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Webinar | Navigate & Succeed in Global Defence Markets
This webinar explores the evolving defence innovation landscape, highlighting current challenges, emerging opportunities, and strategies for companies to drive growth in international NATO markets.
The DDE, in collaboration with Henley Business School, presents the Leadership, Innovation & Global Expansion in Defence programme, designed to equip participants with the knowledge and tools needed for international expansion and successful go-to-market execution. During the webinar, you’ll hear from programme faculty member and professor in Leadership David Pendleton, who will discuss people and capability challenges in the defence sector and how to sustain long-term business performance.
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17:00 Welcome words
Jarmo Puputti, Ecosystem Lead, Digital Defence Ecosystem & Minna Wickholm, Business Director, EMBA & Executive Programmes, Henley Business School in the Nordics - Finland
Commanding Strategic Growth: Leadership, Innovation and Global Expansion in Defence
Minna Wickholm & Fabian Sepulveda, Partnership Development Lead, Digital Defence Ecosystem
Strategic Leadership in Defence: Navigating Complexity with Purpose
Professor David Pendelton, Professor of Leadership, Henley Business School
18:00 End of webinar
Professor David Pendelton
Professor David Pendleton is a Professor in Leadership at Henley Business School, where he works extensively in executive education.
As a business psychologist, educator, consultant and author, David has published extensively on medical communication in healthcare and on organisational leadership. His latest work on leadership, authored with Professor Adrian Furnham of the Norwegian School of Business and Jon Cowell of the Edgecumbe Consulting Group, is titled Leadership: No More Heroes and is in its third edition (published by Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2021). His other latest book, Work-Life Matters, was also published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2021 and offers a sideways look at work-life balance and an introduction to job-crafting, along with reviewing the history and future of work and highlighting the need to fit jobs to people rather than the reverse.
Jarmo Puputti
Jarmo Puputti, leader of the Digital Defence Ecosystem network, is a seasoned board professional, an experienced CEO, and a deep expert in the defence industry. His passion lies in building bridges between the business world and the defence sector. He has held executive positions at companies such as Patria, Raisio, and Nokian Tyres, as well as project management roles at Sandvik and the Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command.
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Minna Wickholm
Business Director, EMBA & Executive Programmes
Mobile: +358 50 5839514
minna.wickholm@henley.fi