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TOP 100 WOMEN

58 Kim-An Hernandez

Chief Procurement Officer Vanguard htps an-hernandez-9476371a :/ com inkedin w l . / in kim-
Kim is currently the Principal , Chief Procurement Officer at the financial services company Vanguard – a unique community of 30 million who think and feel differently about investing . She has been with the company since 2018 , when she joined as Senior Counsel , Head of IT & S Legal before climbing the ranks to Head of IT Global Resource Strategy & Controls and Principal , Head of IT Global Resource Strategy and Controls .
Prior to Vanguard , Kim held posts at companies such as KPMG Advisory and International Paper .
Hernandez is a member of many boards including The Fund For The School District of Philadelphia and GRCIE .

57 Annie Brown

Chief Procurement Officer WPP www htps in / :/ 1aniebrown com linkedin . /
Annie is an experienced , highly-talented business leader , with a passion and expertise for realising commercial opportunities across all areas of the organisation , driving them to fruition . She has the ability to define strategic objectives and identify the programmes that need to come about to embed impactful , sustainable change .
She boasts senior leadership presence alongside the confidence and capability to engage in discussion to ensure the right outcomes are reached .
She has been with the creative transformation company WPP since 2021 , after spending over 21 years at the Intercontinental Hotels Group ( IHG )
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