Quality Leaders Executive Summit Sessions

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Quality Leaders Executive Summit 10-Minute Session Highlights

Opening Keynote: Kenvue Quality – A Mindset, Not a Function

Kenvue's chief quality officer shared how his organization repositioned quality from a control function to a driver of business performance. At the center of this shift is a digital operating model that unifies quality assurance, quality control, and training in Veeva QualityOne. By connecting processes, data, and people end to end, Kenvue is improving itsRead More

Aldo Caceres

Chief Quality Officer,
Kenvue

David Maher (Moderator)

Head of Strategy, QualityOne,
Veeva

Panel Discussion: Unifying Quality – Building the Digital Foundation for AI

This panel of quality leaders discussed how their organizations are unifying quality operations on a single platform to standardize,Read More

Ray Murray

Chief Quality Officer,
Unilever

Jens Uhle

Head of IT Biosolutions & Digital Lead,
Wacker Chemical

Berenice Vettore

Chief Quality Officer,
Estée Lauder

Hugo Gutierrez

Vice President of Global Quality Assurance,
The Clorox Company

Conall Burns (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy,
Veeva

Panel Discussion: The Human Side of Quality Transformation – Leading People Through the AI Era

As AI reshapes the enterprise, the quality function must evolve not only its processes and systems, but how its teams thinkRead More

Silvia Pereira

Vice President, Corporate Quality,
Mars

Ana Rita Debiazzi

Senior Vice President, Group Quality,
dsm-firmenich

Carla Serpa

Chief Quality Officer,
The Magnum Ice Cream Company

Michael Duke

Director of Quality, EMEA,
Amcor

Alba Abelaira (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy,
Veeva

Panel Discussion: The New Mandate of the Chief Quality Officer – Leading Up, Down, and Across the Enterprise

The role of the Chief Quality Officer is expanding beyond compliance into business leadership. This panel brought togetherRead More

Susanne Schauermann

Senior Vice President, Quality & Food Safety,
Mondelez

Zoltan Syposs

Senior Vice President, Quality & Food Safety,
Danone

Olivier Mignot

Vice President, Global Quality,
Nestlé

Tiago Moreno

Vice President, Quality & Food Safety,
Cargill

David Maher (Moderator)

Head of Strategy, QualityOne,
Veeva

Senior Quality Leader Master Class

Building the Investment Case for Digital Quality Transformation

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Registration

13:00 - 14:00

Opening: Proving the Value of Quality - KPIs That Matter Most to the C-Suite

14:00 - 14:20

SPEAKERS

Conall Burns (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy,
Veeva

Networking Break

14:50 - 15:30

Welcome Reception at NICE Dining

19:00 - 22:00

Quality Leaders Master Class 10-Minute Session Highlights

Registration & Networking Breakfast

08:00 - 09:00

Opening Remarks

09:00 - 09:15

DESCRIPTION

Reinventing Quality Leadership: Platforms, AI Agents, and the Future Quality Operating Model

Networking Break

10:15 - 11:00

Fireside Chat: From Vision to Investment - How Kraft Heinz Built the Business Case for Digital Quality Transformation

Quality leaders can drive business transformation with modern digitized processes — but they often require a comprehensive business case to secure investment in the latest applications. Kraft Heinz's global head of FSQ digital and automation shared practical tips for aligning with the C-suite, presenting the value of quality, and securing funding for quality modernization.

Radosław Baran

Global Head of FSQ Digital & Automation,
Kraft Heinz

Conall Burns (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy,
Veeva

Fireside Chat: From Investment to Impact – Lessons Learned from PMI and What Comes Next

Three members of Philip Morris International took to the stage to share tips, recommendations, and insights from their quality journey, from rethinking and digitizing processes to adopting best-in-class ways of working and optimizing product quality.

René Bohren

Global Head Quality Culture
Philip Morris International

Leo Verrastro

Director IT Quality
Philip Morris International

Fabio Cristini

Head of Digital Product Management
Philip Morris International

Conall Burns (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy,
Veeva

Interactive Workshop: Making the SMART 2.0 Business Case for Digital Quality - Building Your Value Measurement Toolkit for the C-Suite

Participants were introduced to the QualityOne SMART 2.0 framework: a practical toolkit of 10 quality management KPIs to measure, communicate, and continuously improve the business value of quality.

Conall Burns (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy,
Veeva

Networking Lunch

12:00 - 13:30

Networking Break

14:30 - 15:00

Networking Break

4:00 - 4:30 PM

People, Performance & the Future of the Quality Workforce

DESCRIPTION

Tomorrow’s quality organization looks very different from today’s. This panel tackles the talent challenge head-on—what skills are needed, how to upskill the workforce, and how to build a strong leadership pipeline in an era of automation and transformation.

SPEAKERS

Pawel Rudzinski,

Senior Vice President
and Global Quality,
Reckitt

Adora Johnson,

Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Compliance,
Dollar Tree, Inc.

Loan Ngô,

Vice President of Quality, Adhesive Technologies Americas,
Henkel Corporation

Andrew Douglass (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy,
Veeva

Closing Remarks

16:00 - 16:30

DESCRIPTION

What Comes Next: The Future of Quality Leadership

Veeva Quality Leders Executive Summit 2026 - Europe | Veeva QualityOne

QUALITY LEADERS

EXECUTIVE SUMMIT

ON-DEMAND

Quality Leaders Executive Summit 10-Minute Session Highlights

Opening Keynote: Kenvue Quality – A Mindset, Not a Function

Panel Discussion: Unifying Quality – Building the Digital Foundation for AI

Panel Discussion: The Human Side of Quality Transformation – Leading People Through the AI Era

Panel Discussion: The New Mandate of the Chief Quality Officer – Leading Up, Down, and Across the Enterprise

Senior Quality Leader Master Class

Building the Investment Case for Digital Quality Transformation

Registration

13:00 - 14:00

Opening: Proving the Value of Quality - KPIs That Matter Most to the C-Suite

14:00 - 14:20

Networking Break

14:50 - 15:30

Welcome Reception at NICE Dining

19:00 - 22:00

Quality Leaders Master Class 10-Minute Session Highlights

Registration & Networking Breakfast

08:00 - 09:00

Opening Remarks

09:00 - 09:15

Networking Break

10:15 - 11:00

Fireside Chat: From Vision to Investment - How Kraft Heinz Built the Business Case for Digital Quality Transformation

Fireside Chat: From Investment to Impact – Lessons Learned from PMI and What Comes Next

Interactive Workshop: Making the SMART 2.0 Business Case for Digital Quality - Building Your Value Measurement Toolkit for the C-Suite

Networking Lunch

12:00 - 13:30

Networking Break

14:30 - 15:00

Networking Break

People, Performance & the Future of the Quality Workforce

Closing Remarks

16:00 - 16:30

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