About the Panel Discussion

Annual workforce planning is no longer enough. Organizations need continuous visibility into changing business priorities, evolving skills, workforce costs, and emerging capacity constraints. AI is making it possible to model workforce scenarios faster than ever, helping organizations evaluate different workforce strategies before decisions are made. By combining workforce, financial, operational, and skills data, organizations can move from static planning exercises to continuous workforce navigation.

This session will explore what great CHRO-CIO partnerships look like, where responsibilities should sit, and how the relationship can accelerate value instead of creating confusion.

Discussion points

How AI is transforming workforce planning from an annual exercise into a continuous capability.
How to evaluate workforce tradeoffs across skills, cost, productivity, and capacity.
How HR, Finance, and business leaders can align around better workforce investment decisions.

Speakers

Michael Walsh, Senior Director, Workforce Analytics and Planning at Eaton
Kajal Chokshi, Global Head of Strategic Workforce Planning, AI & Automation at Mondelēz International
Mattijs Mol, Vice President, HR Technology, Strategy & Insights at Wärtsilä
Marcus Baker, Director, People Analytics at Procore Technologies
Rebecca Cumming, Manager of Strategic Partnerships at Visier
[Moderator] Diwakar Loshali, Global Head HR Tech & Operations at Oerliken
[Event Chair] Chris Rainey, CEO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders

This panel is part of the Global People Analytics Summit 2026, built to help HR leaders harness AI, workforce intelligence and connected data to make better business decisions and improve workforce strategy, planning and performance.

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