CFO of Goldman Sachs to speak at ProcureCon Indirect 2012 meeting

Jan. 9, 2012 - PRLog -- This year’s three day meeting looks set to attract 300+ senior indirect procurement professionals from all over Europe and a wide range of industry verticals, to discuss the key issues and challenges facing indirect procurement practitioners in 2012 and beyond.


ProcureCon is pleased to announce that Lance Younger, Global Co-CPO & EMEA CFO at Goldman Sachs, will be speaking at this year’s meeting. ProcureCon’s Director, Vidya Gunapala, said of Lance’s involvement, “Considering how important the indirect procurement function has become over the last year, we decided that it was absolutely the right time to get a CFO to give the opening presentation.”

Lance Younger will be sharing his thoughts on how procurement plays a hand in top level strategy and how it has been pushed up the agenda at Goldman Sachs to create a joint CPO and CFO role.

Other keynote speakers include:

Kees Gerretse, CPO, Group Director Procurement & Transport, Tata Steel Group
Philippe Robert, Sourcing Vice President, Alstom
Sven Jacobs, Head of Global Strategic Sourcing, Lonza AG
Michael McNulty, VP Global Procurement, Lego Company
Fabien Krawczyk, Group Head of Indirect Procurement – Professional Services, Groupe La Poste
Alan McQuade, SVP EMEA Supply Chain Management Executive, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Erik Dam, Global Purchasing Director, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Ed Worthington, Senior Procurement Manager, Virgin Holidays
Heather Rodgers, Chief Procurement Officer, Centrica
David Wylie, Head of Strategic Procurement, Centrica
Michael Woodburn, Managing Vice President of Business Analysis and Marketing, Capital One
Herve Menassol, Global Capital Purchases Associate Director, Procter & Gamble
Gail Roberts, Head of Supply Chain and Procurement, Royal Mint

And many more – please visit www.procurecon-indirect for the full list or request a copy of the conference brochure from procurecon@wbr.co.uk

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Notes to editors

1.   For more information about ProcureCon Indirect 2012 and to request the conference brochure, please email procurecon@wbr.co.uk  
2.   All media partnership enquiries and requests for press passes should be directed to Simon Anderson, Marketing Director for the ProcureCon portfolio: simon.anderson@wbr.co.uk
3.   ProcureCon Indirect 2012 is part of the ProcureCon portfolio, which has been producing high calibre events for Europe’s procurement leaders since 1997.
4.   ProcureCon is part of Worldwide Business Research, one of the world’s leading sources of strategic business intelligence and part of the PLS group. For more information about Worldwide Business Research, visit www.wbresearch.com

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