Past Events

Communities Connect (Teleconference)–Global Issues

The Communities of Interest were created to connect Page Society members who have questions about challenging communications topics with other Page Society members who can help.

The community on Global Issues (view list of “Global community” members) has scheduled a Communities Connect teleconference that will explore the traits and skills needed to be a successful global executive, as well as issues that executives often face when they are based abroad. These include the pros and cons of overseas life, differences in experience between men and women in certain markets, and how to prepare for leading a global team without much global experience.

The speakers will share research with participants, and there will be ample time for Q&A.

To register, email: admin@awpagesociety.com. The dial-in information will be forwarded to you prior to the call.

Speakers
Perry Yeatman

Perry Yeatman

Perry Yeatman is an SVP in Corporate and Legal Affairs at Kraft Foods. She is also President of the Kraft Foods Foundation and an award-winning author. In her role at Kraft Foods, Perry is a key advisor to Chairman and CEO, Irene Rosenfeld. She has been deeply involved in the communications, community involvement and public policy aspects of the company’s transformation during the past 5 years. From multi-billion dollar deals (including the Cadbury acquisition) to fighting hunger and spearheading Kraft Foods’ first ever global week of service, Perry has successfully used the disciplines of Corporate Affairs to help drive the company’s agenda, internally and externally, around the world. Perry started her career on the agency side, spending nearly 15 years with leading communications firms including Burson-Marsteller. View full bio.

Jean Allen

Jean Allen

Jean Allen is a partner in the New York office of Heidrick & Struggles.
Drawing on early experience as a communications professional, her search practice focuses on the communications function – spanning broadly to include roles in Corporate Communications/Reputation Management, Investor Relations, Employee Communications and Government Affairs as well as Marketing and Marketing Communications.  She has worked on senior assignments across industries and within organizations that range from Fortune 500 companies to major communications firms and boutique agencies.  As such, she has a broad view of communications and marketing talent as well as of how different profiles tend to adapt within different environments.
Before joining Heidrick & Struggles, Jean served as head of professional recruiting at Merrill Lynch – a role that included matrix management of all recruiting activity for the firm’s core businesses as well as direct leadership of an executive search function charged with filling key functional roles across the organization.  Earlier she was with global communications firm Hill & Knowlton and held senior communications roles within The Walt Disney Company and Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
Jean has an MA in education from Harvard University and a BA in psychology from Eckerd College.