Naleena Gururani shares her background and how it has come to influence the person she is today, exploring the balance between work and home life, her views on becoming yourself and how to get there.
She also gives her reading recommendations, and some tips that have helped her through the pandemic.
8 Femmes
What is 8 Femmes?
Like the French movie from 2002 that showed eight female high profile actresses in their different characters, ‘8 Femme’ showcases 8 exceptional women in our network! Eight is a symbol of infinity and a constant flow of energy and power. It is often related to material wealth, money, and success in business.
Our 8 Femme each provide exceptional expertise and know-how in their domains so tune in and learn more!
Founder and CEO of PurpleBeach Ltd, an innovation and people consultancy focussed primarily on business model innovation and digital transformation.
Currently Managing Director Innogy Innovation Hub GmbH, co-leading strategic and commercial direction of the Innovation Hub, which includes deciding on investment in over 50 start-ups, driving customer, commercial and people growth with a specific focus on disruptive digital, the machine economy, cyber security and smart and connected ventures.
Previously Annemie has worked extensively in Global HR and People Innovation with eBay, Paypal and Skype, to name just a few.
Annemie has been creating annual PurpleBeach experiences since 2013, all of which have embraced challenging themes, hosted inspiring (and entertaining) guests and have offered unique, original networking events like no other. There is no question she will not ask and there is no answer she will not hear. TED talks; PurpleBeach listens!
Olivia’s expertise is in transforming businesses and driving organisational effectiveness by focussing on the human side of change. Her approach and focus enable clarity of strategic thinking and delivery of business outcomes. Her passion is making a difference, enabling people to do the best work of their lives in the most effective and enjoyable way.
Having started her career in the technology sector, Olivia spent over 15 years at Diageo in several business transformation, organisational effectiveness, innovation and employee engagement roles, across different sectors and geographies. Since becoming a consultant and more recently Partner at PurpleBeach Olivia has worked with multiple organisations from financial, manufacturing, technology and FMCG sectors, across several strategic change and innovation programmes to unlock innovation and growth.
Olivia’s strength is in bringing clarity and structure to often complex, ambiguous or intangible concepts and challenges. A languages graduate, she speaks 5 European languages and is able to influence and build strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups leveraging her expert communication skills. Olivia has a passion for the performing arts, theatre and dance, allowing her to unleash her own creative self and to experience the world from different perspectives which can be channelled to bring insight and inspiration to the world of work.
Ruth has extensive experience of developing, planning and delivering corporate events with a difference. Driven by her attention to detail Ruth relishes the opportunity to seek out new concepts to surprise and entertain clients. Ruth often draws on her 20+ years’ experience within the BBC and Television industry for inspiration and the building blocks to what will be a personalised corporate event with the WOW factor. Ruth has embraced the creative challenge of developing PurpleBeach live experiences, online in 2020 and now she will be bringing you more culture to our Radio station.
Caroline has developed “Global Network Engagement”: a structured and data-driven approach for companies to get their stakeholders and target audiences systematically and intrinsically engaged – via both digital and offline tools, as well as events. Her driver is her passionate belief in the power of networks, because connecting globally with the relevant local business ecosystems, results in “bigger, better, more cost-effective” achievement of commercial goals. She believes that “Network Engagement” combines sales, marketing and communications in a holistic manner, as it sits strongly at the interplay of overarching [strategic] business objectives and commercial results. “Network Engagement” is a key component in the lifecycle of any business relationship and its management, e.g. for customers from lead generation of early adopters to retention of existing customers.
Caroline has over 18 years of experience in early stage and international business development within the wider utility sector with a strong focus on practical, digital & corporate cultural transformation. She has proven success in building and further developing innovative business segments and areas of competence and is an expert of and influencer in both worlds: corporate as well as agile, global network structures in entrepreneurial ecosystems.
According to her peers, she consistently spreads her positivity, intrinsic interest in people and new topics and passion for seeking new challenges, whilst always realising tangible commercial outcomes at pace.