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Holly Pontisso has been working in the technology and communications industry for over 20 years in various leadership roles in both sales and marketing. Currently leading the consumer marketing group for Cogeco Connexion, Holly is transforming the way the organization acquires and retains its customers by developing an integrated approach to marketing, sales, service and support. Holly is a results-focused leader, building teams that deliver above expectations and this has been proven in the consistent performance turn-arounds that Holly has delivered in her career. Holly is an MBA graduate from the Rotman School of Business and has received numerous awards in her career, including the top 125 Bell Heroes award, recognizing the top 125 employees in the history of the company. Holly is currently completing the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School. She is passionate about the United Way and has led many employee campaigns and served as Chair of the GenNext board in Toronto.

Des Bishop is the Group Head of People Development at Hiscox where he is responsible for all Sales, Technical, Behavioural and Leadership development across the Hiscox Group. Des has successfully delivered across a range of HRD roles in FTSE 100 financial service companies, from large international insurers through to multi-site contact centres. His expertise is centred on sales development and both organizational & leadership development. Des has been with Hiscox since 2005 and holds an MSc from the University of Leicester and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Paolo joined Celli Group back in February 2017 as Group Commercial Director. Prior to that he had he managed two start up (HR and IT Security) prior to join Microsoft, we’re for 12 years he had the chance to lead teams and initiative across more than 30 Countries and living in Europe and in the USA. He is currently the Americas Regional Director and leads the Global Account Sales Team.

Javier Sánchez-Pastor is an Inspector in the Spanish National Police, with years of experience leading teams of investigators in the area of cybercrime and currently posted in the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce at Europol, coordinating and supporting international cybercrime cases.