Michal started out at Manpower Israel Ltd. as an operations manager, going on to become VP Operations and Managing Director of Manpower Care for five years, and subsequently was appointed as Managing Director of Manpower Israel. Prior to Manpower, Michal served in the office of the late then Deputy Chief of Staff in the IDF Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, and then as secretary to the late Meir Dagan in his capacity as advisor to the Prime Minister on the Palestinian Territories. Lawyer, B.A Law, Bar Ilan University.

Sam Block leads MSCI's ESG Ratings of the global Materials Sector and is a senior contributor to its methodology development. He has also authored several investment advisory reports on ESG topics such as social license to operate, health and safety, labor and technology in South African mines, and most recently on income inequality.
Prior to joining MSCI in 2009, Sam worked as an engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering and earned a MS in Environmental Management and Planning from the Whiting Engineering School at Johns Hopkins University.

Managing Director and Global Head of RI Strategy at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)
Prior to joining ISS, Hasselgren was CEO and co-founder of Stockholm-based Ethix SRI Advisors, which was acquired by ISS in September 2015.

Hasselgren has advised institutional investors and asset managers in sustainable and responsible investment since 1999. In 2000, she collaborated with Sweden’s national pension fund AP7 in creating its policy for responsible investment, including the development of an innovative screening methodology. With a background in communications and management consulting industry, Hasselgren spent 12 years with McKinsey & Company and three years with Solving International. She has been a guest lecturer on responsible investment at Stockholm University School of Business since 2002 and a frequent speaker at institutional investor conferences and seminars, globally. Hasselgren is chair of the Luxflag ESG label eligibility committee in Luxembourg.

Marie-Bénédicte Beaudoin is Manager Clients Relations at OEKOM research and is based in the Paris office. Her main task and focus fields are the development of new and support of existing clients primarily in France, Belgium and French speaking Switzerland and as well as in Europe.

Marie-Bénédicte Beaudoin has been with OEKOM research since March 2016 and has 7 years experience in the sustainability field in various sectors. Prior to OEKOM research she worked for an international organisation in Brussels (IUCN), a trade association focusing on sustainable supply chain in Paris (The Consumer Goods Forum) and in the global sustainability department of a business travel company (CWT).

Marie-Bénédicte Beaudoin holds a Master Degree in Business Administration as well as M.SC Sustainable Development Management.