Leadership in a Technology Driven World

Frans Campher

Frans Campher is a seasoned executive coach, trainer and facilitator and is Programme Director of Imperial Leadership in a Technology Driven World Programme. He has extensive knowledge of global markets, business practices and protocols. He has worked with CEOs, managing directors, senior executives, leaders and partners in national, international and global organisations, in both the public and private sector. Frans’ client list includes major corporate organisations such as Anglo American, Atkins, Billiton, BP, Citibank, Cabinet Office, Deloitte, Dell, Del Monte, DFID, Ford Europe, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, GlaxoSmithKline, Greene King, ICON, Johnson & Johnson, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sasol, Sappi, Shire Pharmaceuticals, SwissRe, and Wates.

Omar Merlo

Omar Merlo is an Assistant Professor at Imperial College Business School. As a consultant and executive educator, Omar has worked with many organisations around the world, such as McKinsey & Co., Samsung, Airbus, ARM, ING Bank, The Gap, among others. His main teaching, research and consulting interests are in the areas of strategic marketing, services and relationship management, customer engagement and customer management.

Celia Moore

Celia Moore is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Director of the Centre for Responsible Leadership at Imperial College Business School. Prior to joining Imperial, she held positions at Bocconi University in Milan and London Business School, where she was on the faculty for nine years. She has also been a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School and a Fellow of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. She is currently an Academic Fellow of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative and sits on the UK’s Banking Standards Board Assessment Steering Committee. 

Andre Coetzee

A professional leadership and team coach, facilitator, and trainer, André supports organisations and senior executives with their professional and personal development. For 13 years, he has partnered and facilitated with senior executives, directors, leaders and teams in several sectors, including Consultancy, Engineering, Executive Education, Media, Pharmaceutical and Telecoms.

André has supported international organisations, including Amicus, API Group, Atkins, Azzurri Communications, Clear Channel, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC, Itaú Private Bank, Kier Group Plc, Olive Communications, Rentokil Initial, Sanofi, Shire, Swiss Re, Takeda, University of Surrey and Wates. He is a seasoned facilitator who has led, supported and co-designed learning and training assignments in the UK, US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Singapore, India and Africa.

His style is adaptive and pragmatic with an outcomes-focused approach, enabling clients to transform their leadership agility and capacity to become even more impactful. André supports leaders to develop the mindset, skills and approach to be more purposeful and effective in engagement. He helps clients develop the capacities and ‘ways of being’ to communicate clearly, lead effectively and inspire and influence others to deliver outstanding results for themselves, their teams and their organisations. He has coached and trained senior executives, leaders and managers to identify strategic imperatives quickly, adapt to change and recognise essential development needs for themselves and their teams.

He brings strong professional commercial experience in multi-cultural client and business development, marketing, commercial sales and negotiation. As a visiting Faculty for Leadership at Imperial College Business School, he retains strong links with international professional and business schools to follow market trends and keep pace with the changes and challenges leaders and organisations face. André is a dynamic, enthusiastic and sought-after coach, trainer and facilitator of programs like ‘Leader as Coach’, ‘E&AL’, ‘Leadership Development’ and ‘Team Development’, and consistently receives high efficacy scores and outstanding participant feedback.

Dr. Kevin Corley

Kevin is a Professor of Management and co-Director for the Centre for Responsible Leadership. His expertise lies in the understanding of how individuals and organizations approach change, and how leaders can use times of uncertainty and ambiguity to the benefit of their organization and followers. As a teacher and coach, his focus is to provide leaders with the tools to successfully implement organizational change utilizing strategic thinking, adaptability, power/influence/persuasion, and negotiations.With both academic and industry experience, and a career-long interest in leading organizational change, Kevin brings value to a broad cross section of industries and organizations.

Cathy Mulligan

Dr Mulligan is an internationally recognized digital sustainable development expert with significant career experience in defining, leading, and delivering research programs that are cutting-edge in nature. She has a lifetime research grant portfolio of £6.1 million, covering research projects in India, Malaysia, the EU, Australia, and the UK on digital sustainability.  Catherine completed her Master’s in engineering for Sustainable Development and her PhD at the University of Cambridge.  She has been an expert at the World Economic Forum for over five years and was a member of the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation in 2018/2019. Dr Mulligan has also held several senior business roles.

Guest Speaker - Cath Bishop

World Champion Rower and Olympic Medallist
Cath Bishop leverages her career as an Olympic rower and conflict diplomat to work with organisations looking to improve performance, develop leadership capabilities, and build a strong performance culture. She brings unique insights into how companies can achieve clarity of purpose, a learning mindset, and authentic collaboration, using the latest research on leadership theory and organizational psychology.

Guest Speaker - Rory Simpson

Chief Learning Officer at Telefonica
Rory Simpson’s parents were Polar explorers and he spent his childhood summers living among the Inuit in Greenland and Canada. These experiences gave him unique insight into leadership. He is co-author of “Chief Wellbeing Officer: Building Better Lives for Business Success.” Rory Simpson was Associate Dean at London Business School and has delivered leadership seminars in more than 25 countries, including China, Chile, and Iran.