HR in the 2020s: Culture Sculptor, Risk Manager, and More

Tue, Aug 11 (1:30pm - 5:00pm)

Description

The current Covid-19 crisis has dramatically highlighted why HR functions truly are at a crossroad. While still having to “mind the store” in terms of a wide range of administrative processes, they are having to cope with the transformative pressure stemming from the digital world, evolving employee attitudes, and new expectations from external stakeholders. Today, many HR professionals are finding themselves on crisis management, safety, and other teams, all while facing demands to help recruit and keep the right talent and help shape the right company culture.

Using practical examples and interactive tools to engage the participants, this program reviews the types of changes that are taking place and may yet still come in the HR world. This includes topics such as creating an employer brand, managing the employee journey, reconfiguring the workplace, designing non-financial incentives, using new technologies, and deciphering how to cope with employees of the newest generations. It also covers HR’s work with other functions, such as risk management, compliance, and investor relations.

The program is of benefit to HR Directors, other HR professionals, those in other functions who work with HR, CEOs and members of Boards who supervise the human capital and compensation areas.

Who should attend?

Human resource professionals and those who work with or supervise HR functions
CEOs
Senior management
Board of directors especially those on Remuneration Committees

SPEAKER PROFILE

[CG] HR in the 2020s: Culture Sculptor, Risk Manager, and More

Gabe Shawn Varges is Senior Partner at the international consulting firm HCM at their offices in Zurich and Geneva, and Chairman of the Global Governance and Executive Compensation Group (GECN).

Mr. Varges works around the world with boards of directors, CEOs, heads of key functions (such as HR, Risk, and Compliance), state entities, regulators, and international organizations on the more strategic and challenging aspects of corporate governance, remuneration, compliance, regulation, and supervision. This also includes performance management systems and the use of incentives to drive performance, responsible conduct, and talent retention.

Earlier, Mr. Varges served as Head of Governance of the Swiss financial services regulator. There, he supervised banks and insurers and represented the authority on international bodies such as the OECD, the Financial Stability Board, the International Association of Insurance Regulators, and the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision. He led or contributed to multiple cross-border taskforces, helping in the development of key governance and compensation standards following the financial crisis. Previously, he was a senior executive at the financial services and insurance multinational, the Zurich Insurance Group.

Mr Varges has served on various boards and is former President of the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe. Mr. Varges serves on monitor teams overseeing governance, compensation, and compliance at companies of various sectors. A Juris Doctor graduate of Harvard, Mr. Varges is a regular speaker and moderator at international events. His publications include “Governing Remuneration”, “The HR Side of Compliance”, “Compensation and Conduct Risk”, “Subsidiary Governance”, “Internal Governance”, “Do Boards Need their Own budget and Resources?” and “Board Assessments: From Compliance Exercise to True Evaluations of Performance”.