Martine plays a pivotal role in overseeing several core functions of the credit insurance organization, including credit assessments, Transformation Office, claims, and debt collection. 

As part of the Dutch leadership team, she contributes to shaping and executing Coface’s local strategy within its global risk‑management framework. Martine frequently engages with CFOs and senior financial leaders across the Netherlands, providing insights on evolving sector trends, risk levels, and macroeconomic developments. Her work contributes to sector‑ and country‑risk analyses published multiple times per year by Coface.

Antonio has 10 years experience in procurement transformation projects across Source-to-Pay, including end-to-end process design, technology design and implementation, operating model design and transition to new service models.

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Lora works on integrating sustainability and human rights into Fugro’s global supply chain processes, ensuring compliance with international standards and reducing ESG risks. She focuses on building practical systems for supplier due diligence and risk monitoring, collaborating across functions to make sustainability part of everyday procurement decisions. Previously, Lora managed due diligence platforms for ethical sourcing at UEBT and coordinated sustainability programs in the natural raw materials sector.

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Fernando leads Rydoo's global go-to-market strategy. A Computer Science Engineer by background, Fernando brings over 20 years of experience across demand generation, brand and content marketing, business development, and sales.

Throughout his career, Fernando has helped B2B technology companies scale sustainably by aligning commercial execution with customer value and operational discipline. His strong passion for artificial intelligence, and a combination of technical depth with commercial insight, allow him to explore how AI can be applied pragmatically to improve decision-making, efficiency, and scalability.

At Rydoo, he works closely with finance, product, and revenue teams to translate innovation into measurable business impact.

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Since July 2025, Alice has been leading Global Indirect Supply Procurement at Imperial Brands, which has embarked on a transformation that prioritizes focus, discipline, and modernization.

Before that role, she led Global Procurement for Freight and Distribution at Signify, formerly Philips Lighting - major operation shipping products to over 70 countries worldwide. She spearheaded digital transformation and sustainability projects, collaborating with global and regional Supply Chain teams to ensure operational continuity in a volatile logistics environment.

Alice holds three master’s degrees (MBA - UT Austin and 2 MSc - Top 10 schools) and has lived in six countries across America, Asia, and Europe.

Maria leads the global procurement portfolio across strategy, transformation, and managing change. She drives initiatives that strengthen operating models, accelerate capability development, and improve working capital performance, ensuring close alignment with enterprise priorities. With over 15 years in procurement, including a significant tenure at ABB across Direct Procurement, Supply Chain, Global Indirect, and Procurement Excellence, she is known for connecting strategy, finance, and operations to deliver sustainable value beyond short-term savings.

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I don’t believe in tidy career paths; I believe in momentum. Today I lead Procurement at Equans Nederland as CPO, where my team and I turn strategy into daily practice—building capabilities, developing people, digitalize and partnering with our colleagues & suppliers to make value and sustainability real.
My career has spanned fast‑growing B2C and B2B environments—e‑commerce, (food) retail, FMCG, hospitality and energy—where change is constant and execution matters. I kept investing in myself along the way with a part‑time MScBA (Erasmus University, 2009) and MBA (Nyenrode, 2018). What motivates me most is building teams and new units that turn ambition into results people can feel.

Hugo has 30+ years of international experience driving transformation, cost leadership, and innovation across different industries: logistics, consumer appliances, healthcare and lighting. Leading global teams, member of business management, operating successfully in both corporate and private equity environments. From developing Philips’ LED lighting business in Asia-Pacific to building and leading the global procurement function at Versuni post-carve-out from Philips. Now driving the Procurement transformation at Vanderlande.

Monique Beersma is the CPO of Royal Avebe based in The Netherlands. She has  30+ years of leadership experience in Procurement, Marketing & Sales and worked globally for AkzoNobel, Givaudan International and JBT/Marel. During her career she was based in The Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. 

She has a proven track record in aligning business objectives with large-scale procurement transformations that optimize costs, enhance value creation and maximize sustainable growth while building trust, being ready for the unexpected and keeping the customer at the center of all initiatives. Passionate about talent development, cross functional collaboration, fostering a growth mindset and customer centricity.

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As a member of the Executive Committee and in his role, Gijs leads global teams across Europe, the United States, Africa, and Asia in advancing a resilient, high-performing supply ecosystem. Since joining the company in 2022, he has driven the transformation toward an end-to-end network that is reliable, sustainable, and deeply aligned with patient needs.

With a career spanning life sciences, FMCG, and telecom, Gijs brings a pragmatic leadership style rooted in operational excellence, strategic supplier partnerships, and a commitment to continuous improvement. He advocates for a future in which procurement, supply chain, and logistics functions collaborate seamlessly—across companies, industries, and borders—to accelerate innovation and create meaningful societal impact in a patient-centric healthcare landscape."

Frank brings rich executive leadership experience in procurement, supply chain, and sales. He is passionate about helping organizations achieve sustainable performance and transformation. In diverse leadership roles focused on elevating the strategic vision and execution of the procurement function, with the belief that diversity and inclusion, collaboration, and fun is building successful teams and delivering positive business outcomes. Now driving business transformations as Chief Procurement Officer at Vanderlande.

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Harm brings more than 12 years of procurement expertise and a strong foundation in legal and management. Harm leads procurement strategy across multiple business units, managing an indirect spend of over €900 million and delivering cost savings through innovation, digital transformation, and sustainable supply chains. Passionate about sustainable procurement, AI adoption, and building trusted partnerships, Harm combines strategic vision with operational excellence to create future-ready procurement ecosystems.

Jurriaan is the former CPO of Air France KLM Group (32bn revenue, 17bn spend) and has 35 years of Supply Chain and transformation experience across different industries at Air France KLM, PepsiCo, VEON and Unilever. Since 2025 Jurriaan has run a portfolio of advisory roles including Kearney, Ecovadis, Systemiq and four AI start-ups.

Robert has extensive international experience in steel, automotive and industrial companies including being an entrepreneur. Before taking this role at BENTELER he served in several other Supply Chain and General Management roles, as Board Member and Group Sourcing Director at Bosal, Managing Director at UTC Carrier Holland Heating and Director of Procurement and Operations Manager for Arvin(Meritor). In 2008 he co-founded and led DonQI Quandary Innovations.