Moving from a cost centre to being a strategic business lever
Global and multinational benefits directors rarely get the full view of all employee benefits, their costings and impacts across countries. Developments in digital tools, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are reducing this challenge. This means that we are beginning to put employee benefits teams back into the driving seat to effectively deliver HR objectives and align to business goals.
In this webinar we will explore ways in which managing benefits across countries is changing (and will continue to change). What role are evolving global digital platforms and data output playing, and just how important will AI be for future shifts? Can those not able to invest emerging tools for the foreseeable future still benefit from these shifts?
The panel will discuss how they are starting to unlock budgets, view benefits pricing through new lenses, shift relationships with providers all while becoming more strategic within their reward and benefits roles.
Key issues to be explored
• The opportunities of transparency across multi-country benefits
• Impact of data, digital tools and AI on benefits management – from pricing to provider relationships
• Ways in which budget can be unlocked to achieve greater impacts and deliver strategy
• What such change can mean for global, multinational and local benefits directors and their teams
Thank you to our strategic partner Origin for supporting this REBA webinar
Together with Origin
Origin is the world’s first Global Benefits Intelligence platform.
Reward Manger, Edrington
Lisa Boardman is a seasoned Reward professional currently working at Edrington, with over two decades of experience shaping and leading global reward projects across major organisations including BP, Barclays, and Coca-Cola. Lisa has consistently delivered transformational change through strategic reward design, process optimisation, and data-driven decision-making.
Passionate about the future of work, Lisa is particularly interested in how artificial intelligence can revolutionise the reward function—delivering value, equity, and strategic insight in reward design.
CEO & Co-Founder, Origin
Chris is the CEO and co-founder of Origin, the world’s first Global Benefits Intelligence platform. With a 25-year career at the intersection of technology and employee benefits, Chris is driven by a mission to transform the global benefits industry through the power of AI. Prior to Origin, Chris co-founded Thomsons Online Benefits (later known as Darwin), where they helped scale the business into a global leader in benefits technology, serving millions of employees across the world. At Origin, Chris is once again redefining what’s possible — this time with smarter, faster, AI-powered solutions that bring unprecedented clarity, control, and scalability to global benefits management.
Global Benefits, Astellas Pharma
Lisa is leading Global benefits at Astellas Pharma, bringing over 15 years of international experience in managing retirement, health, and wellbeing programs, along with associated risk management.
She specialises in designing and governing international benefits strategies, with a strong track record in post-merger benefits harmonisation. Lisa works closely with senior leadership, including C-suite executives, within complex global organisations to drive alignment and secure support for critical benefits initiatives.
Moving from a cost centre to being a strategic business lever
Wed 22 Oct | 10.00 - 11.00 BST
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