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Nick Spiteri Paris is the chief operations officer at Bigbon Group, franchisor operator for Inditex Group [Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A.] in Malta. Nick leads a team of more than 100 strong employees, 6 Brands; Bershka, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius, Oysho, Massimo Dutti and Uterqüe, 8 Offline Stores and 6 Online Stores.
 
Charged with driving results, Nick’s role includes leadership of retail operations, people management, product management, logistics and eCommerce management. 
 
A passionate advocate for omni-channel retailing, Nick has piloted several initiatives driving Bigbon Group towards a fully-integrated approach to commerce that provides shoppers with a unified experience across online and offline channels. 
 
With over 15 years experience in the fashion retail market, Nick has worked with and introduced leading apparel brands to the Maltese market. Nick is an articulate communicator, with a track record for finding innovative ways to grow revenue and increase margins. A long‐time champion of change management and with a vision to create the company’s workforce of the future, Nick is a strong believer in human capital and talent development.
 
Nick graduated with a Bachelors Degree from the University of Malta.

Nikhil Patil, CEO of GO plc. is a professional with over 15 years of experience in strategy, operations and mergers & acquisitions across telecoms companies like GO, Cablenet, BMIT and Interoute. Nikhil previously served as non-executive director of GO, working closely with the Company’s senior management to define and implement its strategy. He spearheaded a number of strategic acquisitions, helping GO to diversify its business both in Malta and Cyprus.

Nikhil was responsible for the creation of Malta Properties Company p.l.c., today one of the largest publicly listed real estate companies in Malta, where he served as CEO until 2018. He has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India, a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from IMD, Switzerland. Nikhil is a Charter Financial Analyst (CFA).

Lisa Pullicino is a partner at PwC Malta with responsibility for Human Capital and PwC's Academy. An auditor by profession, Lisa spent her first ten years at PwC handling a wide portfolio of clients, both locally and overseas, giving her exposure to a variety of complex and challenging business environments.  

In 2005 Lisa took up a full time HR role within the firm – a role which she continues to hold today. She currently leads a team of ten HR professionals and drives the HR strategy of an extended staff complement of more than 700 people. Her role encompasses responsibility for recruitment & retention, global mobility, talent management and people development. 

Lisa has extensive experience as a trainer and facilitator, a role which she first experienced in her initial years at PwC and which has continued to develop since. Since 2010 she has also been responsible for setting up, leading and driving the strategy PwC’s Academy in Malta.  Lisa's multi-faceted role remains key in today's drive to continuously upskill not only PwC's people but also PwC's Academy's clients.

Claudine Attard, is a Senior Manager within PwC’s People and Organisation Consulting Practice with over 15 years of consultancy experience. Between 1998 and 2005, Claudine worked as a consultant with Management Efficiency Unit - Government’s in-house management consultancy organisation within the Office of the Prime Minister. During this period, Claudine worked on numerous consulting engagements including organisational reviews and restructuring exercises of Government departments and entities.

Since joining PwC in 2005, Claudine has worked for numerous clients both the within the public and private sector. Between 2016 and 2018, Claudine worked with PwC UK Consulting specialising in Organisation Design. She now leads the People and Organisation consulting practice at PwC Malta which primarily focuses on supporting clients in relation to organisation design, HR transformation, strategic workforce planning, upskilling and performance management.  She has been a member on the FHRD board since 2015. Claudine holds a Master of Science in Organisational Change and Development from the University of Manchester.  

Jake Azzopardi, is a Manager within PwC’s Digital Consulting practice, having joined the firm in 2013. He is an experienced, dedicated and hard-working digital consultant who has a passion for helping solve complex business problems with digital solutions. Jake has diverse experience in the analysis, design and implementation of on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based enterprise solutions that are accessed through different mediums such as desktop, web and mobile technologies.

More recently, he is also focusing on the areas of Data Analytics and Emerging Technologies and is part of the firm’s Industry Champions team for such areas. He is a graduate in BSc Business and Computing, BSc Computing and Information Systems and a certified PRINCE 2 practitioner.  Jake also holds a Master's Degree in Business Systems Analysis and Design from City University, London where he submitted a Dissertation focusing on Visual Data Analytics within the management of risk of a Health Insurance Portfolio.