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Meet our speakers
Learn from the experts shaping the future of global mobility.
External speakers
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Steve Backshall (Keynote speaker)
Steve Backshall is a BAFTA-winning wildlife presenter, explorer and author who captivates audiences with his extraordinary knowledge of the natural world and infectious enthusiasm for adventure. He has presented over 100 hours of acclaimed natural history programming, including the phenomenally successful Deadly 60 franchise, and fronted landmark series such as Whale with Steve Backshall, Expedition with Steve Backshall, and BBC One's Our Changing Planet. Awarded an MBE in 2019 for his conservation work and an ambassador for The Scouts and Ordnance Survey, Steve inspires audiences at events with powerful talks on resilience, exploration and environmental responsibility, leaving them energised and reconnected to the world around them.
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Andrew Devereux
Andrew Devereux has been with Healix since 2015, developing expertise across risk intelligence, business transformation, and product management. He spent several years leading the company’s risk intelligence function, managing analysts and delivering intelligence consultancy, reporting, and alerting services. Recognised for his knowledge of geopolitical, security, and technology issues, Andrew has contributed to publications, podcasts, and industry events. Following a six-month secondment with the Transformation team in 2026, supporting strategic change initiatives, he joined the Product team as Product Manager, where he helps shape product strategy, enhance solutions, and meet evolving client and market needs.
Anna Kolomey
Anna Kolomey is Head of Global Talent Mobility at Danfoss, where she leads mobility strategy and transformation initiatives. With extensive experience across global mobility, immigration, relocation, talent acquisition, and HR, she is passionate about connecting talent mobility with business strategy. Anna is currently driving Danfoss' transition from traditional Global Mobility to a broader Global Talent Mobility model, focused on enabling talent deployment, enhancing employee experience, strengthening compliance, and creating business value through mobility.
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Beat Sauter
Holcim Beat Sauter is the Group Head of International Mobility at Holcim, where he is actively transforming global mobility from a traditional administrative function into a central strategic engine for talent development and corporate growth. With over 15 years of experience spanning Global Mobility, Compensation & Benefits, and Expatriate Tax Consulting, Beat has developed his expertise within leading Swiss-headquartered multinationals. He is passionate about aligning mobility frameworks with broader corporate strategy to drive cross-border agility.
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David Livitt
David leads Blick Rothenberg's US Global Mobility practice and specialises in UK–US cross-border tax, international workforce mobility and business expansion. With over 25 years' experience, he advises multinational organisations, entrepreneurs and internationally mobile individuals on the tax, commercial and operational challenges of expanding across borders. In addition to advising clients, David plays a key role in Blick Rothenberg's UK–US strategic business development initiatives, leading the key relationship with ECA Global, other international growth intermediaries and helping businesses navigate complexity while connecting them with the right advisers and partners to support their international growth.
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Jay Bailey
Blick Rothenberg Jay Bailey is a Director in Blick Rothenberg's Global Mobility team and a Chartered Tax Adviser with over 10 years' experience in international mobility. He advises organisations on global workforce compliance, business travel, remote working, payroll and employment tax matters, helping businesses manage the complexities and risks associated with employees working across borders.
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Joe Lankester
Blick Rothenberg Joe Lankester is a Senior Manager in Blick Rothenberg's Global Mobility team. He advises multinational organisations and other employers on the tax, compliance and workforce mobility challenges arising from cross-border working arrangements. Joe specialises in helping clients manage international mobility programmes while delivering practical, commercially focused solutions.
Tobias Nehls
GEP Tobias Nehls is a global mobility leader, consultant and industry connector with over 20 years of experience helping organisations navigate the complexities of international workforce management. After spending two decades at Siemens, including eight years leading the global mobility organisation, he joined Global Expat Pay as VP DACH Consulting & Growth. Tobi is passionate about transforming mobility operations, leveraging technology and fostering peer-to-peer exchange among mobility professionals to solve real-world business challenges.
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Mario Ferraro
ITX With more than 30 years of experience in Global Mobility, Mario has worked with many of the world’s leading organisations, helping them to develop innovative solutions and enhancing the effectiveness of their International HR frameworks. His career includes both Management Consulting and HR Operations, performed in global and regional roles.
Uliana Tillema
Uliana Tillema is a Senior Global Talent Mobility Partner at Danfoss, where she partners with business leaders and HR stakeholders to enable global talent mobility and support organizational growth. With experience in international assignments, compliance, and mobility operations, she helps connect global talent agenda with business needs. As part of Danfoss' transformation from Global Mobility to Global Talent Mobility, Uliana has contributed to shaping programs focused on operational excellence, employee experience, compliance, and business impact. She enjoys sharing practical insights and lessons learned from mobility transformation in a global organization.
ECA speakers
Mark Ash
ECA Mark has over 25 years’ experience leading people-focused data and technology businesses globally. He specialises in helping organisations leverage technology to navigate transformation, strengthen customer and employee experiences, and achieve sustainable growth. As CEO of ECA, he brings this expertise to the evolving challenges facing global mobility teams.
Anthony O'Riordan
ECA Anthony is a Senior Research Consultant in ECA’s Compliance team, with 5 years’ experience helping clients to manage their business travel and remote work compliance through ECA’s Comply platform. Holding a BCL in Law with Politics from University College Dublin and an MSc in International Public Policy from University College Cork, Anthony’s work focuses on posted worker and social security compliance.
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Catherine Gervais
ECA Catherine is part of ECA’s Customer Success team and is responsible for supporting ECA’s accounts in France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, the UK and Denmark. She has worked with many leading multinational organisations, advising on current international HR practices and supporting clients with salary calculations, data briefings and training. Catherine has advised on the design and provision of global mobility compensation policies and packages. She has also played a key role supporting ECA Expert implementation projects, advising companies on policy configuration and all aspects of compensation and case management throughout the assignment lifecycle.
Elek Urban
ECA Elek is part of ECA’s Customer Success team, responsible for supporting a portfolio of our clients headquartered in the Americas. He has been at ECA for almost 4 years, advising multinational companies on best practice in Global Mobility and assists clients with aligning salary calculations and offers with their organisation’s objectives, values and talent strategy.
Ema Boccagni
ECA Ema is focused on delivering exceptional outcomes for ECA’s clients. She leads ECA’s Customer Success teams across regions, strengthening existing relationships while actively contributing to new business growth. Working closely with Marketing, Product and Technology, she drives customer-centric initiatives that support both client retention and revenue generation. An Italian national, Ema lived and worked in Germany before moving to the UK. She brings over 15 years’ experience in Global Mobility, collaborating closely with many of ECA’s key client partners to create greater value from their global mobility programmes.
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Frances Crowcombe
ECA Frances has been with ECA for six years as a Senior Research Analyst and as part of the Compliance team. She specialises in international tax and social security research, with particular focus on the annual review of ECA’s tax and social security data for use in hypothetical tax calculations. Frances helps multinational clients understand their obligations as employees move across borders, drawing on deep expertise in global mobility compliance.
Heather McCartney Kruszka
ECA Heather is a global mobility professional with a decade of experience spanning U.S. real estate consulting, relocation management, and mobility technology. In 2025, Heather joined ECA as the Customer Success Senior Manager for the U.S. where she focuses on strengthening customer relationships, driving adoption of ECA’s mobility solutions, and supporting organisations as they navigate an evolving global mobility landscape.
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Jacqueline O’Rourke
ECA Jacqueline leads ECA's Customer Success team, working closely with major multinational companies to help them get the best from their international HR programmes. In her 38 years with ECA, she's supported hundreds of clients through their global mobility journeys, bringing a wealth of practical insight to every conversation.
James Mathers
ECA James is a Senior Consultant at ECA with over ten years' experience advising multinational organisations on global mobility strategy and policy design. During his four and a half years at ECA, he has led major consulting engagements and developed new strategic propositions to help clients evolve their GM programmes. James is particularly passionate about helping organisations transform global mobility into a more strategic and deliberate function that supports business growth and delivers lasting organisational value.
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Jeanette Ryan
ECA Jeanette is the Senior Director of Compliance at ECA Group. Previous to this role, she was Head of Research in TST and prior to that worked in Global Immigration law firms and a Big 4 tax practice. Throughout her 25 year career she has advised companies in relation to their mobile employee’s immigration, tax and social security compliance obligations. Jeanette’s role at ECA helps clients with compliance whether managing assignees, business travellers or remote workers. Jeanette is a qualified Chartered Tax Adviser and holds a Diploma in Legal Studies.
Kiran Gadiyar
ECA Kiran has been with ECA for four years as a Customer Success Manager, where she manages a diverse portfolio of clients across the UK, France, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. She has in-depth knowledge of ECA’s product portfolio and assists her multinational clients in managing complex mobility structures through tailored technology solutions, efficient product implementation, and advice on current international HR practices. Kiran holds a degree in French from King’s College London.
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Lee Quane
ECA Lee is responsible for overseeing ECA’s expansion in the Asia region. As part of his remit he works with organisations throughout the region to identify their global mobility needs and deliver solutions which meet their requirements. Lee is a trusted advisor to various organisations, helping them create, review and enhance their GM policies and processes to meet their aims and enable them to meet their growth requirements. Lee is also widely quoted in the regional media on various topics ranging from global mobility through to workforce planning.
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Neil Ashman
ECA Neil is Analytics Manager – Location Insight at ECA. With over 20 years of GM experience, he leads the team responsible for ECA’s Location Ratings, Country Profiles and Salary Trends Survey. Overseeing the publication of data and content, he also steers the development of the Location Insight team’s products and services.
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Neil Smyth
Chief Technology Officer ECA Neil joined ECA as CTO, bringing lots of experience to the business and practices in AI development and automation. After more than 20 years building and promoting FinTech software as a service, he is now helping businesses design, build, and rollout AI solutions that provide real benefits. From chatbots and conversational user interfaces, to full web apps, process automation, and AI awareness and education.
Oliver Browne
ECA Oliver is ECA’s Head of Content & Insights, leading the development of data-driven research and benchmarking on global mobility pay, benefits and policy, shaping insights that guide companies worldwide. He has over a decade of experience at ECA, covering every stage and type of international move.
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Patrick Seuwen
ECA Patrick is a Customer Success Senior Manager at ECA. A German national, he partners with and supports some of ECA’s key clients in central Europe and Scandinavia. With over 8 years' experience in Global Mobility, Patrick regularly advises clients on current practices in our industry, policy application, and the implementation of ECA’s technology solutions to enhance GM programmes. He has presented at industry events and is a keen contributor to round tables and discussion groups.
Sean Majewski
ECA Sean Majewski is a Customer Success Senior Manager with five years at ECA, specialising in guiding organisations through business travel compliance. They manage a diverse portfolio of customers, helping them optimise adoption, streamline processes, and reduce compliance risk. Their work focuses on building strong partnerships and ensuring customers achieve measurable value from our travel compliance product.
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Sigrid Stangl
ECA Sigrid has worked at ECA for 15+ years, initially leading immigration and labour law reporting, before joining the London-based Customer Success team. A native German speaker originally from Austria, she has a strong understanding of international compliance issues and works with a range of EMEA organisations across sectors including financial services, legal, and consumer goods.
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Steven Kilfedder
ECA With 17+ years of experience in the Global Mobility industry, Steven is an expert in expatriate remuneration and manages the research, publication, and development of ECA's data and tools including cost of living, accommodation and benefits, and location ratings. Holding a BA (Hons) in Economics and Geography from UCL and Masters in International Studies from Sydney University, he began his career living and working in several countries including Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, Myanmar, Vietnam and Australia where his passion for global mobility first flourished. Steven regularly advises clients on a wide range of global mobility policy, salary and cost of living issues and has also appeared on TV and radio, written many articles, and delivered presentations on expatriate compensation and benefits issues.
Thomas Harvey
Director of AI & Data Transformation
ECA Tom has built a career at ECA spanning product, data, software and design, including leadership roles in technology, innovation and AI transformation. His current focus is on using emerging technologies, particularly agentic AI, to create innovative products and exceptional experiences designed around real human needs.
Tim Wells
Chief Customer Experience Officer
ECA Tim is an award-winning global mobility leader with over 25 years of industry experience, which he brings to his role as Chief Customer Experience Officer at ECA. His prior experience includes leading in-house global mobility teams for a number of well-known multinational organisations, consulting within the Big Four, and, over the last 11 years, focusing on delivering global mobility technology solutions to a broad range of international organisations.