Interview JUMP Forum 2011

Isabelle Pujol brings 20 years of experiences working internationally in global organizations including 14 years of developing and implementing Diversity and Inclusion strategies at global, regional and national levels. She spent 17 years at BP in various roles including 10 years as a Diversity & Inclusion Manager.
She lived and worked in France, Belgium, UK and Germany with cross-cultural teams and led international projects in various parts of the world.

Isabelle is passionate about the gender topic and is committed to support men and women in fulfilling their full potential by understanding and valuing their respective differences. She is strongly promoting effective communication between men and women to build inclusion. She is also keen to focus on each woman’s individual journey and help them discover where they are in their current life cycle and support them in reconnecting with their inner voice and authenticity.

Isabelle is married and has 2 children (24 and 19) and lives in Belgium.

Ingénieure agronome et diplômée de l’Institut de Médecine Environnementale, IME – Paris, elle dispose de 12 ans d’expérience en tant que Project et Process Manager dans des environnements complexes et variés : telecoms, distribution, environnement.

Interview JUMP FORUM 2011

In 1988, together with a mix of Belgian captains of industry and renowned professors in management, she founded Video Management, a company which produced and distributed management videos featuring world-class authorities in their fields. This experience allowed her to become an expert at popularising difficult management subjects for non-specialists.

Video Management was sold to Pearson in 2000, where Ann embarked on the conversion of the intellectual assets in new technologies. In 2003 Ann joined Executive Learning Partnership as Managing Partner.

Outside ELP, Ann also co-founded and sits on the Board of Akademos, a symphonic orchestra that aims to provide trained musicians who have not made their living out of music, with the possibility to maintain their talent by backing them with professional coaching, direction and the organisation of concerts. Ann is married to Marc, is the mother of Isolde and second mother to Charlotte, Esther and Margaux. She is an avid tennis player and watcher, a veracious reader of especially English and American literature, and an impromptu organiser of dinner parties around her husband’s delicious gourmet cooking.

Michèle was partner at a marketing consulting company before joining the Centre for Balanced Leadership. She advised clients in industries such as Finance, ICT and Media/Entertainment on developing and implementing customer-focused strategies for sustainable growth.

Previously Michèle was part of the launch team of two internet companies, after having started her career in the advertising industry.

Michèle is the author of many articles on marketing and communications, and co-author of a book on HR policies and communications (“Personeelsmanagement en communicatie in organisaties”).

At university, Michèle co-founded a student group for the advancement of women.

In 2008, after a career of 18 years, she was surprised and disappointed to see that she was still one of the only women around the table.

She decided to do something about it by helping companies to attract, keep and develop female talent, and by partnering up with Danielle Moens and the Centre for Balanced Leadership.

Michèle is passionate about developing balanced organizations

• in which employees are happier
• with whom clients prefer to interact, and
• who make a meaningful contribution to society.