22nd ISPI EMEA Annual Conference

Performance Improvement in Turbulent and Transitionary Times

September 26 - 29, 2023 - 1st Hybrid Event

Tbilisi, Georgia and Online

Senior Executive Panel

One of the perennial highlights of ISPI EMEA conferences is the Senior Executive Panel. Participants in the conference will have the opportunity to hear from and interact with a panel of senior executives with diverse backgrounds in a special 90-minute session. During this highlighted event, participants will hear directly from experienced senior executives about the challenges and opportunities facing organizations today, with a focus on “Performance Improvement and sustainability” and their thoughts on how we as performance improvement professionals can potentially contribute to organization results in a meaningful way.

Questions to guide this discussion will be created from ideas suggested by conference registrants in advance of the conference and at the conference through our Discussion Space, which will be available 24 hours a day during the entire period of the Conference, and will be staffed with a Coordinator during conference hours. There will also be time within the session for questions and comments directly from session participants, as well as the Panelists themselves.

2022 SENIOR EXECUTIVE PANEL MODERATOR

Lisa Giacumo

Associate Professor of Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning at Boise State University

Lisa Giacumo Lisa is an associate professor of Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning at Boise State University. Her research interests focus on the use of instructional design and digital tools for global training initiatives and PI. She has worked internationally as an instructional designer, trainer, and manager for businesses, universities, non-profits, NGOs, and the US Department of Defense. Lisa has presented at AECT, Humentum/LINGOs Global Learning Forum, ISPI, and ISPI EMEA.

lisagiacumo@boisestate.edu

2022 SENIOR EXECUTIVE PANELISTS

Dr. Davit Narmania

Chairman of Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Commission (GNERC) and Professor at Tbilisi State University

Davit Narmania is a Georgian politician and the former Mayor of Tbilisi City (2014-2017). Before that he held the position of a Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia. From 2001 to 2012 he worked for various governmental, non-governmental, and private organizations including World Bank, USAID and GIZ. He has a PhD in Economics and worked as a professor at Georgia Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) and Georgian-American University (GAU). He is author and co-author of more than 100 research and policy papers.

GNERC website: gnerc.org

Louise Shixwameni

Deputy Executive Director, Ministry of Public Enterprises of Namibia

Mrs. Rebekka Louise Peneyambeko Nambahu-Shixwameni’s professional career includes multi skills experience and broad exposure in the public and private sector. She was named the Businesswoman of the Year: Government Category in 2017.
She has been recognized as one of the leading performance improvements specialists in the Namibian Public Service over the past 15 years, having led development of Performance Management and cascading of Performance Agreements for Ministers, Executive Directors and Other senior government officials in Namibia. She also led the implementation of Balanced Score Card in the public service and the development of a Business process re-engineering blueprint as well as re-engineering of some of the key process to enhance service delivery in the public service.

Mrs Shixwameni is currently leading the reform and performance improvement of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) in Namibia, as a Deputy Executive Director in the Ministry of Public Enterprises (MPE) since 2017. Also, since 2017, she facilitated the development and implementation of a Performance Management Framework for all the SOE/PEs; Boards of Directors E- recruitment system, corporate governance scorecard and the implementation of the electronic public enterprises financial management system.

She is a gender Activist, advocating for change of discriminatory laws to enhance women’s economic opportunities and equal recognition as a key contributor to economic development in Namibia. She is also chairperson of OYAYONE Foundation, working for access to economic opportunities, by girls in Namibia.

In 2020, she was appointed as one of the youngest Senior Traditional Counsellors and Advisors to the King of Ondonga. She is a Deputy Chairperson for Ondonga Traditional Authority Community Development Trust.

Robyn Hayes

Head: Group Strategy, Wits Health Consortium, Johannesburg/Pretoria, South Africa

Experienced in international development projects in the health sector in Southern Africa with specific experience in project mobilization/inception, implementation, and phase out, compliance, procurement, budget management, contract and consultancy management. With an extensive, diverse, and international network, she is very experienced and skilled at successfully putting people together to achieve critical goals and objectives.
Full time, long-term experience with the United Nations, European Commission, the Department for International Development (UKAID), USAID, UNFPA, The Global Fund, South African National Departments of Health; Higher Education and Training; Treasury; and Social Development. Experience working with NGOs and philanthropic organizations.
In addition to South Africa, Robyn has experience in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Belgium, United Kingdom and a bit of experience working in Mozambique.

https://www.witshealth.co.za/

Dr Jerry Gule

CEO, Institute of People Management (IPM), NPC Director, Gule Executive Coaching (Pty) Limited

Dr Jerry Gule is the CEO of the Institute of People Management (IPM). He held professional membership in the IPM since the 1980s. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Southern Africa. Dr Gule is a staunch supporter of people development and an experienced HR professional who has practiced his craft in different organizations and sectors.

He is one of the founding directors of Gule Executive Coaching (Pty) Limited (“GEC”) and practices as an executive coach. Dr Gule is an active participant in causes that he is passionate about including the mainstreaming of persons with disability in the economy. This is well demonstrated by is involvement for many years as Chairperson of the South African Employers for Disability (SAE4D). He also served as an Advisor to the Eskom Disability Steering Committee for sometime. He has also served as Chairperson of the Short Statured People South Africa (SSPA) demonstrating his commitment to building an inclusive society.

Dr Gule is Chairperson of the Love Trust, a charity organization serving the underprivileged children in Johannesburg. He is a Lead Independent Non-Executive Director at the Aurum Institute, and is also a member of the HR & Remuneration Committee. He is Chairperson of the Board of Aurum Innova, a subsidiary of the Aurum Institute. He is a Non-Executive Director of First National Bank Eswatini and Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee.

He & Dr Gugu Gule, his wife, have three children and two grandsons – Lulu (14 years) and Sakhile (1 year 9 months).