Womenomics Speakers and Award Winners
Bianca Bruhn
Country Director of Google Denmark
Bianca Bruhn is an experienced manager with over 20 years of international experience. She graduated from CBS and Henley Business School and has held a number of senior positions at YouGov and IDC, most recently as CEO of YouGov EU/UK.
In September 2022, Bianca joined as Country Director for Google Denmark, where she works to promote digital growth and innovation in collaboration with Danish companies and organisations.
She is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion and works actively to create a more equal labor market.
Nathan Furr
Professor of Strategy at INSEAD
Nathan Furr is Professor of Strategy at INSEAD and a recognised thought leader in innovation, AI, and technology transformation. His research explores how organizations innovate, navigate uncertainty, and respond to technological disruption. He is the author of multiple bestselling books, including The Upside of Uncertainty and The Innovator’s Method, and has published extensively in leading academic outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review and Forbes. Nathan works closely with leading global organizations to help them reimagine their future.
Marianna Mamou
Head of Advice Beyond Investing at UBS Global Wealth Management
Marianna Mamou is a strategist in the Global Chief Investment Office at UBS and leads thought leadership on holistic advice, financial education, and women’s wealth. She focuses on developing investment methodologies such as UBS Wealth Way and the CIO Investment Philosophy, helping shape how clients approach long-term financial planning. With more than 15 years of experience across UBS, Credit Suisse, HSBC, and Bear Stearns, she brings deep expertise in global asset allocation and advisory strategy. Marianna holds degrees from Imperial College London, the London School of Economics, and INSEAD.
Ricardo Passo
Head of Leadership Learning and Inclusion at Ørsted
Emma Wheeler
Head of Women’s Wealth at UBS Global Wealth Management
Emma Wheeler is Head of Women’s Wealth at UBS Global Wealth Management, where she leads a global program focused on strengthening women’s financial confidence, participation, and wellbeing. Since 2017, she has driven initiatives that embed women’s investment preferences into advisory approaches and promote industry-wide change. Emma co-chairs the UK government-backed Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs and helped establish both the UBS Female Founders program and the Invest in Women Hub supporting early-stage founders. Before joining UBS, she worked as a communications and business strategist within international private wealth.
Peter Brown
Partner – Global Workforce Leader at PwC
Peter leads PwC’s Global Workforce practice, which advises organisations on all elements of People & Workforce to help them create and implement strategies that enable sustainable business, financial and customer outcomes. With more than 25 years of global experience, he has led some of the largest and most complex workforce transformation programs across sectors. He leads PwC’s research on the Future of Work including ‘Hopes & Fears’, the AI Jobs Barometer and several key research programmes with the World Economic Forum on Skills and AI. Pete was listed in the top 100 UK Influential People in 2025 and was also named in the top 10 Global Human Capital Consultants in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Jana Werner
HBR Author and Executive in Residence at AWS
Jana Werner is an Executive in Residence at Amazon Web Services, where she guides the executive teams of Fortune 500 companies in building adaptive resilient organizations. Her insights are forged from a career at the intersection of business strategy and technology: leading major digital transformations in financial services, guiding and scaling tech startups to growth and acquisition, and advising on complex global change at DHL. Her academic background in uncertainty dynamics grounds her practical advice for leaders navigating complex environments. She is a sought-after speaker and lecturer for executive and student education at institutions like Oxford Saïd Business School and the London School of Economics, and a published author with Harvard Business Review.
Clement Behrendt Kjersgaard
TV Host, Publisher and Journalist
Having worked for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation since 2004 Clement is one of the most well-known broadcasters in Denmark, including his 14 years anchoring the weekly flagship show “Debatten” (which he relaunched in 2010 and has hosted since). He has also anchored the daily news magazine “Deadline” along with talk shows and interview programs spanning both politics, the arts and pop culture. He is the founder and publisher of the Danish current affairs magazine RÆSON, the history magazine ÆRA and the annual Festival of Knowledge. At the age of 35 he was awarded the Danish Publicist Prize and his shows have won three Danish Television Awards.
Dr. Sarah DiMuccio
Senior Faculty, Inclusive Leadership & Culture at Above & Beyond – Part of AVT Business School
Sarah DiMuccio, PhD, is Senior Faculty, Inclusive Leadership & Culture at Above & Beyond, part of AVT Business School, specializing in diversity, equity, inclusion, bias, psychological safety, and organizational culture.
She holds a PhD in Social Psychology from New York University, where she researched how gender norms shape behaviour and workplace dynamics. Through strategic consulting, facilitation, and training, Sarah supports organizations in driving lasting cultural change with a pragmatic and empathetic approach that meets people where they are.
Phil Le-Brun
HBR Author and Exective in Residence at AWS
Phil Le-Brun is an Executive in Residence at Amazon Web Services and a former corporate VP and international CIO at McDonald’s Corporation. At McDonald’s he co-led the consolidation and modernisation of technology across thirty-eight thousand restaurants globally. In his current role, Phil engages with Fortune 500 executives and their teams and with public-sector customers to mentor, advise, and guide them on their journeys to become more adaptable organizations. He is a sought-after speaker and has been featured in Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, and the Guardian. He has published his book on continuous transformation “The Octopus Organization” with Harvard Business Review.
Tine Arentsen Willumsen
CEO and Partner at Above & Beyond – Part of AVT Business School
Tine Arentsen Willumsen is the CEO and Partner of Above & Beyond, part of AVT Business School. Tine is also the author or the business book, ‘Womenomics: Gender Diversity and the Rise of Female-Driven Growth Potential’. Prior to establishing Above & Beyond, she had an international career abroad for 23 years with, among others, the diamond conglomerate De Beers and Bang & Olufsen where she was Marketing Director and heading 30 markets internationally. Tine is also the Founder and Chair of Sisterhood Foundation, a charity which supports girls and women in India with scholarships, training and micro-financing.
Awards
Each year, The Womenomics Global Summit awards three extraordinary women, who are above & beyond in their respective fields, for their unique achievements and contribution to reach gender parity.
The recipients of these three awards are selected from nominations put forward by the Womenomics committee and will be announced in spring 2026.
