Leading in the Age of AI: Reskilling, Motivation and Multigenerational Teams

Jenny Fernandez partners with organizations, senior leaders, and teams to enhance leadership effectiveness, strengthen accountability, and increase business performance through improved collaboration, innovation, and skill development. She designs evidence-based, fit-for-purpose programs that address critical leadership challenges and build adaptive capability across individuals, teams, and systems.

With a background as a former CMO and senior executive at Kraft Foods, Mondelez International, Loacker, Merlin Entertainments, and Accenture, Jenny brings decades of global industry experience leading and scaling large enterprises and fast-growing businesses. Her expertise spans strategic partnerships, team development, commercialization, and building future-ready leaders across North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, and Africa.

Recognised by LinkedIn as a Top Voice in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, and Entrepreneurship, and by Thinkers50 Radar as a top management thinker to watch, Jenny is also part of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches, the world’s premier leadership-coaching community. She contributes to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company, and is frequently interviewed on Gen Z, careers, and the future of work.

Jenny is a certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder-Centered Coach and a Columbia Executive Coach. She holds an MBA from Kellogg, dual bachelor’s degrees from Columbia, and is currently pursuing her doctorate (expected 2026).

Julia is a broadcaster, political commentator, corporate event host and business trainer. She has been covering news, current affairs and entertainment for BBC Three for three years and before this she featured weekly on BBC 5 Live – discussing the newspaper headlines and the latest breaking news.

She hosted a BBC election show, diving into key voter topics, as well as a TED Talk titled “The Secret to Being Right” which was instantly selected amongst TED’s “Editor’s Picks.”

She has interviewed some of the most influential figures in politics and business, on a range of topics from general elections to generative AI.

She runs the London community of Blend as well as the members’ exclusive Blend Book Club, interviewing prolific business authors and sharing key learnings from a range of titles covering topics like leadership, negotiation, DEI, productivity and handling difficult issues.