About the Speakers

José Tolovi Jr. is Global Chief Executive Officer and member of the Executive Board of Great Place to Work® Institute Inc. as well as member of the Institute boards in Brazil, México, Central America & Caribbean, Canada, Spain and France.

Prior to joining Great Place to Work® Institute, Mr. Tolovi was an Associate Director of Arthur D. Little, Founder and Director of S.A.D., a Brazilian Management Consulting firm, and Director of SPCI - São Paulo Computer Institute. He was Founder and first President of SPE - Brazilian Society for Corporate Planning and Editor of its magazine - Planejamento e Gestão. He also served as Vice-President of SUCESU, the Brazilian Society for Information Systems in two tenures.

Mr. Tolovi is a former professor at the Escola de Administração de São Paulo - FGV, and presently at Business School São Paulo. He has been a guest speaker at several conferences and seminars, and consistently publishes in management and general purpose magazines and newspapers in Brazil and abroad.

Henry Engelhardt is the Chief Executive of the Admiral Group plc., one of the most successful of all the direct response car insurance firms in the UK.

In mid-1991 Mr. Engelhardt was recruited to create and run what has become Admiral Group.  Admiral launched (on time and under budget) on January 2, 1993 and now has over 2,000,000 policyholders and 3,500 employees.  There are 13 brands under the Admiral Group umbrella in six countries: Admiral, Bell, Confused.com, Diamond, elephant.co.uk and Gladiator Commercial in the UK, Balumba.es and Rastreator in Spain, AdmiralDirekt.de in Germany, ConTe and Chiarezza in Italy, Elephant Auto Insurance in the USA and LeLynx.fr in France.  Turnover in 2009 was more than £1 billion.  Profits in 2009 were £216m.  This represented a return on capital of more than 50%.   

On September 23, 2004 Admiral listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange.  The value of the company on that day was £711m.  Since then Admiral's shares have traded for as much as £12.  Today the value of the company is around £3 billion and Admiral is one of the firms that make up the FTSE 100. 

Admiral has also won many awards, including Business of the Year at the 2004 National Business Awards and Employer of the Year at the same ceremony in 2005, Welsh Company of the Year in 1999, 2005 and 2009.  It has been named one of the top 100 Companies to Work For in the UK by the Sunday Times all 10 years this list has been compiled and one of the Best Places To Work For in the UK and Europe in the last six years.  

Immediately prior to starting Admiral, Mr. Engelhardt was the Marketing & Sales Manager for Churchill Insurance.

An American, Mr. Engelhardt has worked in the US, UK and France in direct response financial services.  He holds an MBA from Insead, Fountainebleau, France as well as a BA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mi. USA.  Mr. Engelhardt is married with four children and lives in Cardiff, Wales.

Erin Liberman Moran is Vice President of People and Client Services, based in our global headquarters in San Francisco, overseeing the Human Resources function and client delivery for the U.S. business.

In her HR function, Erin is responsible for leveraging the knowledge and experience we have in studying best companies to support, develop and connect our people, to create an even better workplace internally. In her client services function, Erin is responsible for overseeing the production of our Fortune and Small and Medium lists and the delivery of high quality advisory services to our clients.

Prior to this role, Erin was the Vice-President of the International Operations at the Institute, in which she was responsible for advising and overseeing the affiliate operations in 40countries worldwide. In 2004, Erin started with the Institute as a Consultant and continues to advise clients both within the U.S. and internationally.

As Global Training Coordinator for the Great Place to Work® Institute, Yulia is responsible for the development and project management of a training program series for clients and affiliates in over 40 countries. Prior to this role, Yulia has served as a thought partner and chief researcher for the co-founder of the company, Robert Levering and as a "Fortune List" and "Small and Medium Companies" list company evaluator. During her 5 years with the Institute, Yulia has extensively analyzed management strategies of Best Companies and helped shape a new approach to analyzing employee-employer relations, focusing not only on organizational policies and programs but also on the relationship between the company's culture and positive workplace interactions.

Prior to joining the Institute, Yulia also had firsthand experience with a best company while working in Recruiting for Morrison & Foerster, LLP. Yulia holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and French Language from Swarthmore College, PA, USA.

As Product Director on the Global Management Team of Great Place to Work® Institute, Erika Richardson promotes the delivery of the highest quality products and services to clients by building the capabilities of affiliates in over 40 countries. In her role, Erika manages, designs, and delivers a global training program, collaborates on the development of new products and services, and oversees new product rollout. During her 8 years of tenure, she has served in a variety of roles, including as Director of Consulting Operations, where she was responsible for managing and developing people and building effective systems and processes. Erika has worked directly with clients in the design, implementation, and analysis of organizational assessments and managed the development of an action planning tool for managers. Through these experiences, Erika has developed a deep understanding and insight into the practices and cultures of great workplaces.

Prior to joining the Institute, Erika held positions in economic affairs for the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco and as chief instructor and trainer for a large language company in Japan. Erika has a bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley.

Bob Lee is the founder and CEO of the Great Place to Work^® Institute Ireland. Bob works with leaders and managers in a wide variety of industries to assess their workplace culture and support them as they seek to transform their organisations into great workplaces. He brings a creative, dynamic approach to his work, and has extensive experience in all aspects of assessment, analysis, and delivery of results. Bob writes and lectures extensively. In addition to his regular contributions to Conferences and Seminars throughout Europe, Bob is a regular keynote speaker and presenter at professional association conferences.