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Broadcom’s Laureen Knudsen Joins World Economic Forum’s Impact Circle

Written by Marla Schimke | Apr 20, 2023 4:00:00 AM

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20, 2023 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) today announced that Laureen Knudsen, Chief Transformation Officer for ValueOps, Agile Operations Division at Broadcom has been accepted as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Impact Circle for Digital Transformation of Industries. Laureen and other esteemed peers from around the world will leverage their membership in this group to share best practices, collaborate, inspire, and foster the continued technological advances needed in digital transformation.

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

Impact Circles bring together like-minded peers on various thematic areas through regular events, networking sessions, and exchanges. The Circles are intended to provide a space for regular exchange around ideas and best practices.

“I’ve long admired the important work of the World Economic Forum and am excited to join this impressive group of Impact Circle members in advancing the organization’s many important missions,” commented Laureen Knudsen, Chief Transformation Officer, ValueOps, Agile Operations Division at Broadcom. “When great minds come together, great things can happen. This kind of collaborative information sharing can bring about remarkable positive change that fuels innovation. Having supported successful digital transformation initiatives for some of the world’s largest organizations, I look forward to sharing my experience, ideas, and insights to further successful digital transformation efforts around the world and in the many industries WEF supports.”

“Laureen Knudsen has much to offer the WEF Impact Circle group,” said Jean-Louis Vignaud, Head of ValueOps, Agile Operations Division at Broadcom. “Not only is she well versed understanding the challenges and intricacies of digital business transformation, but she also has a realistic, practical approach that makes even the largest transformation initiative seems manageable. She’s a wealth of knowledge and generous with it, to the benefit of us all.”

About Broadcom

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. Broadcom’s category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including data center, networking, enterprise software, broadband, wireless, storage and industrial. Our solutions include data center networking and storage, enterprise, mainframe and cyber security software focused on automation, monitoring and security, smartphone components, telecoms and factory automation. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.