GORDON DONOVAN
ASHIFA JUMANI
JOHN ROBERTS
MEET THE EXPERTS
GORDON DONOVAN
TITLE: GLOBAL VP OF RESEARCH FOR PROCUREMENT AND EXTERNAL WORKFORCE
COMPANY: SAP INDUSTRY: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LOCATION: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
An accomplished leader with over 30 years’ experience optimising procurement and supply chain operations and strategy. Gordon has a wellestablished reputation for driving transformational change and building capacity across global organisations.
ASHIFA JUMANI
TITLE: DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT COMPANY: TELUS INDUSTRY: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOCATION: GREATER VANCOUVER, CANADA
Ashifa has over 20 years in procurement at such companies as Synnex, American Express, Pfizer and TELUS.
JOHN ROBERTS
TITLE: SENIOR DIRECTOR OF NORTH AMERICA PROCUREMENT
COMPANY: NTT DATA
INDUSTRY: IT SERVICES AND IT CONSULTING
LOCATION: RICHARDSON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
John has been with NTT since 2016, where he started as the Finance Director. Before, he worked at BT Americas as the Project Director from 2010 to 2016.
“ It’ s not just about cutting costs; it’ s about unlocking our team’ s capacity to build resilient supply chains”
John Roberts, Senior Director of North
America Procurement, NTT DATA
134 March 2026