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Mary O’ Connell

Chief Procurement Officer

American Express

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Herve LeFaou

Chief Procurement Officer

Heineken

Financial Services Revenue $ 57.06bn 78,000 Employees

Food and Beverage Services Revenue $ 32.55bn 83,000 Employees

Results orientated, with extensive experience driving change and quantifiable results across complex organisations, O’ Connell is responsible for the sourcing, settlement, and oversight of all goods and services procured through third parties as the CPO of American Express.

Managing a spend of $ 13.74bn and a team of 900 in 65 markets, LeFaou is the CPO of The HEINEKEN Company. In his role, he has led transformation and efficiency programs, supplier-based consolidations, and system standardisation implementations.

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