Experience

Lloyd's

• United Kingdom
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Chief Procurement Officer

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  • Full accountability for the Global Procurement Strategy for the Corporation that instigates best-practise commercial behaviour and establishes clear vendor management policies, processes and governance• Responsible to act as subject matter expert and counsel for all major programmes and projects across the Corporation• Achieve financial goals including cost reduction strategies - support /advise internal stakeholders and functions at all levels• Full accountability for supplier capability, including cost benefit analysis, issue resolution, risk mitigation and contingency planning.To lead the sourcing and contracting of suppliers and service providers across all procurement categories across the Corporation globallyImplementation of global procurement ERP solution



Close Brothers

• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Group Head Of Procurement

  • Mar 2010 - Nov 2015

  Designed, delivered and directed the bankwide Procurement business transformation with responsibility for bank wide spend to deliver maximum value, minimum risk, supplier rationalisation in both a collaborative and partnership with both internal and external partners. Designed, delivered and directed the bankwide Procurement business transformation with responsibility for bank wide spend to deliver maximum value, minimum risk, supplier rationalisation in both a collaborative and partnership with both internal and external partners.



JLT Group

• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of JLT UK Property Services & Group Procurement Executive Director

  • Mar 2008 - Jan 2010

• Head of JLT UK Expense Management Executive Director

  • Aug 2006 - Mar 2008



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, P2P On Shore Lead for Deutsche Bank

  • Nov 2005 - Jul 2006

  Responsible for the delivery of Global P2P project with £7.4B of spend across multiple offshore locations. Liaising with Senior Management within DB to ensure the highest levels of delivery and ensuring project objectives were achieved Responsible for the delivery of Global P2P project with £7.4B of spend across multiple offshore locations. Liaising with Senior Management within DB to ensure the highest levels of delivery and ensuring project objectives were achieved



WTW

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Group Expense Management (Leadership Partner)

  • Sep 2001 - Aug 2005

  Leading a Group wide expense reduction project across all categories of spend, reporting directly to the Group Board, creating a global function,delivering transformation, consolidation and cost reduction across 130 countries Leading a Group wide expense reduction project across all categories of spend, reporting directly to the Group Board, creating a global function,delivering transformation, consolidation and cost reduction across 130 countries