Diversity, equity and inclusion – the unspoken topics, Hosted by Skills Alliance
Join Skills Alliance and leaders from Elanco, Boehringer Ingelheim, MSD, Zoetis and IDEXX for this one hour session that will cover:
Emily Pennington
Manager, Content & Education, Client Development
Park Street
Emily Pennington is Manager, Content & Education at Park Street, a provider of productivity-enhancing and cost-saving back-office solutions, advisory services, working capital, compliance management, export solutions, integrated accounting, and human resources management solutions to more than 16,000 alcoholic beverage brands from the U.S. and around the world. The company’s clients range from entrepreneurs to multi-brand global suppliers, and include craft distillers, centuries-old family businesses, award-winning wineries, innovation brands, and more. Formerly, Ms. Pennington was the Managing Editor for industry trade publication Wine & Spirits Daily, where she reported on breaking news, industry trends and conducted in-depth interviews with executives in the beverage alcohol space for eight years.
Vanessa Eriksson
SVP & Chief Digital Officer
Zenseact
Vanessa is currently SVP, Chief Digital Officer at Zenseact with the mission of bringing the company even further into the digital age. Managing petabytes of data as an asset while simultaneously leading the IT backbone, in pursuing Autonomous Driving. She is also a Member of the Board at Fidesmo and has been the Chairwoman of PwC’s CDO Advisory Board in 2017/18 and on Gartner’s EMEA and The America’s Data & CDO Advisory Boards between 2012 & 2017. A professional and experienced public speaker, Vanessa holds a proven track record in influencing key decision makers. Result oriented, her leadership skills include motivating teams, relationship building and integrity. A mother of 3 girls, Vanessa very feels strongly about encouraging Girls in Tech and has effectively launched a GiT event in 2017 with 4 large companies to promote her cause. Women in Leadership and Gender Diversity are topics that are close to her.
Susan Trent
CEO
Atlantic Therapeutics
Susan Trent, CEO, joined Atlantic Therapeutics in December 2019, leading the successful DTC launch of INNOVO® in the US and quickly demonstrating the scale-up potential of the brand. Prior to Atlantic Therapeutics, Susan spent 20+ years at GSK, building deep Pharmaceutical and Consumer Healthcare experience including the switch and transformation of Rx products into high-growth direct-to-consumer brands in weight control, smoking control, and skincare. Multi-market General Management, Marketing and BD leadership roles across Europe, US and Asia.
