Meet the WPC and AI Forum speakers
First look at the speakers
Idea-generators, thought-leaders and inspirational regional lights from the procurement industry– speakers are chosen to provoke and challenge traditional thinking.
Tom Kerridge
Michelin-Star Chef
Louise Dearman
West End Musical Theatre Star
Lord (Kim) Darroch KCMG
Former British Ambassador to the United States and the EU & Former British National Security Advisor
Isabel Hochgesand
Chief Procurement & Hazelnut Company Officer
Ferrero
Richard Crane
CPO
Haleon
Cassie Mackie
VP Procurement & Supply Chain
Etihad Airways
Heather Ostis
CPO
Starbucks
Stephen Day
CPO
Kantar
Michelle Baker
CPO
Virgin Money
Aurelia Tremblaye
SVP & Group CPO
ENGIE
Binny Mathews
CPO
Accenture
Daniella Fatarella
CEO
Save the Children Italia
Jane Liang
CPO
Diageo
Maxi Glas
CPO
Savills
Nikolaus Kirner
CPO
SAP
David Rae
Chief Product Officer
Procurement Leaders
Andrew Cannon Brookes
Global Head of Supply Chain Management
Standard Chartered
Alexandra Lopez
CPO & Senior VP of Global Procurement Services
Cisco Systems
Alexander Pilsl
CPO
TeamViewer
Gianluca Colombo
Global CPO
dsm-firmenich
Andrea Sordi
Head of Global Indirect & Packaging Procurement
dsm-firmenich
Jean-Yves Krumenacher
Global CPO
Danone
Chuck Hatsis
CPO
CME Group
Roland Schwoegler
CPO
Flint Group
Daniel Seh
CPO
L’Oreal Group
Tyler Werneke
VP, Indirect Sourcing & Procurement
McKesson
Harro Meijran
Global CPO
Fresenius Medical Care
Matteo Perondi
CPO
Bulgari, an LVMH Group
Nataša Vidmar
CPO
AstraZeneca
Ninian Wilson
Group Procurement Director & CEO
Vodafone Procurement Co Sarl
Piotr Teodorczyk
CPO
Suntory Food & Beverage International
Judith Wright
VP Finance, R&D
AstraZeneca
Tomas Veit
CEO/CPO Asahi Global Procurement
Asahi Holdings
Karla Smith Jackson
Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Assistant Administrator, Office of Procurement (CPO)
NASA
Alex Gautier
General Manager, Procurement & Supply Chain (CPO)
MTR Corporation Limited
Frank Mckay
SVP, Chief Supply Chain & Procurement Officer
Jabil
Sara Harding
CPO
ING Group
Tom Bollen
MD, Head of Procurement & Property FFG
Standard Chartered
Jonjo Hobbs
Managing Director
Capita Procurement Solutions
Jon Davis
Chief Meteorologist
Everstream Analytics
Chris Graves
Senior Director
TransUnion
Tim Burt
Head of Community
Procurement Leaders
Rahul Sharma
Strategic Business Relationships, DACH
Sirion
Niko Nurmi
Senior Executive Advisor
Procurement Leaders
Jim Cahalan
Senior Executive Advisor
Procurement Leaders
Ari Stone
Global SVP - Value Engineering, Solution Consulting & Services
Ivalua
Alejandro Alvarez Rojas
Managing Director - Operations Advisory
Nordic Capital
Jose Oliveira
Vice President
Efficio
Apurva Gupta
Vice President Procurement, Global In-Directs and Excellence
Danone
Florence Tinsley-Roy
Global CPO
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Sjors Van-Aert
Head of Procurement Excellence
Flora Food Group
Sebastian Bals
CPO
Merck Group
Adam Brown
Procurement Strategy & Digital Transformation Director
AP Moller-Maersk Group
Jawad Chaudhary
Global Director of Technology Procurement
AP Moller-Maersk Group
Robert Baillie
Head of Procurement
SUEZ R&R UK
Geoffrey Sage
Director, Enterprise Service and Analysis Division, Office of Procurement
NASA
Gregg Schneider
Procurement Plus Innovation Transformation Lead - America's
Accenture
John Ferry
Global Innovation and Transformation Lead, Procurement Plus
Accenture
Camilo Salgado
Head of Indirect Procurement
Swarovski
Lisa Harding
Global VP, Head of Product Marketing, Strategic Procurement
SAP Ariba
Jonathan Kinghan
Senior Director, Consulting
GEP
Wayne Clark
Vice President
GEP
Clare Cassano
Head of Procurement Strategy & Execution
Invesco
Keith Hausmann
Chief Customer Officer
Globality
David Curtis
VP Global Procurement
IQVIA
Matt Everett
Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer (SVP & CPO)
Regeneron
Bertrand Conqueret
Co-Founder of SPP and CPO
Henkel
Carol Danoff
EVP & CPO
Warner Bros. Discovery
Thomas Gaengler
CPO
Mondelez International
Amina Chami
CPO
Swarovski International Holding
Paul Gardner
CPO
Mars Pet Nutrition
Eric Craft
CSCO
Yum Brands
Trevor Reay
CPO
CSL
Rob Turner
CPO
Deliveroo
Jean-Yves Rotté-Geoffroy
Chief Procurement Officer
Sanofi S.A.
Alex Thomas-Scrine
CFO Strategy & Talent, Finance Transformation
Standard Chartered
Charlie Wigglesworth
Deputy CEO, Social Enterprise UK/ Managing Director
Telos
Nick Priest
Head of Global Procurement
McAfee
Andrew Roper
Global Head of Procurement
Clyde & Co.
Jacob Nielsen
SVP Nestlé SA & Chief Procurement Officer
Nestrade SA
Daniel Johansson
Global Head Procurement Strategy & Excellence
CSL
John Fothergill
Global Head of IT Security
Savills
Adriano Garibotto
CMO
Creactives
Prateek Jain
Director of Solution Structuring
HSBC
Marissa K Adams
Regional Head of GTS, Americas
HSBC
Natasha Brown
Interim Procurement Director, (CPO)
Orbit Group
Hani AlSaigh
Chief Procurement Officer and VP of Supply Chain
Tahakom
Oleksandra Ustinova
Member of the Ukrainian Parliament
Tobias Ellwood
Former UK Minister and Chair
Defence Select Committee
Sam Mills
Client Services Director
Capita Procurement Solutions
Thomas Light
Europe & UK Head of Trade & Working Capital Sales
J.P. Morgan Payments
Hervé Le Faou
CPO & Sustainability Leader
HEINEKEN
Ellie Ng
Global Procurement Capability & Intelligence Lead
Suntory Food & Beverage International
Sarah Backhouse
Executive Director, EMEA & APAC
World 50 Group
Momcilo Orlandic
Category Director Supply CEE
Molson Coors Beverage Company
Dr. Sebastian Moritz
Managing Partner
tws partners
Karin Guemmer
Head of Procurement Strategy & Transformation
Bayer
Gaetan Madies
Group Sustainability Manager
BOBST Group SA
Nicolas Passaquin
Chief Procurement & Supply Chain Officer
Telia Company
Pierre Laprée
Chief Product Officer
SpendHQ
Armijn Verweij
Partner
EY
Etosha Thurman
Chief Marketing Officer, Intelligent Spend & Business Network
SAP
Barri Horn
Director of Product Marketing, Business AI for Procurement
SAP Ariba
Alexandre Brighenti
Head of Procurement Excellence & External Manufacturing
Avon International
Thomas Udesen
Co-Founder of SPP and CPO
Bayer
Jurriaan Lombaers
Former CPO, Air France-KLM Group & Senior Advisor
EcoVadis
Bharat Vegad
Senior Solutions Consultant
Coupa
Lalitha Rajagopalan
Co-Founder
ORO Labs
Darren Lynch
Vice President Consulting
GEP
Sudhir Bhojwani
Co-Founder
ORO Labs
Binayak Shrestha
Global Head of Service Delivery
GEP