Katherine Glasser
Corp. Senior Vice President, Head of Global Strategic Business Unit Industrials
Henkel
Biography
Kate Glasser is the Corporate Senior Vice President for the Adhesive Technologies Industrials Business (AEI) at Henkel Corporation. She is a business executive with 20 years of leadership experience across both mid-size businesses and large multinational corporations.
Most recently, she served as President of IDEX Corporation’s Rescue Group and spent the prior decade at Dow as Global Business Director the Coatings and Monomers businesses as well as roles in general management, strategy and M&A. Previously, she held leadership roles at US Airways and taught English in Japan and China.
Kate earned an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a BA in Mathematics from the University of Rochester.
She is also a Board President for Nerdy Girl Success, Inc., a founding member of Chief Chicago, and an Executive-in-Residence at the Booth School of Business. Kate lives in Chicago with her partner and their three children.
Presentation Abstract
Inclusion Strengthens our Bonds: Henkel’s Path Forward
Over the past few years in the corporate world, we have had much more awareness on the need for diversity and its business case. Now it is time we also look to understanding why inclusion matters. We all look to attract great talent, drive employee engagement, and improve retention as great people doing their best work are what help us meet our customers’ needs and drive innovative solutions to big problems. During this presentation, we will explore why inclusion matters and the pitfalls of not having an inclusive culture, the actions that Henkel is taking so far and what we can look to in the future, and finally, how we can all better engage through both big and small actions to have and outsized impact.
Presentation Time
Master Class II: Diversity and Inclusion in the Adhesive and Sealants industry
Friday, 16 September 2022, 11:00 - 12:30
- Speakers Overview
- Achten Dirk
- Alavi Kamyar
- Arbusà Jordi
- Arikan Elisa
- Bernardini Marco
- Block Marco Balbo
- Bouzard Orlane
- Braun Kevin
- Brunner Verena
- Burgorgue Morgane
- Cami Guido
- Chiozza Fabio
- Cohrs-Rahmoun Jana
- Corfias-Zuccalli Catherine
- Crail Dietrich J.
- Das Sudipto
- De Baetzelier Anne
- De Ketelaere Geertrui Mieke
- Decio Mikaela
- Derra Ralph
- Diaz Paula
- Dobbins Christopher
- Dulio Sergio
- Emanuel Ronald M. Jr.
- Funk Torsten
- Glasser Katherine
- Grieβbach Eva
- Groß Andreas
- Günther Roman
- Hartwig Andreas
- Hautekeer Jean-Paul
- Haye Vera
- Hein Christophe
- Heinzmann Ralf
- Heβland Axel
- Ibarra Rodriguez Jesús Eduardo
- James Andrew
- Kay Kian Hee
- Kinzelmann Hans-Georg
- Koehler Sofia
- Maier Steffen
- McLennaghan Allan
- Mora Luigi
- Neub Nicole
- Olive Maxime
- Ons Kristel
- Paree Machteld
- Paul Ritu
- Pauli Gunter
- Peeters Luc
- Romagnano Stefano
- Ruzafa Silvestre Carlos
- Sakai Yu
- Schmidt Marco F.
- Schneider Martin
- Smits Angela
- Sommer Mario
- Suetens Kim
- Sundermeier Uta
- Thiebes Christoph
- Van Elten Frank
- Venkataraman Prakash
- Vervaart Eric
- Wichelhaus Jürgen
- Williams Lorna
- Wüst Rhiannon