Associations World Congress

Lynsey is CEO of International Digital Agency SocialB. With over 18 years’ experience, Lynsey and her team specialise in providing digital marketing training and services to organisations and Associations around the globe including Prime Global, Central Dredging Association, National Farmers Union, the ACCA to name just a few. Their client base spans far and wide including countries such as Oman, the USA, Mauritius, Jordan, Singapore. Lynsey is called upon for industry insights and comment by the media including CNBC, The Guardian, BBC News & Bloomberg as well as talking at international conferences on a regular basis.

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Twitter: @lynseysweales

Inge Wallage is a change maker and senior communications leader who pursued a career in the private sector before making the leap from the oil industry to environmental campaigning. That move sustained her continuous drive to contribute to a better world; a green and peaceful one. She believes in the pivotal role of the communications function. In her 25 years of working life Inge has worked across all areas of communications and has witnessed its ongoing evolution. She held various in-house and agency roles, like the International Water Association, Greenpeace International, Statoil, Philips Electronics, Motorola and Burson-Marsteller. Inge works with the European Association of Communication Directors (EACD) in a consulting capacity as part-time Managing Director to contribute to the association’s next phase. She has lived in London, Norway and Bangkok. She believes that projects and programmes will truly come to life when working with people, inside and outside a company or organisation. She is trained in the method and philosophy of Deep Democracy, which aims to get everyone involved (‘listen to the minority’) and to find ways to turn resistance into a force for good. Inge advocates to work according to ‘The 3As engagement strategy’, a concept which she conceived which stands for authenticity, accountability and audacity; three elements critical to any organisational or business strategy. She is currently writing her first novel.

I started my professional career in Financial Services and private equity, working in London, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lyon. 

After 10+ years in the financial world I made a big lifestyle change and relocated to the Côte d'Azur where I initially took some time-out to be a full-time mum and then owned and managed a small company in the electronics industry. My desire to mix with other like-minded women led me to join PWN Global as a member and I really appreciated the exchanges, learning and support this brought me during these exciting and challenging years. After stopping the business, I moved again to Lyon and joined the staff of PWN Global initially as Community Manager, moving on to focusing on the membership experience. 

I am now based in Zurich, where I continue to work for the network. I am passionate about working with PWN Global Volunteers and Members to promote our mission and vision and making my contribution to a more gender balanced leadership for the next generation.

As a UK national, I worked as a senior marketing professional (Chartered MCIM) for 15 years in the UK (with assignments across Europe and the US). I have worked with venture capitalists, not for profits and SMEs, in the technology education and training market – responsible for directing marketing strategy to implementing tactical marketing and communications plans – and everything in between.

In 2010 I had the work-life balance debate and decided, with my family, to make a move to the sunny idyll of the Ardèche Gorges in SE France and set up a business as a freelance marketer. Through my freelance work, I joined PWN Global to help support their community management and flesh out their communications strategy. The more I researched the gender balanced leadership debate, the more I realised that I wanted to make this client my full time job. I took on the role of Head of Global Marketing and Communications so that I could really focus on communicating to the world about the varied range of conscious and sub-conscious barriers that exist for female leaders. I am driven by knowing that I am improving the professional world for the next generation of female leaders.

Charlotte Kemp, Futures Alchemist, is a professional speaker and a futurist. She serves on the Board of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa and has served on the Board of the Global Speakers Federation. Charlotte has written 3 books, contributed numerous media articles, appeared on radio and TV and hosted her own radio show and podcast as well as organised conferences and events for the 20 years that she has been speaking and training. 

As a futurist, Charlotte Kemp loves exploring the origin and natural destination of changes in business and society, as well as understanding to what extent we can influence the major themes in our lives.

As Executive Director, Patrik has overall responsibility regarding management, planning and development of operations and capacity, while facilitating strategic development at IFPA, the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations. Patrik's background with NGOs and in the non-profit sector goes back over decades, having previously led and developed major networks and organizations in Sweden and internationally, including on EU level. Patrik finds inspiration in the important work of civil society organizations working for community well-being at scale.