SARAH-JAYNE ALDRIDGE Category group manager – support services, Anglo American Sarah-Jayne is currently working for global mining company Anglo American, and is responsible for the procurement of indirect spend at the corporate office. She has 17 years’ experience as a procurement specialist in various international com- panies, including Reuters,
Sita.Aero and Societe Generale. Before that Sarah-Jayne worked for six years in the airline industry as crew for Virgin Atlantic. Her role today focuses on global travel buying and all associated travel elements.
LYNN BENNETT Global travel and business services manager, BG Group Lynn has been BG Group travel and business services manager for five years. Her focus has been to consolidate to a single travel provider and deliver fully managed and mandated global travel, fleet, accommodation, ground transporta- tion, credit card and event management programmes. She joined the travel indus- try in 1988, and her experience includes 12 years’ corporate sales team management with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and ten years business management with HRG.
RUEDIGER BRUSS Corporate purchasing global category manager travel and mobility, Continental AG
Ruediger leads a worldwide team of purchasers and is responsible for global supplier management, defini- tion of product group strategies, and alignment of purchasing policies with internal stakeholders for Continental AG, one of the world’s largest tyre pro- ducers and automotive suppliers. He is a member of the advisory board to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Europe and holds an MSc in In- ternational Business from the University of Maastricht.
ROGER BURR
Head of retail and corporate services procurement, Marks & Spencer Roger joined Marks & Spencer in October 2009 as head of corporate and retail services. He has nine years’ procure-
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ANDREW CARNE Travel service delivery specialist, BP Over the relatively short tenure of ten years in the corporate travel industry, Andrew has quickly developed into an effective strategic corporate travel procurement manager. Recognised for his eye for detail and developing the provision of duty-of-care for business travellers, his positive can-do attitude continually strives towards innovative travel solutions.
JAMES CLARK Environment and office services manager, Simmons and Simmons LLP James has 20 years’ experience of facilities management in the legal sector, and has specialised in environmental management and wider corporate re- sponsibility issues over the last ten years. In his role at Simmons and Simmons he manages procurement, projects and people, and is part of the team that ensures sustainability, ethics and diver- sity are systematically embedded into business activities.
YVES GALIMIDI Engagement manager, TCG Consulting Yves joined TCG Consulting (one of the global leaders for independent strategic travel management consulting services across corporate travel, payment, expense management and meetings) in August 2014. Yves has 20 years’ of travel industry experience with a strong background in business travel management. Yves worked for IKEA for a little over 20 years, starting in 1993 as travel manager for the Inter IKEA Group, a worldwide co-ordination centre located in Waterloo, Belgium. In 2005 he moved to IKEA’s global procure- ment department (Indirect Material and Services), located in Helsingborg, Sweden, where he was responsible for purchasing all business travel, meetings and conference- related services.
CELIA GULLEN
Global procurement travel manager, BT With more than 20 years’ procure- ment experience, for the last eight years Celia has been an integral part of the global travel category within BT. During this time, she has led the global travel category to enhance the programme for BT, and has improved the global supply-base and traveller experience through ethical pro- curement. She has achieved strong global stakeholder engagement, introduced market-leading solutions to support the BT Cost Transformation Programme, and driven compliance to BT’s preferred sup- pliers and partners.
KERRIE HENSHAW-COX Global commercial leader, Astrazeneca Travel Service
Kerrie joined biopharmaceutical company Astrazeneca two years ago, and recently became global commercial leader for travel. She is responsible for both supply and demand globally across Astrazeneca. Kerrie is accountability for the travel strategy, policy and contract governance, and she leads the outsourced travel teams. Prior to joining AZ, she held a global travel role at BP, and has enjoyed a varied career in the travel industry spanning 20-plus years, having worked in buyer and supplier roles, including tour operations management, sales and marketing and international logistics.
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