About Your Speakers

Oliver reports into the CEO of Compass Group, and is responsible for driving forward the Procurement Function across Compass globally. External expenditure for Compass is approximately £5 billion out of total revenues of £13 billion, and therefore represents around 40% of total Group revenue. Oliver directly manages a central Procurement team of 15 managing global priority categories of spend whilst also setting and managing the implementation of the Functional Procurement Strategy across the Group. This impacts 50 countries in total with a particular emphasis on the top 10 Compass countries which represent over 80% of net revenue.

Jean-Francois Baril is Senior Vice President, Sourcing and Procurement for Nokia Corporation, based in Espoo Finland. He joined Nokia Group on January 1999

Prior to joining Nokia, Jean-Francois was Director at Compaq where he has leading the European Sourcing and Materials responsibilities based in Erskine, Scotland from 1994 to 1997. He then moved to Houston Texas from 1997 to 1999 as both Director, Corporate Procurement for the Mass Storage and Director Sourcing for Compaq Storage business unit.

Jean-Francois started his career in Sourcing and Procurement at Hewlett-Packard Grenoble France in 1984 where he held various responsibilities including the worldwide leadership for Sourcing for the HP Personal Computer division between 1991 and 1994.

Other industrial experiences include two years on offshore platforms in West Africa with Schlumberger and one year at Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique in France as Research Engineer.

Jean-Francois was Chairman of the Electronic Component Board for RosettaNet from 2002 to 2004. Jean-Francois has been nominated in January 2003 “Conseiller du Commerce Exterieur” by the French Minister of Commerce. Jean-francois is also Board Member of NetOnNet company listed in Stockholm.

Jean-Francois was born in Paris, France in 1956 and graduated with an Engineering degree from Ecole National Superieure d’Arts et Metiers Paris and has a Master of Sciences from Stanford University California.

Pernille Boisen joined Rolls-Royce end 2010 from Denmark.

Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, Pernille Boisen has been working across several Industries here under for Carlsberg, Novo Nordisk ( Pharmaceuticals) and Danish Broadcasting, where she has held various senior positions within Corporate Finance, Business Development, and within Indirect and Direct Purchasing. Pernille has a Master in Business Administration/ Master Supply Chain Management.

Henrik Larsen commenced his employment with A.P. Moller - Maersk as a trainee in 1981. He was expatriated to San Francisco, USA. In 1985 he returned to Maersk Line in the Copenhagen head office, after which he was stationed to Dubai. First as Owners’ Representative for the A. P. Moller activities in the United Arab Emirates & Oman, later he was appointed General Manager for Maersk Kanoo LLC, also in Dubai.

In 1993 Henrik Larsen returned to Maersk Line in Copenhagen holding various positions, amongst others being regionally responsible for a BPR project for the Maersk Agencies in Europe and Africa. He was appointed General Manager in 1997.

In 1998 he was appointed Regional Line Manager for Maersk Line in South America, taking up office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2002 followed a posting as Regional Line manager for the Maersk Sealand activities in Central Europe based in Hamburg, Germany.

Since 2003 Henrik Larsen has been a member of the management team in Maersk Procurement, Copenhagen, where he has had the responsibility for Implementation, Knowledge sharing and Training & Education. From 1 October 2006 Henrik was appointed Senior Director and deputy to the CPO and at the same time also assuming the strategic sourcing responsibility in the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group. On

1st march 2008 Henrik Larsen was appointed Vice President and also assumed the responsibility of Indirect procurement.

Thierry Bellon has been working with Air France since 1984.

After several positions in the field – ground services, sales&distribution, maintenance division – he was appointed in 1990 as Chairman’s special advisor, being in charge of strategic planning questions.

In 1993, he managed the creation of a franchise grouping French commuter airlines operations before joining finance sector as VP Financial Control for Africa/Middle-East . In 1997 he became VP Financial Control for Passenger Business and had to organise the merger of Air France and Air Inter – its domestic flights subsidiary – in the sales&distribution area.

He became Deputy SVP Corporate Control in 2000, coordinating mid-term planning, budget reporting and performance control.

Thierry Bellon has been Chief Procurement Officer for Air France since October 2007.

Robert Douglas is the CPO for Dixons Retail Plc which has 1200 stores across Europe trading under well known brand names such as Currys/PC World/Elkjop/Unieuro/Pixmania. Robert has previously held key sourcing positions in a number of industries ranging from Automotive (Ford) to Consultancy (Cap Gemini Ernst and Young) and Finance (Barclays).

Andy Collopy is Procurement Director, Downstream at BP plc. In his current role, he is responsible for procurement of non-hydrocarbon spend, totaling more than $2 billion in more than 20 countries worldwide. Prior to joining BP in 2004, Andy Collopy worked in the pharmaceuticals and building services business sectors in Procurement roles.

• Larry is currently assisting Tate and Lyle in a Business transformation project
• Past positions include Procurement Director at Aer Lingus, BAA, Severn Trent Water, ESAB Holdings, MG Rover and Premier Farnell, as well as various roles with Ford Motor Company and Fiat Auto
• Besides living in Europe, he has lived and worked in Asia, N America and S America
• Larry is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply

Charles Letizia has been serving as Cable & Wireless Communication’s Chief Procurement Officer since 2008. In his role as CPO, Charles oversees Procurement & Supply Chain operations serving telecommunication companies spanning 34 countries across the globe. Prior to his current role, Charles spent three years as Vice President, Procurement & Supply Chain for Cable & Wireless' business in Panama, the largest fixed and mobile operator in the country.

Before joining CWC, Charles had a 15-year career in AT&T and then Lucent Technologies spanning several global assignments most notably in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and the United States. Charles is valued by his peers as an authority in procurement & supply chain strategy, restructuring and transformation, and is recognised in the industry as a sourcing leader with a focus on cost management and procurement excellence.

Charles is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and lives in London.

Onno commenced his career in management consulting with Alexander Proudfoot Plc, where as junior consultant he participated in several business re-engineering projects across various industries. In 1994 , Onno moved into strategic global sourcing for Procter & Gamble where he held various regional and global procurement management positions over a 9 year period. Roles ranged from upstream supplier development to oleochemical commodity buying. In 2003 Onno was appointed Director of Procurement EMEA at SC Johnson & Son where he upgraded central buying for direct material purchasing and established a regional Indirect buying organization. Late 2006 Onno moved on to Goodyear where became CPO for EMEA. There orchestrated a complete overhaul of country based procurement (direct & indirect purchasing) into a lean regional commodity focused organization. Part of the re-organization included restructuring a full-service procurement outsourcing agreement on Indirect spend and Accounts Payable. Most recently, EMEAs purchasing organization implemented the latest generation e-procurement and e-sourcing modules and are near-shoring transactional activity to an in-house shared service center.

Les Ball was named Vice President, Supply Chain Management – Europe, Middle East and Africa for Eaton Corporation, a global diversified power management company, in June 2008.

He is responsible for leading the Supply Chain function in Eaton’s rapidly expanding business interests in the region, including direct and indirect procurement, logistics, trade management and materials management.

Les had served in a variety of regional and global Supply Chain roles since 2000 that have included global direct material commodity management, indirect materials and services global leadership, and global sourcing.

Prior to joining Eaton, Les held Supply Chain positions with Ford Motor Company, Visteon, and Eagle Global Logistics.

Les holds a degree in manufacturing engineering for University of East London.

In addition, he holds a Master of Business Administration degree, also from the University of East London.

Les is based in the EMEA regional headquarters in Morges, Switzerland, and has previously been based in the Netherlands, Portugal, USA, and the United Kingdom.

Peter Wright is a sourcing professional with a difference. A highly experienced sourcing / supply chain director with a nose for figures and a good deal, Peter is also a qualified NLP practitioner and trainer. This unusual blend of skills and experience has enabled Peter to successfully redesign supply chains, deliver global and regional product launches, implement low cost country sourcing initiatives and negotiate complex media deals.

Currently leading the international sourcing team at the international headquarters of Amgen, a leading biotechnology company, Peter brings over 25 years of cross sector experience – from materials to medicines – throughout the world. Peter has a passion for building strong teams, creating an environment for learning and development and maintains that strong engagement skills are critical to the success of any project.

• Set and deploy strategies to improve Toyota's European supply base manufacturing performance
• Manage supplier's pre-production activities : with Toyota R&D and suppliers, boost product/process maturity during development to guarantee the best manufacturability of new parts. Then, optimize supplier's production parameters to minimize process cost, investment and level-up quality and capacity
• Manage supplier's mass production performance : fix under-performing suppliers (short-term) & deploy continuous improvement strategies among suppliers (mid to long-term) through Supplier Shop-floor development or by enhancing supplier’s shop-floor best practices sharing (Toyota European Association of Manufacturers T.E.A.M)

• Executive MBA EM Lyon School of Management: Major International Business & Strategy - 2002/2003
• ENSMM & Kansas University: Bachelor Engineering degree, Major Mechanical & Micro-Technology sciences - 1993/1996

Lived in the US (2years), Africa (4 years), Germany (2years), France, did business in Asia Pacific.

HP APJ & EMEA Agency Contractors, Contact centers Procurement Director - HP Global Procurement Nov 10 – Now

HP EMEA Agency Contractors, Contact centers, Sales and Consulting Procurement Director - HP Global Procurement

From Dec09- October10: HP EMEA Marketing and Sales Procurement Director - HP Global Indirect Procurement

From Nov04- October08: HP EMEA Marketing Procurement Manager - HP Global Indirect Procurement

From June03-Sept04: HP EMEA Procurement Business control Mgr - HP Global Indirect Procurement

From Dec 00-Sep02: HP PSG WW Vendor Account Manager - Business Desktop Division - WW PSG Direct Procurement

From May 99-Nov 00: HP PSG WW Technical Commodity Manager - Business Desktop Division - WW Direct Procurement

From April 97-April 99: P Product Development: RD engineer

PERSONAL: Novel Writer, Photography, Paragliding, sailing.

Antti is the Head of Non-Product Related Sourcing at KONE Corporation, responsible for indirect sourcing activities globally since 2008. Prior to that, he was the Area Sourcing Director for KONE's European sourcing activities.

Responsibility for managing 350 procurement & warehouse staff in 26 facilities across Europe, Middle East & Africa, with two regional procurement hubs located in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Voreppe south of France. Responsibilities include driving value from all aspects of the supply chain, with a continued focus on delivery of sustainable savings from our supply base. Ensuring all procurement teams are delivering maximum value to the internal customer by providing the operations with the right materials, on time and at the lowest cost.

Annual savings on operational & capital expenses achieved 100 million usd, in cost reduction in 2009 on a contestable spend of $1.3bn

Steve Kakouros is a Supply Chain Strategist in the PSG WW Logistics Strategy and the pan-HP Supply Chain Network teams; he works with all HP Business Units in all regions to design their distribution and logistics strategies by engaging rigorous analysis and state of the art management science techniques. Prior to his current role he has gained extensive experience in HP's supply chain management and decision processes through his ten years service in the SPaM (Strategic Planning and Modeling) team.

His activities are focused in the areas of logistics, SC network design, forecasting & planning, procurement and product warranty and reliability. He is a published author, with articles in scientific and business journals in US and Europe. He is the author of several patent applications and was awarded two US patents. Patent # 7,249,068 in the art of procurement and inventory management and patent #7,584,116 in the art of forecasting and planning. He is an invited presenter to Academic and Trade forums.

Prior to working with HP he worked as Management Consultant with companies such as Oracle and SPOAR investments. Steve has a M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University and a Diploma in Applied Mathematics from the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

James Ratcliff, Director of European Procurement for Kimberly-Clark, leads the European procurement team responsible for supply of direct materials to 18 manufacturing locations and for indirect procurement for all manufacturing and office locations. Serving as a Regional Procurement Leader on the Global Procurement Council, James works directly for the Global Procurement Officer and is also responsible for the organisation’s risk management strategy. His experience during the 13 years of service with Kimberly-Clark has included time in the United States, leading a Purchase-to-Pay team of 95 people during SAP implementation; leading the MEA Procurement team as well as leading the Global Sourcing team. Every day, 1.3 billion people – nearly a quarter of the world’s population – trust Kimberly-Clark brands to enhance their health, hygiene and well-being, and enjoy the number one or number 2 share position in more than 80 countries. Prior to his extensive experience with Kimberly-Clark, James received a degree in Economics at York University and an MBA from Henley College, he previously worked for three years at International Computers and for six years with British Sugar.

Glenn has worked for BT for over 30 years, much of that time working with major suppliers / partners to deliver maximum business benefit, and often located within the companies concerned. In recent years Glenn has worked across many cultures and continents delivering new relationships whilst maintaining the standards and values BT see as a market differentiator.

Glenn started in BT studying electronic engineering but also has an extensive Quality and Reliability background. Following a long relationship with Portsmouth and Limerick Universities developing assessment processes / training in the strategic alliance space, Glenn now holds Phd in Quality & Environmental Management Systems.

Glenn has also been an operational procurement manager leading some of BT largest bids in the defence and local government arena. During this time Glenn developed a partnership evaluation model that helped to deliver some powerful partnerships for BT.

• Driving Strategic relationships
• Supplier capability / due diligence
• Corporate & Social Responsibility : including supplier diversity / environmental management / sourcing with human dignity
• Buyer and procurement unit licensing / governance
• Integrated Business Management systems

Glenn won the Procurement Leaders and ProcureCon CSR Awards in 2010, the CIPS award in 2003 and 2006 for CSR programs, an IQA award for innovation, the Business in the Community “Big Tick” award, and the prestigious BT “The Way we Work” award for good governance.

Dietmar Harteveld is Director Indirect Material North West Europe at Siemens. In this role, he is responsible for leading a team of Sourcing professionals to develop and execute strategic sourcing plans for a procurement spend of circa €1.3 billion of goods and services for internal consumption. This span of control includes professional services, Industrial Services, Mobility services, IT, Logistics, procurement operations and tools and systems such as e-Sourcing.

Prior to joining Siemens, Dietmar worked for Emerson Electric where he acquired extensive experience in Engineering, Project Management, manufacturing and supply chain management. He has worked in supply chain management for the last 20 years and has established an in-depth understanding of strategic sourcing while holding several domestic, regional and global leadership positions with a focus on Supply Chain Management. Dietmar has also been instrumental in transforming organizations from sometimes dysfunctional operations to ones regarded as “World Class” with a focus on "systematic management"

Pete Colley is Head of Supplier Development and Commercial Performance for the British rail infrastructure manager, Network Rail, based in London. His team is responsible for “driving intelligent change”: developing the company’s procurement strategy, measuring performance and rolling out Category Management and Supplier Relationship Management. He joined Network Rail in April 2007 from Not the National Theatre, where he was Producer and Administrative Director.

Pete started his career at the Boots Company in Nottingham, UK on their Graduate Accountancy Training Scheme. He spent five years at Reuters in London and in New York as Head of Finance for the global information business. He moved in 2002 to Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd as Strategy Manager and then to WHSmith plc as Head of Strategic Planning and Analysis. In 2005, Pete took a two-year “dad break”, which remains his most enjoyable and fruitful job so far.

Jason Evans: Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Sales & Marketing

As Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Sales & Marketing Jason Evans works toward the expansion of Corbus services and focuses on ensuring global services and support capability. He shares his proficiency in business as a member of the Board of Directors for a nonprofit management organization, Technology First.

Since 1994, Jason held various positions in both Fortune 100 organizations and successful start-up businesses where he was responsible for growing company services, relationship development with new and existing clients, negotiating contracts, conducting employee recruitment, and composing staff and project strategies. He excels in competitive strategy and leadership and financial management.

Jason Evans graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Management Information Systems.

Fabrice became CEO of Sievo on May 1st 2010. In this role, he has the overall responsibility for growing the company beyond its Nordic core and enhancing the Sievo software suite. As CEO, Fabrice aims at making Sievo a leading player in the Procurement Performance Management space. Prior to Sievo, Fabrice spent over 10 years as a consultant at Booz & Company and The Boston Consulting Group. He worked with companies in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia. Before that, Fabrice gained a passion for technology while at IBM and a grounding in finance from Rockwell Semiconductor Systems.

Fabrice holds a Master's degree in management from the French Grande Ecole, CERAM ESC Nice, and is a Harvard Business School graduate.

Guy is responsible for key client relationships, advising on procurement strategy and business development across buyingTeam. Guy joined buyingTeam in 1996 and was an Account Director for a range of clients before taking responsibility for sales. Prior to training as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG, Guy studied politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford University. He is a regular speaker at procurement and management conferences and commentator on the procurement industry. Guy is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, and also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

David joined Universal in June 2001 as Financial Controller for Universal Music Operations, was promoted to Group Financial Controller in May 2004, and then took on the role of Group Finance Director in January 2011. As part of his role, David has responsibility for Finance & Shared Service Centres (onshore & offshore), Statutory team, FM, Implanted Procurement team and Program Office (offshore), as well as being the Finance Director of UMG's compilations and catalogue division with income of £60m. David has recently worked with IT to identify process weaknesses including the implementation of a commitment system and supplier portal, a new financial platform (SAP) and an on-line expenses system.

In this role Herke is responsible for the definition and implementation of the IT strategy for the Royal Philips Electronics enterprise for the function of Supply management. For key business projects in this scope, he safeguards the realization of IT tooling & services. When it comes to operating them, he owns and manages the service level agreements with both in- and external IT service providers.

Herke has assumed this assignment in February 2008. Before he worked 2 years for NXP, the former semiconductor division of Philips, heading the IT solution team supporting R&D of NXP. In addition to that he also managed the Business Intelligence/Corporate performance management IT team. Earlier Herke lead for 4 years IT of Philips Lighting Distribution, a business unit of the Philips Lighting division. In prior years Herke managed various projects and programs in the areas of product life cycle management or logistics. Before joining Royal Philips Electronics in 1995, Herke started his career at IKOSS, a local IT consultancy & solutions firm in Germany.

Herke is a bachelor in Industrial Engineering.

Alexander Mutter is Director of Deutsche Bank AG responsible for Trade & Supply Chain Solutions in EMEA region. He is running the client advisory and solution structuring for Financial Supply Chain activities. Alexander has more than twenty years experience in Working Capital and Financial Supply Chain Management business areas. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank he held numerous positions as a Manager of Transactional Banking product lines, Working Capital Advisory and Industry Portfolios at Citigroup and ABN AMRO.

Regional Managing Director, UK & Ireland Tony Pringle joined BvD's UK sales team in 1994. In 1998 he went to manage BvD's American operation in New York, overseeing significant expansion and returning to the UK in 2000 to take over as manager of BvD's activities in the UK and Ireland. He manages BvD's business development, strategy, product development and relationships with information providers relating to UK markets.

He works closely with a wide variety of customers across financial institutions, legal firms, government and corporates to ensure BvD's product development continues to be customer-led. Tony has a dual honours degree in European Business Administration from Universities in the UK and the Netherlands.

Dennis Bauer started his career in the technology industry where he grew to hold numerous senior management positions at companies ranging from venture capital funded start-ups to ERP provider Lawson Software. He has worked in the procurement and payments industry since the late 1990’s when he joined Ariba, Inc where he managed the team responsible for industry marketplaces. He was also the Vice President in charge of Global Sales at Xign, Inc we he led growth through customer acquisition that led to the company being acquired by JP Morgan Chase. Following the acquisition, Dennis joined the Commercial Card business at American Express where he had responsibility for strategy and go to market activities for their B2B solutions where he became known as an industry spokesperson and product strategist in the rapidly expanding commercial payments market.

Currently, Dennis is the Managing Director for Barclaycard Global Commercial Payments where he is responsible for one of the largest commercial payment businesses in Europe.

A husband and father to twin daughters, Dennis is also a keen sports fan and a lifelong Dallas Cowboys supporter. His other interests include skiing, golf, travel and sprint triathlons.

Colin Maund is CEO of supplier information management service provider, Achilles Group. He has worked for many major public and private sector organisations including HM Treasury and the CBI, where he specialised in EC procurement legislation. Previously, he was on the Publishers Board of the Journal of the EC Public Contract Law and the UK Representative to UNICE, and represented the views of the industry to the House of Lords Committee of Enquiry on Public Procurement. More recently, he has become a member of the European Commission Advisory Committee on the Opening-Up of Public Procurement.

As European Client Development Leader for Summit Energy, Gabe Smith is responsible for developing new relationships with multi-national and international companies based in Europe. Mr. Smith and his team of professionals are focused on delivering value-added energy and sustainability leadership that result in successful partnerships between Summit and its Clients.

Mr. Smith joined Summit in November 2000, and he has worked in a variety of roles including energy analyst, energy procurement analyst, Client Energy Manager, and Client Development Manager. Mr. Smith moved to Summit’s European Headquarters in Belgium to lead Summit’s European Client Development efforts in October 2009. Outside of energy, Mr. Smith’s professional background includes key roles in Finance and Entrepreneurial Investments.

Mr. Smith graduated with honors from the University of Kentucky with a BA in Finance and Management, where he was also a member of the Varsity Division I Men’s Football Program.

Jules A. Goffre is Vice President & Partner and is in the leadership team of A.T. Kearney’s global Procurement and Analytical Solutions unit. In this role, he has led the transformation of the purchasing function and implemented large scale cost reduction programs at numerous companies cutting across virtually all sectors. More specifically, his areas of competence have recently been in Supplier Relationship Management, Commodity Risk Management as well as Procurement Analytics, where he has been a frequent author in leading publications.

Jamie Foster, Global Procurement Director, ESAB Holdings Ltd Jamie joined ESAB Holdings Ltd in late 2005 as Head of Procurement and in early 2010 was appointment Global Procurement Director. He has over 12 years of experience ranging from operational management to strategic development. During his time at ESAB Jamie has led key development projects to deliver a global synergy across multiple operating sites, taking a year out from his Procurement role to manage a acquisition in Singapore during 2008. Before joining ESAB Jamie has worked predominantly within the Military and Civil Aviation industry holding a number of varied roles withinCategory Management through to Purchasing transformation programmes. Jamie's key focus for ESAB now is to drive forward further synergy opportunities by creating a central operating structure that will engage and deliver on the key business initiatives to enhance its low cost sourcing and ensure continuity of supply whilst minimising risk.

Erik Dam joined the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, a leading lawn & garden consumer brand company with HQ in Marysville (Ohio), in 2002 and currently holds the position of Director Global Purchasing managing an organization with locations in the USA, Europe and China. Previously, he has held various direct procurement leadership roles within the company.

In addition, Erik has acquired a broad international experience at Firgos where he had various sales and marketing positions both in B2B as well as B2C businesses.

CPO, Head of Group R&D, and Member of the Group Executive Board of McBride Plc Thibaut has been Chief Procurement Officer and member of the Group Executive Board of McBride Plc since he joined in July 2007. More recently he was appointed Head of R&D for the Group, in addition. Prior to joining McBride, Thibaut was Vice President International Purchasing at Scotts Miracle-Gro for four years, and before that he worked for 15 years at Procter & Gamble in numerous global and regional leadership purchasing roles. Thibaut is a French citizen and has broad international experience. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Rider College.

As President/CEO of IACCM, Tim has led the creation of a worldwide non-profit association with more than 20,000 members. He works with leading corporations, public and academic bodies, raising executive understanding of the role that procurement, contracting and relationship management play in 21st century business performance and public policy. Tim's business career included executive roles at IBM and a period on the Chairman's staff, leading studies on the impacts of globalization and the reengineering of IBM's global contracting processes. Prior to IBM, Tim worked in the banking, automotive and aerospace industries, initially in Corporate Finance and later in commercial and business development. He has conducted business in over 50 countries and has led negotiations up to $1.5bn. Today, Tim’s writing is extensively published and he provides advice on commercialism and international competitiveness to senior managers at many of the world’s largest companies and to government bodies in both developed and emerging economies.

Giuseppe has recently joined Merck Serono SA, a leading Pharma company with HQ in Geneva, as Associate Procurement Director. Previously he was Global Procurement Director Services at Firmenich, where he has also led the transformation of the indirect purchasing organisation from operational purchasing to strategic sourcing. In addition, Giuseppe has acquired an extensive international experience with Procter & Gamble (9 years) and Novartis (5.5 years) mainly in Procurement leadership roles both for direct and indirect spend, with assignments in Marketing and Manufacturing. He has worked in 5 different countries.

Giuseppe also lectures in the field of Negotiation and Change Management at a number of leading Business Schools, including IMD Lausanne, INSEAD, London Business School, Oxford Saïd and SDA Bocconi Milan. He is a regular speaker/chairman at international Procurement conferences.

In his role Nils is responsible for all procurement in the EMEA region with a team that looks after store development design items and equipment and maintenance, retail supplies to operate our day to day business including packaged food, beverage components and paper packaging.

For company owned markets they also support fresh food and dairy procurement and all store related services which include waste, laundry and cash collection as well as other services. Nils has been with Starbucks for over 8 years in different purchasing roles.

Prior to Starbucks he worked at Royal Ahold for 5 years in supply chain and category management roles.

Gautam brings 20 years of experience in supply chain and procurement as he manages and builds The Smart Cube to be the leading provider of customised market intelligence solutions for procurement organisations. Very much a hands on, practical procurement professional, Gautam has built an organisation that understands and engages the procurement professional and generates relevant insights to support their day to day requirements. A familiar face at Procurement Conferences and speaking events, Gautam brings genuine experience and insight to the supply chain function. His prior roles include, A.T Kearney in London, and an earlier career at Mitsubishi Motors and Cummins Engines in the US. Gautam has an MBA from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA and an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay, India.

Joe Taylor is head of sales and business development at PROACTIS. With over 20 years of industry experience, Joe is an accomplished IT solutions expert, focused on Finance, eProcurement and Business Intelligence. He has extensive, senior level experience in management, implementation, solutions design, presales, sales and business development. In particular, Joe is renowned for engaging in all aspects of process and information transformation; working with companies to affect the changes that leverage IT to deliver value to the bottom line.

Philippe has more than 20 years’ experience of selling high-tech solutions to large organisations. Prior to joining MDSL he worked in France for a range of companies, including Computer Associates. After graduating with an MBA from Warwick Business School (UK) in 1992, he experienced significant sales success in the telecommunication market, where he spent seven years with Dimension Data. Now based in the UK for over eight years, Philippe is focused on keeping MDSL at the top of the list of global TEM providers, a task which he enjoys enormously. His only regret is that he no longer has time for a proper round of golf.

Martin is the Vice President of Global Sourcing at Ahlstrom Corporation. Previous to this, Martin held General Manager and Supply Chain VP positions at Avdel (previously Textron Fastening Systems).

Mike is GEP’s VP of European Consulting. An experienced programme manager, Mike has 20 years consulting and client-side experience with Accenture and Sainsbury’s. Mike has led projects covering strategic sourcing, supply chain and IT transformation. He has delivered a number of strategic sourcing and category management engagements for our European clients. His sector experience covers retail, consumer goods, industrial, oil, healthcare and Government.

Jacob Gorm Larsen has been with A.P. Moller - Maersk Group for over seven years in various roles within procurement. He is currently Head of e-sourcing, where he is responsible for development and implementation of the e-sourcing strategy and for leading the global e-sourcing team placed in Copenhagen and Mumbai.

Silvester de Keijzer is Senior Vice President Business Development EMEA at Beeline International based in Zurich.

He joined Beeline in 2011 with more than 22 years international experience within HR consulting and outsourcing. Seasoned operationally orientated leader with multi-industry experience, building, strengthening and leading functions within Business/HR Consulting, Outplacement, Recruitment and HR-Outsourcing. Comprehensive in-depth experience in over 20 countries. Strong cross border track record in helping companies to deliver results. Throughout his career, Silvester has earned a number of professional certifications, including Career Counseling and Assessments.

M. Schlageter joined the German entity of the Roche Group as Head of Treasury in 1993. In 1998 he became European Head of Cash & Credit Management in Switzerland for the Vitamins Division where he built up a Shared Service Center in this area. After the divestment of the Vitamins Division in 2004 he joined Roche’s Group Treasury as Head of Treasury Operations where he implemented the InHouse bank. Before joining Roche he worked several years in foreign exchange trading in Frankfurt, Singapore and Paris. M. Schlageter holds a degree of the University of Applied Sciences, Rendsburg (Germany).

Energy Procurement Manager at Coca Cola Enterprises responsible for Gas, Power, Water, Diesel and Renewable Energy projects across CCE’s territory in GB, France, BENELUX, Norway & Sweden. Previous CCE experience include Fleet & Logistics Procurement, Commercial Account management and Operational & Distribution Management.

As Executive Vice President of Connolly’s Commercial Business, Bob Donohue brings his diverse expertise in the areas of operations and consulting to Connolly’s contract compliance business. He has significant experience structuring, managing, and delivering process improvement and systems implementation engagements across a variety of operations-intensive industries.

Beginning his career in manufacturing management at General Motors, Bob went on to hold various consulting positions in the areas of global practice leadership and supply chain improvement, including work at Arthur D. Little, where he had global responsibility for the operations and information management functional practices. While at ADL, he served as the integration “point-person” with eleven global industry practice leaders. Earlier in his career, at Coopers & Lybrand, Bob was responsible for the management and execution of performance improvement consulting engagements across a variety of industries.

Bob holds a BS degree in Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the Darden School of the University of Virginia.

Thierry is a 15-year SAP employee with supply chain and procurement background in various positions (consultant, pre-sales consultant, LOB sales, team leader). Over his career, he has been involved in the implementation of procurement solutions at over 50 companies. His current interests primarily cover strategic sourcing and contract lifecycle management, but also recent solutions in the procurement area (invoice management, eInvoicing, SPM...).

Christian is the Deputy Chief Procurement Officer and Head Procurement Strategy & Planning of MTS. MTS is the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS with over 108 mio. subscribers, about 12 bln. USD revenue and listed also at NYSE.

Before joining MTS, Christian worked over 13 years with McKinsey and A.T. Kearney on Operations / Sourcing, Supply Chain and Strategy projects in 3 continents in the Telecom & High Tech, Transportation, Automotive and Retail industry. His last position in A.T. Kearney was Principal and member of the Extended Board of Directors.

Christian holds a Joint Master Degree of Business Business Administration & Mechanical Engineering and studied at the TU Darmstadt / Germany and the University of Illinois / USA.

Current
• Group Procurement Director at BDR Thermea

Past
• Group Procurement Director at Baxi Group
• Group Director of Procurement and Supply Chain at De La Rue
• Procurement Director EMEA at Black & Decker
• Store Management/Operations/Merchandising at Marks and Spencer

Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Award winner 2010 BDR Thermea Group,
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Award winner 2008 De La Rue
Procurement Leaders Awards Highly Commended 2010

Award for Procurement Excellence short listed - BDR Thermea Group, - Highly Commended
Award for People Development short listed - BDR Thermea Group
Procurement Leader 2010 Award short listed - Andrew Vaughan - BDR Thermea Group

Education
• University of Sussex
• Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble I)

Nigel McKay, Head of Supply Chain Management, Bovis Lend Lease

Nigel McKay joined Bovis Lend Lease business in June 2005. Since joining Lend Lease he has developed a new global supplier database for performance management, he was the founder and inaugural chair of “BuildingConfidence” an industry wide accreditation scheme and has championed “Responsible Sourcing” practices within Construction.

His current remit is to align the procurement and supply chain function across the total Lend Lease EMEA region and to develop strategies to maximise procurement savings wherever possible.

He is currently chairmen of the Construction Procurement Group for CIPS.

He won a Global IIF Operational Excellence award in 2008 within Lend Lease and more recently fronted up the submission which saw Lend Lease win the UK’s Example of Excellence award from the BiTC in 2010 for “Responsible Sourcing” fighting off competition from M & S , Cadbury and Sainsbury. A major feat for a construction and property company.

Ian is a Principal at Efficio, leading the managed procurement service at Thames Water, in addition to other consultancy engagements.

As Head of Supply Chain at Thames Water, Ian lead a complete transformation of the supply chain function, the excellence of which was widely recognised, wining him the CIPS Senior Professional of the Year in 2010, and achieving short-listing in 5 categories at the 2011 Procurement Leaders Awards - winning the Innovation category & achieving runners-up in the Best Procurement Team.

Over his 20 year career Ian has worked for leading global companies including Exxon, DIAGEO and CEMEX, with director level roles in Procurement, Operations and Strategy. He is a graduate of Nottingham University and has completed Business Administration courses at Stanford Business School and INSEAD. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and the International Institute for Advanced Purchasing and Supply.

Toby has been with the firm since 2005. He has over 14 years of experience in operations consulting with a particular focus on procurement transformation, strategic sourcing and capability development. He has worked within a number of sectors including Private Equity, Retail, Financial Services, FMCG, and Automotive Manufacturing. Prior to Efficio, Toby spent 4 years at PwC working within their Middle Market Supply Chain practice, and before this in industry in commercial buying roles for a number of UK and international retailers. Toby has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Hertfordshire in Business and Statistics.

Head of a Global Sales organization within Capgemini with the focus on IBX on-demand platform.

Mads has worked 15 years with complex b-t-b solution selling to large private companies as well as internal business development and out of those 10 years as manager for other people. Mads hold a Master degree in Economics & Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School. He has formulated and implemented sales strategies for existing and new customers as well as delivered significant annual revenue growth. Mads has worked successfully with many different aspects of sales on strategic, tactical and operational level. He has been successful in motivating team members during a very difficult business climate and obtaining positive results as well as been responsible for their training, development and performance evaluation.

International Client Energy Manager at Summit Energy (Energy Management for Pan- European clients : including RFP, Risk Management, contract follow-up); worked previously as European Key Account Manager at Electricité De France.

Rajiv Kumar Gupta is the Sourcing and Procurement Global Geo Business and Practice Engagement Manager at Infosys BPO. He is responsible for the Procurement Leaders Partnership and Geo Business Development in across the Americas.

Rajiv has 16 years of functional, consulting and sales experience in procurement consulting, BPO and strategic management. He is a trusted advisor to many global clients who have embarked on global sourcing and procurement transformation through outsourcing. Rajiv helps clients increase the competitive advantage of their sourcing and procurement by bringing to bear his hands-on experience in spend management, sourcing and procurement effectiveness. He is also an experienced global source to pay outsourcing solution design and program manager, having successfully designed and led complex transition and outsourcing programs involving change management, technology enablement and process reengineering across source to pay value chain.

Krystian Bestry is currently holding the positions of the European Delivery Head, Associate Vice-President of Infosys BPO Ltd. He joined Infosys BPO in October 2007 as Operations Manager for EMEA region for one of the biggest Infosys BPO customers - Philips Royal Electronics. Since the beginning of 2008 to the beginning of 2009 Krystian combined two roles: heading up the center of 900 employees as well as being responsible for Philips EMEA operations.

Krystian is master of Finance and Accounting, University of Lodz and a qualified accountant of the Polish Ministry of Finance. He graduated in 1999 and worked for 5 years for Deloitte in an audit department running financial audit projects for various Deloitte's clients such as Alcatel, Provimi Holding, Greenbrier, PZM, PGF.

In 2004 he joined Philips Shared Service Center in Lodz being responsible for transition projects and later on for F&A GL department. He has played a key role in the transition of Philips account from Philips captive SSC towards Infosys BPO. Krystian Bestry is the Management Board Member of Association of Business Service Leaders in Poland (ABSL), a SSC/BPO sector representative body with chief sector's players in Poland among its members.

Bjorn is responsible for all aspects of global category management, across all customer spend under management. His main competency areas are global sourcing and supplier management, supply chain management and planning, change management and organisational transformation.

A seasoned and global sourcing professional of 16 years, he has directed numerous complex category and delivery teams within the private sector, both in Europe and the US.

Bjorn joined Capgemini Procurement Services (then IBX) back in 2005, where he led our ‘Business Support’ and ‘Transformational Services. During that period he took personal responsibility for a number of large-scale arrangements that included, eSourcing rollout at Ericsson and transformation engagement with Scandinavian Airlines.