Kjersti Nystad Skeie holds a degree in business administration from Canada and has over 20 years of experience in HR and leadership. For the past seven years, she has had the privilege of leading People & Business Support at Kongsberg Maritime. In addition to People, she holds overall responsibility for Safety & Emergency Preparedness, Communications, Compliance, HSE, and Quality.

How can HR become a central driving force in corporate strategy?

HR has often been a topic discussed alongside the business agenda. This is due to challenges in measuring HR's value and the tendency for HR departments to operate in their own silos with limited focus on business goals and the company's end customers. In recent years, Kongsberg Maritime has been working to establish a business-focused People team and has succeeded in integrating HR closely into core operations. Kjersti Nystad Skeie will share practical experiences from this process, along with examples of tools that help position business-oriented HR as a central part of the company's strategy.

• Transforming HR from a sideline activity to a central part of business strategy
• Active role rotation: How rotation in HR roles enhances understanding and synergies across the company
• Value creation: What impact does HR actually have on the external customer experience? Our claim is: very significant.