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Member Biographies
Procurement Leaders Advisory Board Member Bio's:
Neil Deverill
Between 1990 and 2008, Neil was first the corporate head of purchasing at Electrolux Sweden, before joining the UK Treasury as head of UK government purchasing. He later became the corporate head of worldwide procurement for Philips Electronics, based in The Netherlands, and finally group head of procurement for Anglo American based in Johannesburg and then London.
Jean-Francois Baril - Nokia
Jean-Francois Baril is Senior Vice President, Sourcing and Procurement for Nokia Corporation, based in Espoo Finland. He joined Nokia Group on January 1999.
Leslie Campbell - Reed Elsevier
Leslie Campbell is the Chief Procurement Officer for Reed Elsevier, a position she has held since September 2007.
John Paterson - IBM
John Paterson assumed his current position as vice president, chief procurement officer for IBM on April 1, 2000. Prior to that, he was vice president, global production procurement and process reengineering, with responsibility for procurement of goods and services for IBM's manufacturing divisions and for streamlining the company's procurement processes through extensive use of information technology.
Remko van Hoek - PWC
Prof. Dr. Remko van Hoek is Global Procurement Director at PWC.
Giles Breault - Novartis Pharma AG
Giles Breault is Chief Purchasing Officer of Novartis Pharma AG, responsible for Pharma Global Sourcing worldwide, which includes Direct and Indirect Sourcing as well as Global Services.
Rick Hughes - Procter & Gamble
Rick is the Chief Purchasing Officer for The Procter & Gamble Company. P&G is the largest U.S. household products company with approximately $79 billion in sales.
Stijn van Els - Royal Dutch Shell
Since Stijn joined Shell from university with a physics degree from Delft University in 1988, he has first worked in Manufacturing technology and project roles in the Netherlands and Japan. Later in his career, he has returned to refining in Germany as Manufacturing & Maintenance Manager at the Rheinland refinery.








