104: Heleen is CEO Coordinator supporting the CEO of Ingka Group | IKEA (https://www.ingka.com/this-is-ingka-group/), Jesper Brodin, by contributing to strategic processes & planning and seamless, efficient daily operations with a focus on CEO Relations & Stakeholder Engagement within the business and beyond.

Heleen also leads the development of an internal community dedicated to Assistants, Business Support Assistants, Coordinators and others who focus on supporting leaders and Group Functions at Ingka Group | IKEA - and beyond.

Ingka Group consists of three business areas;

- IKEA Retail (https://www.ingka.com/what-we-do/ikea-retail/), which consists of 392 IKEA stores across 32 markets, and counting. Welcoming 657 million visitors to these stores last year, and having more than 4.3 billion visits to https://www.ikea.com/.

- Ingka Centres (https://www.ingka.com/what-we-do/ingka-centres/) creates great meeting places where each centre is anchored by an IKEA store.

- Ingka Investments (https://www.ingka.com/what-we-do/ingka-investments/) makes responsible investments in the core business, or in areas that add value for customers allowing growth across IKEA Retail business.

Heleen started at IKEA in 2011 and previously worked as Executive Secretary (Chief Sustainability and Chief HR) and Global Stakeholder Engagement Leader within the Global Public Affairs team. She has a degree in Hotel & Hospitality Management where prior to IKEA, she worked for 10 years with hotel operations, sales and event management.

Heleen has a particular passion for Climate Action and Equality topics, is married and has two young children.

 

Links:

• www.linkedin.com/in/heleen-vink-81680b17

• HÅLLBAR series - IKEA (https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/hallbar-series-47255/)

• Lady July (@ladyjuly_band) • Instagram photos and videos (https://www.instagram.com/ladyjuly_band/)