Matthew Robb, Partner at Parthenon

Wed 10/1, 4pm – 5pm EST
Forum: Driving Learning Experiences

Matt joined Parthenon in the autumn of 2010, after working in both public and private sectors within theeducation industry. Matt previously worked at McKinsey & Co., where he led strategy and organization work in a wide range of contexts, from highly successful FTSE 3 companies and mid-caps to public sector institutions and government departments. For seven years, Matt worked in the education support services sector, holding P&L responsibility. He led teams working on school improvement (National Challenge), academy development, the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and on children’s services technology and management information. Since joining Parthenon, Matt has led our education work in the UK and Europe. He has led work across every stage and sub-sector of education in the UK and across Europe, including public and private schools (K-12), vocational and further education, universities and support services. He has worked in buy and sell-side diligence, international strategy, marketing and sales force strategy and general corporate strategy. Matt holds a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and was the Gatsby Scholar.

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Pamela Norley, JD, Executive Vice President of Fidelity’s Enterprise Relationships and Talent Groups, Fidelity Investments

Thurs 10/2, 3pm – 4pm
Forum: Driving Learning Experiences

Pamela Norley is executive vice president of Enterprise Relationships and Talent Groups for Fidelity Investments, a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals, institutions and financial intermediaries. In this role, Ms. Norley is responsible for managing Fidelity’s top institutional client relationships and leading talent management and talent acquisition – which focus on building the firm’s talent pipeline through innovative recruiting efforts and world-class development opportunities.

She is a member of Fidelity’s Senior Management Team and also a member of the Executive Committee for the Citizenship Program overseeing Environment, Community and Governance attributes of Fidelity Investments.

Ms. Norley joined Fidelity in 1996, and has held a number of senior leadership positions since then. She joined the Corporate Legal department and was promoted to lead Fidelity’s Legal and Compliance Group for the company’s Human Resources outsourcing businesses. She also led Product Management and Sales for Fidelity’s healthcare outsourcing business. In addition, she oversaw Corporate Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances, and Management Consulting and Strategy for Fidelity’s global businesses, including its Global Private Equity and Venture Capital units.

Prior to Fidelity, Ms. Norley served as vice president and senior counsel at Bank of America, and was a litigator in private practice in Connecticut.

Ms. Norley is active on a number of nonprofit boards including the Board of Visitors for the Temple University School of Law and the Board of Trustees for Boston Ballet. She also served on the University of Virginia College Board of Benefactors. Ms. Norley is a member of The Wall Street Journal Women in the Economy Executive Task Force and she founded Fidelity’s Global Women’s Networking Group, and currently serves on its Senior Advisory Council.

Ms. Norley received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia, and is a graduate of the Temple University School of Law, where she received the law school’s Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award in 2007. She is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Executive Women in Leadership Program and the Columbia School of Business Strategic Account Management Program.

See other VIP guest from Fidelity Investments: Sean M. Belka

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John B. Reid-Dodick, JD, Chief People Officer, Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

Wed 10/1, 5pm – 6pm EST
Forum: Driving Learning Experiences

As Chief People Officer of Dun & Bradstreet, John and the HR team are supporting the company’s growth by helping create an authentically human place where top talent committed to the company’s brand and values and obsessed with customers, content, trends, and technology can grow and thrive.

John previously served as Chief People Officer of AOL from 2011 to 2013.  He joined AOL from Thomson Reuters, where he headed HR for Thomson Reuters Markets, which provided content and technology for financial and media markets. Following the Thomson acquisition of Reuters in 2008, Reid-Dodick led the people and culture integration of Reuters and Thomson Financial.  Previously, he held a range of senior HR roles at Reuters in New York and London.

An expert in leadership, talent, and organizational culture and change, John has led a number of initiatives that have received industry awards of excellence and been featured as best practice in publications such as Stephen Bungay, The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps Between Plans, Actions and Results (2011); Jeff DeGraff and Shawn Quinn, Leading Innovation: How to Jump Start Your Organization’s Growth Engine (2006); and Simon Barrow and Richard Moseley, The Employer Brand (2005).

A lawyer by training, John joined Reuters in 1995, serving as General Counsel for Reuters America from 1997 to 2000.  Prior to Reuters, he was an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell and a law clerk for the Honorable Robert W. Sweet of the Southern District of New York.

John graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1988, where he was Managing Editor of the Harvard Law Review.  He holds a Masters degree in Politics from New York University and a Bachelors degree in Political Studies from the University of Manitoba.

John is married to his high school sweetheart, Darlene, and they have three children – Cassie, a management consultant with Accenture Strategy; Jorie, a 2014 education graduate from Lynn University; and Cody, a sophomore at Georgetown University.

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