Talent Strategy

Future-Proofing Human Capital for the AI Economy

with Joël Mesot & Stephanie Cohen & Grisha Pavlotskyi & Stefan Lehmann & Fanny Jimenez

Thursday 9 July 13:30 – 14:00 Tech Leaders Stage

About This Session

Nobody knows what work, value or being "skilled" will even mean once AI reshapes the economy - yet we have to prepare for it anyway. This panel steps back from the day-to-day to ask the bigger question: how do people and societies stay relevant in a future none of us can predict? A forward-looking conversation about what endures when the rules are rewritten.

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Speakers

Joël Mesot

President · ETH Zurich

President of ETH Zurich

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Joël Mesot has been President of ETH Zurich since 2019. At ETH he studied physics and obtained his doctorate with a thesis on high-temperature superconductors. He spent several years researching quantum materials in France, the USA and above all at the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) where he was promoted to head the Laboratory for Neutron Scattering in 2004. In 2008 he became director of the PSI and was promoted full professor at ETH Zurich. Since taking office at ETH Zurich, Mesot has deepened dialogue with political actors both in Switzerland and internationally and driven forwards strategic fields such as AI, energy, space and cyber security.
Stephanie Cohen

Chief Strategy Officer · Cloudflare

Chief Strategy Officer of Cloudflare

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Stephanie Cohen joined Cloudflare in 2024 as the company’s first-ever Chief Strategy Officer. A seasoned operating executive, she brings more than two decades of experience at Goldman Sachs where she advised the leadership and boards of some of the world's most important companies and institutions. In addition to her time in Investment Banking, she was Goldman Sachs's Chief Strategy Officer, ran two multi-billion dollar global segments and served as a member of their Management Committee. In her role at Cloudflare, Stephanie leads the company's efforts in expanding the breadth and depth of its presence in boardrooms and the C-suite on its path to $5B in revenue and beyond. She focuses on the most important initiatives driving Cloudflare's growth, including the future of the network, international expansion, AI and the developer platform. Stephanie has a Bachelors of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois. She is a trustee for the Economic Club of New York and Park City Day School, a member of the Board of Quill.org and an Ambassador for US Ski & Snowboard. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Fiserv.
Grisha Pavlotskyi

CTO · Miro

CTO of Miro

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Grisha Pavlotskyi is the Chief Transformation Officer of Miro, the world’s leading visual workspace for innovation. Grisha spends most of his time with customers, helping them think through AI transformation topics - be it the technology side of it, ways of working, or how to re-engineer processes from an AI-first principles basis. Together with Miro's CIO, Grisha also drives Miro's own internal AI transformation. Prior to Miro, Grisha served as a Managing Partner at Deloitte for 19 years, focusing on helping organisations find ways to accelerate innovation.
Stefan Lehmann

CEO · Generali Deutschland

CEO of Generali Deutschland

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Stefan Lehmann was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Generali Deutschland as of September 2022 and is a member of the Group Management Committee of Assicurazioni Generali. He is responsible for the strategic direction of Generali Deutschland, which is one of the leading primary insurers in the German market, and is driving profitable growth, sustainable value creation, transformation across the organization and digitalization. Stefan holds a degree in Economics from the University of Bochum and an Executive MBA in General & Strategic Management from the Maastricht School of Management. Prior to his studies, he completed a banking apprenticeship. Stefan started his professional career at WestLB Panmure Investment Banking in London and Düsseldorf. Since 2004, he has held a series of senior management positions at Generali Deutschland, including Head of Participations Management, Head of Corporate Controlling & Development at Generali Deutschland Claims Management, Head of Customer Service at CosmosDirekt Versicherungen, and Head of Strategic Planning & Controlling of Generali Deutschland. In 2017, Stefan was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Generali Deutschland and in this role, he held different board roles in group companies. From January to August 2022, he was appointed Chief Business Officer Exclusive of Generali Deutschland with responsibility for the partnership with Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG. Since September 2022 he has been Chief Executive Officer of Generali Deutschland. Since his appointment as CEO, Stefan has been shaping Generali Deutschland with a clear focus on profitable growth, sustainable value creation, cultural transformation, and digitalization. Under his leadership, the company has achieved significant profitable growth across all lines of business. At the same time, he drove a fundamental cultural transformation, repositioning Generali Deutschland from a more traditional insurance organization to a truly modern and attractive employer.
Fanny Jimenez

VP Performance and Collaboration · PREMIUM-GRUPPE

VP Performance and Collaboration at PREMIUM-GRUPPE

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Dr. Fanny Jimenez studied Psychology and Neuroscience in Berlin and the United States before earning her PhD at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as part of the International Max Planck Research School. After several years in science journalism, she moved into media leadership and is now Vice President Performance & Collaboration at the PREMIUM Group (Politico Germany, WELT and Business Insider Germany), where she is responsible for newsroom effectiveness, organizational performance, and cross-brand collaboration and innovation.