Orli Remez is a global People & Culture executive with over 25 years of experience helping technology companies scale through growth, transformation, and change. As Chief People & Culture at Octopus Deploy, she leads the global people strategy for a distributed workforce, partnering closely with executive teams to build high-performing organisations and strong, values-driven cultures.

Her expertise spans organisational design, leadership development, talent strategy, M&A integration, and navigating complex organisational change with empathy and clarity. Orli is recognised for combining strategic business thinking with a people-first approach, enabling companies to grow while creating exceptional employee experiences.

Passionate about developing leaders and shaping modern workplaces, Orli believes that great cultures are built through trust, transparency, and a relentless focus on people.

Every business claims to be people-centric. Few CEOs and CPOs can show you what that actually looks like when it's inconvenient. In this session, Paul Stovell (CEO) and Orli Remez (CPO) share the honest story behind their partnership — the shared belief that built it, the moments that tested it, and the principles that keep it working under pressure. A live, unscripted conversation for HR leaders who want more than inspiration: a real model for building genuine influence with their own CEO.

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What you'll leave with:

1. A candid look at what it really takes to sustain a people-centric partnership over years, not just launch one.
2. The guiding principles that keep a CEO–CPO relationship honest, human, and resilient,  even under pressure.
3. A reminder that culture isn't built by strategy decks — it's built by two people choosing, daily, to practise what they believe.
4. Proof that partnership at the top doesn't have to mean polish — it can mean real curiosity, humility, and honesty.