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Sharing the Knowledge - Finance & Procurement How-To Day

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02 May 2007 | (Interview)


The Finance & Procurement “How-To” Day, rapidly becoming a regular fixture in Finance professionals diaries, was organized by SharedXpertise Forums in association with Capgemini. The day consisted of several practical, interactive workshops and a panel of experts combined with a gathering of industry practitioners from across Geographies and Industries including: Finance Directors, Shared Service Directors, and Procurement Directors from more than 20 multi-national corporations.

The Procurement BPO Workshop
by James Abery and Graham Moore from Capgemini

A number of key questions were discussed during this session that resulted in some interesting answers and conclusions.

The Executive Briefing & Expert Panel

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EXPERTS CONTRIBUTING:
Sameer Jalundhwala, Head of Global Shared Service Centre Development, Orange Business Services
Jesper Christensen, Vice President Global Service, Financial Services, Danfoss A/S
Carina Smith, Vice President BPO, Capgemini
Deborah Kops, Head, Program Planning and Development, SharedXpertise
Alex Hamilton, Partner, Latham & Watkins
Simon Lindley, Head of F&A, Orbys Consulting Limited
John O’Sullivan, Project Director, EquaTerra

The interactive discussions with the forum revolved around the current state of the Shared Services market development, the maturity of the market and the trend towards both Business Process Outsourcing and the In-sourcing of back office processes.

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