Global Lead Together - Career Forum & Workshop (Singapore/Asia)

(Hybrid: Online and In Person)

Whether you’ve taken a career break, recently relocated abroad, or are redefining your path mid-career – this day is designed for you.

The Global Lead Together Forum by &ahead offers a safe, intimate space where you can reflect on your career journey, gain clarity, and connect with people who truly see you. You'll be guided by experienced career coaches, mentors, and employers, and surrounded by like-minded women who are navigating similar transitions.

This is not just a conference – it’s a personal, hands-on experience that empowers you to move forward with confidence.

15:30 SGT - Registration & Welcome Coffee (30 Mins) | Registration & Welcome Coffee (30 Mins)Check in, get comfortable, and start connecting in a relaxed setting

16:00 SGT - Opening & Warm-Up (15 Mins) | Opening & Warm-Up (15 Mins)Meet the &ahead team, hear what the day holds, and kick off with a light networking exercise

16:15 SGT - Session 1: Careers and AI

Title – Harnessing AI for Career Clarity, Upskilling & Leadership

Sub-topic Highlight – From Insight to Impact: Using AI to Lead, Learn & Level Up

Synopsis – As the world of work evolves at unprecedented speed, how can we navigate our careers with clarity and confidence? This session explores how AI can empower professionals to explore new paths, deepen leadership capabilities, and make informed choices in moments of career transition or growth.

Objectives

• Understand how AI is reshaping work, roles, and leadership
• Learn how to use AI tools for career discovery and upskilling
• Reflect on fears and opportunities with AI in career reinvention
• Build peer insight and action steps through collaborative dialogue
• Share 1–2 clear insights or stories (up to 5 minutes each) on how AI intersects with careers, leadership, or transitions
• Highlight tools, platforms, or frameworks that offer real value
• Support small-group discussions as a table facilitator: prompt conversation, listen deeply, and help surface insights

17:15 SGT - Session 2: Creating your Personal Branding for Strategic Career Pathways

Title – Your Leadership Brand: Designing What Comes Next

Sub-topic Highlight – Board and Director Roles as One Strategic Option

Synopsis – Career transitions—whether planned or unexpected—offer a rare opportunity to redefine your trajectory. At the heart of any successful shift lies a clear and intentional personal brand. This session focuses on how to shape and communicate your leadership brand to open doors to a range of strategic pathways, including board and director roles, advisory work, portfolio careers, or functional pivots. Whether you’re at a crossroads or stepping into a new chapter, this conversation helps you build clarity, confidence, and credibility.

Objectives – Participants will

• Reframe career transition as a strategic design process
• Learn how personal branding can unlock new leadership pathways
• Explore various post-transition options, including board roles
• Reflect on how to strengthen their leadership narrative and visibility

18:15 SGT - Mentoring Lounge

A unique, 30-min-long onsite or digital 1:1 Discussion exchange (Proudly sponsored by Cosnova).

What happens in a Mentoring Lounge?

Successful mentoring requires a commitment of time from both mentoring partners. It is not coaching where the coach guides and supports the coachee through questions but a two-way dialog, exploring different possibilities and paths.

Participants who ask for a 1:1 Mentoring will be asked to outline their needs and/or goals and realistic expectations prior to the event start either online or on a short form on site.

1. What is your ideal job to return to like?
2. What is the most important thing that would help you move forward to make it a reality?
3. What would make your mentoring dialog valuable to you?

We will then match the participant with a Mentor based on the answers and aspirations and they will have a look at those to see how to best prepare for the discussion.

The discussion focus on –

• One-on-one
• Approximately 30 minutes long
• An opportunity for both mentoring partners to have a focused yet relaxed dialog about the way forward.

Mentoring Partners may choose to stay in touch after the conference, on their own accord.

Forum Wrap-Up, Networking

Post forum group coaching – We believe in continuous learning. For a successful career relaunch to happen, the crucial step is what will you do after with the knowledge, tools, and network that you have gained. Access to 4 sessions of after forum group coaching as we support you with the next steps to: Clarify your career and life vision.

• Create your career relaunch action plan
• Develop your unique and authentic personal brand with personal branding experts
• Build and connect with your personal board of career directors
• Map a future career plan that takes into account the future of work and digitization

Our Mentors, Speakers and Moderators from current and previous Forums and Workshops

• Achim Lellig: Technology Strategy & Advisory - Squad Lead Intelligent IT & Automation, Accenture Dach
• Amelie Heller: Manager Digital Transformation and Innovation at WISAG
• Anabel Ternes: Executive Director at Institute for Sustainable Management, Entrepreneur and Linkedin Top Voice 2022
• Alexandra Vázquez Bea.: COO/CFO at Oetker Digital GmbH
• Alica Nett: Human Resources Recruitment Consultant at SAP
• Astrid Barac: Head of Human Resources, AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH (European Export + Trade Bank)
• Catherine Ramseger-Tan: Financial Attaché, British Embassy Berlin, Economic & Finance Unit
• Constanze Schmack: Global Director of Process Improvement at White & Case LLP
• Christine Fink: Director People & Organization at cosnova GmbH
• Christina Richter: Founder and MD, Personal Branding Institute
• Denisa Prusova: Psychotherapist In Private Practice
• Eva Mattheusen: Head of HR, MEA and Global Project Lead Women@DHLGlobal Forwarding, Freight
• Florian Ramseger: Data Visualization Specialist, Tableau, Salesforce
• Fiona Ruff: Co-Founder at 2030*
• Janina Behm: Human Resources Manager, AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH (European Export + Trade Bank)
• Katherine Starks, Executive Coach for Teams and Leaders, Katherine Starks Coaching
• L ars Voedisch, Founder/MD PRecious Communications
• Lorenz Volbers: Head of Innovation at AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH (European Export + Trade Bank)
• Malgorzata Schluemer: Lean In Regional Leader, Expert at Foreign Trade Office, Polish Investment and Trade Agency
• Malin Sandbacka: Consultant, Accenture
• Margit Takacs: Senior Change Management & Culture Consultant, Trainer, Coach at Margit Takacs
• Maria Luisa Engels: Certified HeartMath Resilience and Neurochangesolutions Consultant, Trainer and Coach
• Melissa Tiro: Senior Director-HRBP Global Sourcing & Manufacturing (Asia), Retail
• Nadia Lustoca Horn: Senior Manager E-Learning, Fresenius Kabi
• Sally Schulz: Co-Founder at Mental Stark
• Sandra Zajonz: HR Senior Recruitment Consultant, Talent Attraction at SAP
• Sven Stromann: Director Alumni Relations and Career Development Office (ACO) at Mannheim Business School
• Raehyun Kim: Founder of LinknLearn
• Rohit Sathe: Chief Procurement Officer at Sunrise Medical
• Rukayyat Modupe Kolawole: Founder at PaceUP Invest GmbH
• Y an Keyue: Independent Innovation and Insights Lead
• Yasmin Wateler: Partner at Optimas Talent and Leadership Consulting LLC, Executive Career Coach for Kellogg School of Management, WHU In-Praxi e.V etc
• And many more

Key Outcomes

* You have a better understanding of your career journey and improve your self-awareness to lead across different aspects of life

* You redefine and learn to articulate your personal brand through a winning LinkedIn profile and practical tips to continuously shape this brand

* You know how to strategize and negotiate your next career steps with authenticity, confidence, and impact

* You understand the impact of digitalization on the future of work and how this can put you ahead of the changing career landscape

* You create meaningful connections with our corporate partners and learn about potential career opportunities

* You gain insights into what corporations expect from you as potential leaders of the future

* You interact and learn about what has worked for other leaders when returning to work after a career break or when relaunching your career

* You convert your career strategy into concrete actions together with our team of experienced coaches who understands your frustrations. We provide you with key insights, advice on your professional and personal goals strategy, help you build your personal brand and navigate your job search to reach your next ideal role.

“I strongly recommend this event for everyone planning to come back to the labor market after a career break.” Nadia Lustoca Horn, E-Learning Manager, Fresenius

The brains and hearts behind this initiative

Lead Together Career Relaunch Forum and Workshop is a program of &ahead, founded by seasoned professionals, entrepreneurs, and certified coaches to support individuals to reach their career potential.

Britta Mues-Walter

Co-Founder of &ahead, Founder & CEO at Mues-Walter Executive Search. Digital & global headhunter with over 20 years of recruiting experience. Mompreneur with a passion for people and bringing people together. She returned to work twice after her children, now 21 and 18. Britta is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Carolina Yeo

Co-Founder of &ahead, Entrepreneur and Former Head of Talent Management for MNCs with over 16 years of international experience. Founder of &ahead and My Career and Child Community. Passionate about the future of work for women. Recent mum of 2 little girls. Carolina is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Eugenio Grapa

Co-Founder of &ahead and Supplino, Entrepreneur, and CTO. Biomedical Engineer, with over 20 years in the Pharma/Life Science industry working principally in Strategy, Innovation, and eMarketing. Eugenio is the father of 4 young women and is based in California, USA.

Margit Takács

Team Member at &ahead, Change Management & Culture Expert with 17 years of experience from 7 countries, passionate about catalyzing change without borders. Working as an independent consultant, trainer & coach whilst educating toddler child. Margit is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Amina Carter

Founder and CEO of grace-mediation and team member of &ahead. Amina works with individuals and organisations to help solve problems and increase positivity and well-being in the workplace. Amina has one daughter and is drawing on 15 years of business experience to help her clients focus on what’s most important in life.

Priyanka Sathe

Team member at &ahead, with over 7 years of experience in retail and merchandising. At &ahead, Priyanka leads digital marketing, drives creative content, and manages backend operations — keeping everything running seamlessly behind the scenes. Based in Pune, India, she also ran her own homemade food business for over two years, supporting families with fresh, home-cooked meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paola Campo

Team member at &ahead, Content marketing strategist and entrepreneur with over 15 of experience in logistics, medical, and SaaS industries. Currently working with a wide range of businesses, from Solopreneurs to large corporations. Mother and personal assistant to 3 elementary-school children. Paola is based in Belgium.

We are also grateful to have the support of Ada Salas, Peter Fotyi, Kuan Seah Ling, Maria Luisa Engels, Nawres Caman, Laura Ng, Kong Jun Jie and many others as we continue to grow in Europe and Asia.

You can find out more about us at https://www.andahead.com

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