Nick Racster
Founder & CEO, KaizApp AG
Nick has spent over 25 years leading performance improvement in global companies such as ABB and Anglo American as well as leading consulting firms in this space including WCI Group, and private equity firm Sun European Partners.
The birth of KaizApp was brought about because of Nick’s own profound experience of seeing first-hand how the use of technology helped people in organisations get better at solving problems.
As an operations leader, he has been successful in enabling more leaders to engage more of their people in problem solving which led to better financial results.
Paul Collins
Founder & Chairman, Equiteq
Paul learned how to create value through continuous improvement when he was in charge of IBM’s ‘just in time’ manufacturing initiatives in the UK. After learning the consulting ropes at AT Kearney, he then established his own consultancy World Class International (now WCI Group). He grew WCI to £63m (consulting and IT services sales revenue) and 350 staff and then sold part of the business to Private Equity in 2002. Paul founded Equiteq LLP in 2005 and has been instrumental in helping many clients to prepare and become ready for a liquidity event.
Kjetil Sandermoen
Founder & Chairman Sandermoen AG & Global best-selling author
With a degree in economics from Karlstad University, Kjetil’s expertise is grounded in over three decades in business in all its phases, as an entrepreneur and by serving over 100 C-level clients and Management in over 25+ countries on five continents.
During his career, Kjetil has served private and public clients and facilitated significant change programmes in companies, which have led to exponential performance development. He is a former Principal Associate and Professional Director at the Adizes Institute, and he pioneered online education by founding Management Vitality in the mid ‘90s, a managerial training company and the University of Fredericton in 2005 one of the first fully online, accredited, degree-granting universities in the world.
Dr Djamila Amimer
Founder of Mind Senses Global & Top AI Voice on LinkedIn
Djamila founded Mind Senses Global, an award-winning top AI management consultancy, to help businesses and organisations apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) and unlock its full potential. After 20 years in the energy sector leading strategy, supply chain, shipping and trading Djamilla became an entrepreneur and educator in the field of AI, machine learning and emerging technology.
She has a PhD in AI and energy economics and acts as a mentor and a board adviser to several organisations including: UCL as well as We and AI, an organisation who increases public awareness and understanding of AI.
She is an author and speaker on AI, predictive analysis and emerging technology and was voted one of Thinkers Top 10 thought leaders in this space.
Lesley Lindberg
Chief Commercial Officer, KaizApp
Lesley spent two decades in sales, marketing, innovation, and strategy roles for service businesses including KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Hertz rent-a-car, and DHL supply chain before joining the boards of a paper manufacturing firm and then healthcare provider to the NHS driving growth and digital excellence.
She has spent most of her career designing, marketing, and selling large-scale solutions to global enterprises. She has launched new products and services around the world, built an award-winning loyalty programme, created and led businesses resulting from mergers and acquisitions, and founded and launched the UK's first online marketplace for Social Care.
She is now Chief Commercial Officer for KaizApp responsible for the growth agenda for the business, overseeing sales and marketing.