2010 Speaker Panel

Confirmed contributors to date include:

Rene Carayol MBERené Carayol MBE
Business guru & former board seat holder at Pepsi UK
IPC Media & The Inland Revenue 		Jim MatherJim Mather
Minster for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism
Scottish Government 		Fiona Bruce
TV Journalist & presenter
BBC (BBC’s 10 O’clock News, Panorama, Newsnight & Crimewatch)

G8:

Bill Payne
VP, CRM and Industries Managed Business Process Services, Global IBM Global Technology Services, IBM

Cesare Capobianco
VP
Oracle On Demand EMEA

Carina Smith
Head of European Business Development
CapGemini Global BPO

Mark Bownas, Partner
EMEA Leader Sourcing Advisory and CEE Head of Markets
KPMG

Peter Rasper
Head of Global Finance Infrastructure & COO Finance
SAP AG

Mark Beaton
BPO Lead, UK & Ireland
Accenture

Peter Moller
European Shared Services and BPO Advisory leader
Deloitte Consulting

Tom Olavi Bangemann
Vice President Business Transformation
The Hackett Group
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David Heneghan
Director Shared Services
Glasgow City Council

Leading Practitioner Voices

  • Christian Kauffman, MD Finance Business Services Europe, Unilever
  • Graham Russell, Global Head of Transaction Processes, AstraZeneca
  • Michael Hyltoft, Director Shared Services, Kingsfisher
  • Steve Katona, UK Accounts Payable Manager, ADT and TF&IS
  • Gerry Niven, Former Director Shared Services, Greene King
  • Michael Colicchio, Managing Director Shared Services, Celanese
  • Chris Davies, Managing Director of Business Services, Diageo
  • Simon Cramond, Head of Shared Services Caribbean, LIME
  • Regina Jones, Global Client Contracts Manager, Schlumberger
  • Chris Mead, Commercial Director, QinetiQ
  • Nick Hyner, EMEA Commercial Manager, Dell Services
  • Jean Claude De Vera, VP Global Shared Services & Finance Process Optimisation, Lafarge
  • Simon Newton, VP Shared Services & Business Support Delivery, Kimberly-Clark
  • Mark Judd, Head of HR Shared Services, Rolls Royce
  • Paul Massih, VP Contracting & Procurement, Shell Upstream International Exploration and Production
  • Vince Taylor, Managing Director, Commercial & Contract Management, Accenture
  • Gianmaria Riccardi, Director Commercial Business, Management, Cisco
  • Susan Baldwin, Director Operations, ICICI Bank
  • Brenton Harder, MD, COO Division, Global Operational Excellence, Credit Suisse
  • Umberto Larizza, Global Director Shared Services, Unicredit
  • Jens Erik Ebbesen, Strategic Outsourcing, Group IT, Teliasonera
  • Joyce Van Breugel, Financial Controller, Heinz Continental Europe
  • Ioana Canescu, Senior Manager, Global Contracts and Business Management, Tellabs
  • Graeme Sloan, Commercial & Governance Director, Siemens IT Solutions & Services
  • Ninian Wilson, Procurement Director, Vodafone
  • Lisa Hooley, Former Director Shared Services, Tetrapak
  • Lynda Atherton-Miles, Director Shared Services, Working Links
  • John Cogan, VP IT Shared Services, Shire Pharmaceuticals
  • Andrea Vavassori, Shared Services Director, Crown Europe
  • John Transier, Vice President & Controller, Unilever
  • Lee Coulter, Former SVP Global Shared Services, Kraft
  • Simon Jennings, CIO, Oxfam
  • Ravi Rao, Director Operational Excellence & Procure to Pay, Honeywell
  • Heather Rodgers, Head of Group Procurement & Supplier Management, Centrica
  • Jean-Marc Fraisse, Director, Supply Management, NNE Pharmaplan
  • Liz Walker, VP & General Counsel EMEA and Latin America, BT
  • Julie Kane, Director Shared Services, Scottish Government
  • Gerry Smith, Director SSC, HM Prison Service
  • Morag Arnot, Acting Deputy Chief Executive, The Scottish Arts Council
  • Chris Gunning, Director, Global Shared Services Europe India & Asia Pacific, Unisys
  • Miguel Pinto da Cruz, Drirector, Sonae Distribuição
  • Dave Connor, VP Procurement & Supply Chain, BP
  • Adrian Furner, Commercial Director, BAE Systems
  • Daniel Mahlebashian, Chief Contracting Officer, General Motors
  • Nick Bean, Programme Director Shared Services, May Gurney
  • Merja Fischer, Director Financial Accounting and Business Control Processes, Wärtsilä Corporation
  • Alan Byrne, Global Director Shared Services, Microsoft
  • Colin Mair, CEO, Improvement Service
  • Dan Foley, Business Service Centre Director, ITV
  • Frazer Kirk, Global HR Process Optimisation Manager, Coca Cola
  • Morag Dunlop, European Head of Finance, Cigna Corporation
  • Robert Gilhooly, business services Director, British Energy
  • Debi Basu, Global SRM Systems Manager, Supply Chain Management, British American Tobacco Industries
  • Waleed Al Kanhal, Director Business & Financial Management, STC
  • David Long, Director Shared Services, Virgin Media
  • Peter Evans, Director Quality, Virgin Media
  • Andrew Marshall, Director UK Shared Services, ABB
  • Karen Davis, Payables and Expense Manager, ABB
  • Richard Needs, Head of Tax EU, Cable & Wireless
  • George Connell, Head of Strategy & Centre Finance Lead Glasgow, Shell
  • Emer O'Kelly, Financial Director, Cinram
  • Colin Robertson, GNBS Transition Programme Manager, Financial Services, Nestle
  • Mike Gowdy, Director Shared Services, Scottish Power
  • Brian Ierland, Finance Director, Global Combat Systems, BAE Systems plc
  • Mark Blatchford, HR Lead Outsourcing, Unilever
  • Ken Manke, VP HR Service Delivery & Management, Unilever
  • Andrew Kent, Shared Service Centre Operations Director, Serco
  • Gary Madden, Global HR Services Manager, Cadbury
  • Anne Moises, Chief Information Officer, Scots Connect
  • Andy McClintock, Chief Technology Officer, Scots Connect
  • Dave Watson, Head of Business Solutions, Scots Connect
  • Ben Plouviez, Head of Information Services, Scotts Connect
  • Jim Ward, Vice President Shared Services International, Eaton
  • Ian Yule, Director Financial Shared Services EMEA, Eaton
  • Rafael Caceres, Accounts Receivable Senior Manager EMEA, Eaton
  • Stuart Clark, General Ledger Senior Manager EMEA, Eaton
  • David J Cameron, Accounts Payable Senior Manager EMEA, Eaton
  • Sue Siegel, Senior Manager International Projects, Eaton
  • Isla West, HR Manager, Eaton
  • Tracy Taylor, General Manager & HR Manager, Shell
  • Denise Allen, Director Shared Services, BskyB
  • Lesley Laird, Shared Services Manager, BskyB
  • Vicki Mackintosh, Head of Accounting Services, Heineken (Scottish & Newcastle)
  • Rakesh Sangani, SSON Editor at Large
  • Dr Anthony Hesketh, Center For Performance-Led HR & Department of Management Learning & Leadership, Lancaster University Management School
  • Tim Cummins, CEO, IACCM
  • Katherine Kawamoto, VP Research & Advisory Services, IACCM
  • Rene Franz Henschel, Professor Law & Economics, Aarhus School of Business
  • Tom Hoffman, Freelance Business & Technology Editor
  • Mark Parsons, Director, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC)
  • Lorant Besnyi, Head of Finance, Avis BSC
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Judges:

  • Dan Foley, Former Director Business Services, ITV
  • Frazer Kirk, Global HR Process Optimisation Manager, Coca Cola
  • Lisa Hooley, Former Director Shared Services, Tetrapak
  • Lynda Atherton-Miles, Director Shared Services, Working Links
  • Philip P. Whelan, Head of Business Services Centre - Europe, BP
  • Carl Barnes, CFO, DHL Global Business Services
  • Chris Gunning, Director, Unisys Global Shared Services Europe India & Asia Pacific
  • Michael Colicchio, Managing Director Shared Services, Celanese

Leading Sellside Voices:

  • Patrick Cogny, CEO, Genpact Europe
  • Pascal Henssen, Chief Operating Officer, Genpact
  • Tiger Tyagarajan, COO, Genpact
  • Deborah Kops, CMO, WNS
  • Phil Searle, Founder and Managing Director, Chazey Partners
  • David O’Sullivan, Director, Chazey Partners
  • Davide Laghi, Founder, Y6Sigma Solutions Ltd
  • Jim Mason, Senior International Business Executive, Scottish Development International
  • Debra Maxwell, Global BPO Director, Arvato
  • Tyger Tyagarajan, Executive Vice President, Genpact
  • Zachary Misko, Global Director, KellyOCG
  • David Turner, Group Marketing Director, UNIT4
  • Rowan Lemley, Product Marketing Manager, Basware
  • Phil Fersht, Founder of Horses for Sources
  • Heikki Länsisyrjä, Senior Vice President, Itella Information
  • Petri Karjalainen, Director, Global Product Line Digitising Solutions
  • Chris Platteeuw, Partner, Deloitte
  • Paul Swinscoe, Director Sales & Marketing RPS EMEA, Raytheon Professional Services
  • Sami Seikkula, Director, Global Product Line Alligator, Itella Information
  • Eloi Malta-Bey - VP Global Payroll & HRA Operations. Intercomp Global Services
  • Joe Collins, Director of Client Solutions, APEX Analytix®
  • Alan Futter, Global Relationship Manager, Genpact
  • Frank Wolfsteiner, managing Director & Partner, TPI
  • Sarah Seabury, Director HR, Transformation & Change Management, TPI
  • Claudio Altini, Head of BPO and Shared Services, EquaTerra
  • Mark Bretton, Head, TCS BPO, Europe
  • Joel Roques, Managing Director European Advisory Services, The Hackett Group
  • Tom Bangermann, Vice President Business Transformation, The Hackett Group
  • Dr Ted Sun, Founder, Executive Balance
  • Sarah Seabury, Director HR, Transformation & Change Management, TPI
  • Tim Palmer, Head of HR Transformation, PA Consulting
  • Simon Tennant, Finance Transformation Consulting, PA Consulting
  • Amin Khaireldin, Strategy Advisor & Board Member, ITIDA

Tom Olavi Bangemann
Vice President Business Transformation
The Hackett Group

Mr Bangemann is Vice President Business Transformation at The Hackett Group. He has been with The Hackett Group for 7 years in various regional and practice leadership roles. He has worked on numerous advisory, consulting, auditing and benchmarking engagements in almost all functions of a company, with a deep expertise focus on world-class performance, especially in that of the finance function. Mr Bangemann’s experience includes a set of over 60 globalisation/sourcing projects (including Shared Services & outsourcing). He has worked in a range of industries and countries.

Mr Bangemann is a regular event speaker, chairman and panellist, and author (e.g. on “Shared Services in Finance & Accounting” published in February 2005). He chaired the Hungarian Shared Service Community for three years, and advises other Shared Service initiatives and company boards. Mr Bangemann was a regular Board member of a publicly listed software (procurement and finance) company for two years. He was also named “HR Superstar” by HRO Magazine in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Lorant Besnyi
Head of Finance
AVIS BSC

Key accountabilities:
  • Manage BSC Finance affairs and Finance matters between Avis countries and the BSC
  • Deliver statutory and Group compliance in tax and accounting matters
  • Head BSC Facilities activity
  • Head of Avis Group CODA Functional Development Centre
  • Member of Avis Europe Finance Board