Peter Palme

Current

Head of Learning & Development EAME at Syngenta

Past

HR Manager at The DOW Chemical Company
Global Training and Learning Technology Manager at Nestlé (Nestec S.A.)
Managing Director at XWOMM GmbH

Research Assistant at Fraunhofer Institute IAO
Enterpreneur & Trainee at Hong Kong & China Experience

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Education

Dipl. HR Business Partner ZFU
Certified Change Leader
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

IMD (International Institute for Management Development) - Business Programs

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Connections

217 connections

Industry

Chemicals

Websites

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Peter Palme’s Summary

Executive with strong business acumen and entrepreneurship, merged with broad international knowledge of all HR and Manufacturing & Engineering elements, and a passion for organizational effectiveness. Extraordinarily versatile, able to connect and communicate with all sorts of personalities, cultures and functions. Strong knowledge and experience of business internal change processes.

Peter Palme’s Specialties:

Organizational Effectiveness
Organizational Design
Organizational Development
Change Management
Succession Planning
Talent Management
Project Management
Human Capital Management
High Potential Management
University Relations
Workforce Planning
SAP
Peoplesoft
Taleo
Blended Learning - ELearning - Social Media Learning
Lean Six Sigma

Peter Palme’s Experience

Head of Learning & Development EAME

Syngenta

(Public Company; SYT; Chemicals industry)

November 2009 — Present (2 months)
HR Manager

The DOW Chemical Company

(Public Company; Chemicals industry)

2007 — November 2009 (2 years )

Consulting global business, geographic and functional leaders, on issues related to Organizational Effectiveness, Change Manage-ment, Talent Management, Performance Management, Workforce Planning, Diversity & Inclusion, Relocation and Compensation and Benefit.
Developed regional Organizational development strategy aligned with the global strategy. Rapid and cost effective implementation leading to higher retention and attraction of critical talent and a more sustainable leader talent pipeline for the region.
Global Training and Learning Technology Manager

Nestlé (Nestec S.A.)

(Food & Beverages industry)

March 2002 — 2007 (5 years )

Global Training Manager/Learning Technology Manager/ Manager of Center for Communication & Networking, E-Learning and Language & Translation Excellence.

Definition of strategy & policies, best practices, end-to-end processes, guidelines, requirements & specification and metrics and reporting tools for the implementation of Nestle Life Long Learning Culture.

GLOBE (Global Business Excellence) Project: Supporting the largest global change initiative of Nestle. Implementation of global functional work processes in Finance, HR, Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Processes. Managed to build a lean and cost efficient operation and successfully outsourced processes to Satyam (India).
Organisation and facilitation of global communities of practice, as well as transformation, change and strategy finding workshops. External networking and benchmarking.
Managing Director

XWOMM GmbH

(E-Learning industry)

January 1992 — December 2001 (10 years )

As a Managing Director I have led successfully many international projects, Paneuropean Projects including Eastern Europe with the European Commission and programs for General Motors, Linde, Degussa, AESF (National Association for Surface Finishing) in USA, IZB (Informatikzentrum der Kreissparkassen in Germany) and other multinational companies and organizations. Lectured and delivered training at universities and other institutions.
Research Assistant

Fraunhofer Institute IAO

(Research industry)

January 1991 — December 1995 (5 years )

Research assistant for Software ergonomics, user interface design, multimedia and technology based learning, education and training.
• Key Achievements:
• Supporting TQM (Kanban, Kaizen) Knowledge Trans-fer & Implementation Projects in German industry.
• Organisation & Marketing of workshops and delivering presentations on technology enhanced learning at various international conferences and workshops.
Enterpreneur & Trainee

Hong Kong & China Experience

(Wholesale industry)

February 1987 — December 1990 (3 years 11 months)

Commercial and cultural experience in between the Bachelor and MBA degree in Economics and Chinese.
Sales & Marketing Trainee at Sinoswiss (Hong Kong Chinese Company) - Brands: Rado, Solis, Benetton
• Key Achievements:
o Gained significant insight into China, Hong Kong and Taiwanese market and Chinese Business Culture.
• Gained broad acceptance by employer and customers in China
Marketing, Purchasing, Sales and Entrepreneurial Experiences: Sales Agent for Hamburg Exhibition Centre; Purchaser for Vilisilkki, Finland – Second largest silk importer, Managing Director of Moonsky Star Ltd. – Travel Agency;

Peter Palme’s Education

Dipl. HR Business Partner ZFU

Dipl. , HR Business Partner , 2009 — 2010 (expected)

Activities and Societies:

Current Education
Certified Change Leader

Certified , Change Leader , 2009 — 2009
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

Master , Economics with focus on China , 1985 — 1995

After my "bachelor " in 1987 I worked in Hong Kong and China till 1991.
IMD (International Institute for Management Development) - Business Programs

Additional Information

Peter Palme’s Websites:

My Company

Peter Palme’s Interests:

Integrated Talent Management, Leadership Development, Strategic HR

Peter Palme’s Groups:

- SHRM - Society for Human Resources Management - the world’s largest professional association devoted to human resource management
- zgp (Zuercher Gesellschaft fuer Personal-Managment) - the largest group of HR professionals in Switzerland
- i4cp - Institute for Corporate Productivity - is the world's largest private network of corporations focused on improving workforce productivity.
- Human Capital Institute - is a think tank, educator, and global professional association dedicated to the advancement of talent management practices for individuals and organizations
- ASTD: American Society for Training & Development is the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals
- PMI - Project Management Institute: is the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals.
- Toastmasters nonprofit organization: a world leader in helping people become more competent and comfortable in front of an audience