Alison

Coudene

Global Procurement Category Leader – Processed Ingredients/Nestrade S.A./Nestle. Alison has a role of Global Category Lead for an international team of strategic buyers who buy a variety of ingredients on behalf of all the Nestlé plants. In addition to ensuring supply in procurement her team adds value by managing the total delivered cost for the required quality. They also support the business with innovation and making sure the products they buy are ethical and sustainable.

Stefano

Mariani

IT Manager at Alcar Ruote SA. High school degree in Electronics and then Master degree in Business and Administration from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (Italy). Started working as free-lance in business process improvements projects. Has more than 20 years of professional history of working in the automotive industry with responsibilities in Organization and IT areas. Responsible for planning, and control information technology projects, in the last years focused in the implementation and the maintenance of Internet of Things Hardware and Software Applications, Manufacturing Applications, Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud. 

Marco

Rossi

Senior Director - SCM Cloud Applications Product Development, EMEA at Oracle.

Marco has over 20 years of experience working at Oracle in development, sales and consulting roles with a strong focus on Supply Chain. Currently his role as EMEA Senior Director for Supply Chain Cloud Applications, involves development strategy for Oracle’s Supply Chain products and working closely with EMEA customers on advisement for their digital cloud transformations in Supply Chain.

Kate

Vitasek

Faculty, Graduate & Executive Education at University of Tennessee. Kate Vitasek is an international authority for her award-winning research and Vested^® business model for highly collaborative relationships.  Author of 6 books and a Faculty member at the University of Tennessee, she has been lauded by World Trade Magazine as one of the “Fabulous 50+1” most influential people impacting global commerce.

Georgios Bairaktaris

Head of Group Procurement Sector at ERB Eurobank Ergasias S.A.

Evangelos

Christou

Group Procurement & Demand Management Director at National Bank of Greece.

Iliana

Chronopoulou

Sr Procurement Engagement Manager at Microsoft.

Dimitris

Jimas

Executive Board Member & Founding Partner at Further Up - HR.

Arun

Kumar

General Manager for Planning & Fulfillment at the Global Sourcing & Supply Chain (GSSC) Company of MTN. Arun is the General Manager for Planning & Fulfillment at the Global Sourcing & Supply Chain (GSSC) company of MTN, the largest African Telco Provider. He currently focuses on driving demand management, planning, & fulfillment, for MTN. With a background in Systems & Digitization, he has implemented solutions covering Demand Forecasting, Global Trade Management, Sourcing/Contract Management, & Advanced Analytics in MTN. Previously, he led the SCM Excellence team supporting 21 MTN companies in 2 continents, implementing eSourcing, Spend Analytics & Supplier Performance Management solutions. He also leads & manages the SCM Transformation program; and the Working Capital initiative at MTN, driving improvements via enablers like Supply Chain Finance.

Anastasia

Makarigaki

Executive Board Member & Founding Partner at Further Up-HR.

Michalis

Manthos

Country Buyer at Barilla Hellas. Senior Business Professional with many Years of experience in the FMCG category. He is a graduate of the University of Cyprus with concentration in Marketing, with a master's degree in Marketing and Communication of ASSOE.  He started his career at Citroën Hellas in marketing department, whereas we served & evolved on various positions in the Marketing Department of Barilla Hellas. He has carried out a large number of projects many of which have been awarded. For the last Years, he is the Country Buyer of Barilla Hellas with direct responsibility for the Packaging, Energy and HQ (Marketing, ΙΤ, HR) markets, and has overall overview of Procurement related with the Factory. 

Giorgos

Matsas

BPM & Data Analytics Manager at Corinth Pipeworks S.A. / Viohalco Group since 2018. From 1996 to 2004 he undertook several positions in the areas of Product Development, Supply Chain (Purchasing, Production Planning) and QA projects in the Food industry (Tasty Foods - PepsiCo Foods, Nestle) and from 2004 to 2018 he worked in the areas of Business Analytics & Business Intelligence in CRM and B2B Marketing of OTE/Cosmote. He is a Chemical Engineer (NTUA) with MBA in International Business & Export Management (City University / London).

Irene

Nikandrou

Ass. Professor AUEB & Executive Board Member- Founding Partner at Further Up-HR.

Dimitris

Patras

Head of Procure to Pay Process at UBS Switzerland. Dimitris is a procurement professional with in-depth and extensive experience in the Procure to Pay processes and solid background working in the Food and Beverage industry (i.e. Nestlé and Carlsberg) for more than 14 years. Dimitris holds an MSc in Management with Operations from the University of Bath, UK, while his undergraduate studies are in Economics. In his current role he leads the Procure to Pay design and transformation journey, guides the development and digitalization of the end to end flow, as well as supports relevant projects and process improvements across the different procurement categories.

Thanasis

Petmezas

Chief Executive Officer at cosmoONE. Thanassis Petmezas leads cosmoONE since its foundation in year 2000. He is an Electrical Engineer graduated from the School of Engineering of The University of Patras, holds an MBA degree from the Athens University of Economics and Business, and has over twenty-five years’ experience in technology and services. Prior to joining cosmoONE, Thanassis worked for big multination IT companies (HP, Compaq, Intrasoft) in Sales Management and Business Development roles. He was also Vice President of GR.E.CA (Greek eCommerce Association) and Board Member of S.E.P.E. (Federation of Hellenic Information Technology & Communications Enterprises). Under Thanassis’ leadership, cosmoONE has implemented more than 10.700 e-Auctions, processed more than 508.800 e-Orders, organised more than 112.900 e-Tenders, and received 14 awards and distinctions. In September 2019, the company was listed in the Top 10 Procurement Solution Providers in Europe - 2019 from the CIO Applications Europe.

Nikolaos

Psyloglou

Procurement Manager at AB Vassilopoulos.

Ioanna

Smyrillis

Assistant Procurement Manager at Photos Photiades Breweries Ltd.

Stamatina

Tsikou

Country Procurement Manager at Novartis Hellas. High experienced Procurement Manager with more than 12 years’ expertise. Matina have managed both; Mkt & Corporate spend as well as design and conduct of services performance evaluation, implement regional procurement strategies, build a culture of long-term saving, develops and implements strategic direction for many spend categories etc Hold extensive knowledge of Business practices, economics, acquiring & Local regulations. Developed analytical evaluation & Project Management skills to make the best acquisition and invest decision.

Nikoletta Tsotsorou

Sanofi South Europe Procurement Head. Leading Procurement for 14 countries including Adriatic countries, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus , Romania, Moldova and Israel.
My mission is to implement the Target Operating Procurement Model in South Europe Multi Country Organization, as also reinforce business connectivity, lead localization of procurement strategies and ensure execution is operationally feasible and efficient in the above mentioned countries. I also monitor procurement performance and efficiency by driving continuous improvement opportunities and play a key role in compliance management. Apart my Procurement Expertise, I am also a Results Coach certified by NeuroLeadership Institute UK.

Makbule Shkalla Tuncerli

ERPM Strategy and Business Development Director at Oracle. Oracle ERPM Business Development and Strategy Leader for Greece, Romania, Cyprus, Malta, Levant, Egypt, Turkey and North Africa. 20+ years experienced, multilingual IT professional. She has a proven track record of shaping, selling and managing delivery of complex enterprise IT transformation solutions across a range of commercial industries (public, telco, manufacturing and services) and geographical regions. She is also a member of CSE Academic Advisory board of Hacettepe University.

Ali

Ahmad

Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis ERP and Systems Administrations for M1.

Alexandra

Mischopoulou

Panagiotis

Liontos

Ismet Ali

Chotza