Maximizing the Effectiveness of HR Business Partners

Joydeep is the HR Leader for BD's largest business in Europe, Middle-East & Africa. In his previous assignment, he was an HR Leader in a twin country role with Asia Pacific Business HR accountabilities. He has worked in multiple cultures and economies (India/Australia & New Zealand) and worked extensively across multiple Asian countries including China and SE Asia.In India, in addition to his current employer, Joydeep has worked on a diverse set of assignments with a GE JV, Coca-Cola India and Citicorp.As HR Leader for BD Medical Surgical Systems, the largest Business segment in BD. The initial challenge lay in improving Business performance, building a more competitive business and a stronger Leadership pipeline across regulated developed markets of Western Europe and emerging markets in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Joydeep developed and deployed two crucial organization development interventions that create the capabilities to catalyze the business for success over the next three year period in Western Europe. He iinstituted key performance forums that drive reinforcement of direction, offer support to countries and deploy appropriate measures & controls for success. In addition, Joydeep is currently leading a global team of HR Leaders on a work-stream for a company wide HR transformation initiative.

Melissa is a member of the UBS Business University on the Leadership & Talent faculty team. She is the Global lead and Americas Program Manager for the Experienced Talent Program, a global, cross-divisional talent program for UBS's Executive Director Key Talent. She has been at UBS for 9 years with a primary focus on developing and managing various talent development programs from graduate level up through Managing Director. She received her Six Sigma Green Belt certification by redesigning the UBS Graduate On-boarding process in 2008.Melissa has also worked as a Learning Partner for UBS divisions such as Finance, Operations, IT, Human Resources and Equities. In this role, she works with the HR Business Partners to assess specific needs and develop bespoke development solutions such as mentoring initiatives, e-learning, technical training, management development and action learning projects.Melissa has a Bachelors Degree from Texas A&M University in Applied Mathematics and earned her Certificate in Training Practice from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD, UK.)

Pete is a leader in Hewitt's global Talent and Organizational Consulting practice with responsibility for Hewitt's global HR Effectiveness practice.
Pete consults with multinationals in HR strategy, HR assessment and service delivery design, corporate restructuring, and HR transformation. Some of Pete's clients include Bayer Corporation; Becton Dickinson; EMC Corporation; DP DHL Technologies Co., Ltd.; LG Electronics; MetLife, Inc.; Thomson Corporation; Philips Electronics; UBS; and Wal-Mart.Pete has 20 years of experience with Hewitt in business leadership roles in North America and Europe in HR consulting, client relationship management, and outsourcing. He has played a lead role in some of the firm's largest global projects involving business and HR restructuring, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In his previous role, Pete led Hewitt's Talent and Organizational Consulting practice in Europe.Pete has been a featured speaker on topics including HR Strategy, HR best practices in M&A and HR restructuring at conferences including the World Employment Conference, Center for Advance Human Resources Studies, the Global HR Forum, and the WorldatWork. He has also authored articles published in business and HR publications in the United States and Europe.Prior to joining Hewitt, Pete worked in HR management roles at Groupe Danone and Westinghouse. Pete is based in the Hewitt Atlanta office.Pete has a Bachelors Degree from Cornell University in Industrial and Labor Relations and an MBA from New York University in International Business and Finance.

Usha is a a principal within the Talent & Organization Consulting Practice. She consults in Organizational Design, HR Strategy, and HR Effectiveness. She has also had experience in the area of Merger Integration, Performance Management, and Large Scale Change Enablement.Usha has worked with HR teams to map expectations from business partners, envision the HR strategy, design the HR structure, and develop roles and responsibilities for HR professionals. She has executed assignments in the area of HR re-engineering which involved mapping HR processes, analyzing current process effectiveness, reviewing HR metrics and designing future state HR processes.Usha has over 14 years of consulting experience in the area of people strategy. Prior to joining Hewitt, she worked as Manager, Human Capital with Andersen. Usha has consulted in over 7 countries including the U.S., UK, Germany, India, and countries the Middle East. She has consulted in the government sector, energy sector and pharmaceutical sector. Her clients include government undertakings; state-owned utilities; MetLife, Inc.; Aetna Inc.; Becton Dickinson, Levi Strauss, Mass Mutual; Prudential Financial; Legg Mason; International Monetary Fund; UBS; World Bank; Duke Energy Corporation; Ernst & Young L.L.P.; Kraft Foods Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; Saint-Gobain Corporation.Usha holds a Masters in Personnel Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, one of Asia's premier business schools and is also a Chartered Accountant (equivalent to a CPA in the U.S.).