Name: Everything I Wish I’d Known: Top Tips for Your Leadership Journey
Start: 2025-04-04T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-04T11:30:00+01:00

APAC, EMEA

Business

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No leader has all the answers – especially at the start. The best lessons come from experience, tough moments, and the moments that challenge how we think.

Antje Kanngiesser, CEO of Alpiq, has built a career on leading transformation, mastering complexity, and shaping high-performing cultures in the energy and infrastructure industries. With a background spanning law, strategy, operations, and innovation, she has navigated industries in flux, led through crisis, and driven meaningful change – all while staying focused on the bigger picture.

In this candid conversation, Antje will share her leadership lessons – what she’s learned from experience, the shifts that have shaped her approach, and the mindset needed to lead with impact.

What you’ll walk away with:

How the most effective leaders think, make decisions, and handle pressure.
The biggest leadership blind spots – and how to avoid them.
Hard-won insights on resilience, transformation, and leading through change.

Open to senior leaders, executives, and those looking to step up. Don’t miss this chance to gain leadership lessons that can change the way you lead.

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Antje Kanngiesser

Alpiq

CEO

Antje Kanngiesser has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Alpiq Group since March 2021. She is a proven expert in the energy industry. For more than 20 years, she has worked in various management positions along the entire value chain in industry and consulting to promote an innovative and sustainable energy supply.

Antje Kanngiesser specialises in the strategic realignment and consistent transformation of business models and companies. Humour, value-based modern leadership, consistent cross-team collaboration and inclusion of diversity with a passion for performance and success are her tools.

Antje fosters a visionary and value-based modern leadership culture with a passion for performance and success. She creates a culture that encourages women to take management responsibility and pushes for consistent cross-team collaboration with a good portion of humour and joy.

In March 2025, Antje was honoured as the Entrepreneur/CEO of the year 2025 at this year’s SEF.WomenAward (Swiss Economic Forum SEF).

Emma Hicks

WeQual

VP of Membership & Programs

Emma is an experienced strategic leader, specializing in professional development at C-suite and senior management levels. With a track record for delivering solutions across a broad range of global sectors and industries, Emma brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for continuing professional development.

Emma is a Fellow and Advisory Board Member of the Learning Performance Institute (LPI), holds certifications from the Institute of Directors (IoD) and Association for Talent Development (ATD), and is a former Education Committee member at the European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa).

Emma spent nearly a decade with the Institute of Directors leading the strategic direction of the IoD’s global professional development courses including the prestigious Chartered Director qualification. After leaving the IoD, Emma joined HR technology and services company, Connectr, initially as interim COO, and then permanently as Chief Commercial Officer. Now, Emma is Director of Global Membership and Programs at WeQual, an organisation on a mission to drive equality in the world’s largest organisations. Emma’s role at WeQual aligns beautifully with her core values and purpose – supporting women and all talent to achieve their career goals, and organisations to thrive through inclusive leadership practice.

Emma also spent five years with Reed Learning as their Strategic Partnership Manager, working with over 100 clients, external partners, and awarding bodies. During this time, Emma also designed and delivered learning programs, including internationally recognized qualifications.

Outside of WeQual, Emma has a young family (8-year-old Joshua, 6-year-old Jasmine, and a recent ‘furbaby’ addition, Monty the cockapoo), who keep her equally busy, active and above all grateful.