David is an experienced procurement and IT sourcing professional, currently leading Global ICT Sourcing and Category Management at Etex. In this role, he is responsible for strategic IT procurement, vendor management, and optimizing sourcing strategies across the Etex Group. His expertise spans contract negotiations, category management, and aligning IT procurement with business objectives. Before joining Etex, David held several leadership roles at SWIFT, including Head of Procurement, where he managed global sourcing and strategic contract negotiations across multiple cost categories. He also served as Manager for Sibos and Technology, overseeing IT services for major events, and as Head of R&D for SWIFT Training, where he led product development and stakeholder relations. Earlier in his career, David worked as a Project Manager for SAP implementations and held various IT procurement and business analysis roles, gaining deep expertise in enterprise solutions and procurement optimization.

Ren currently serves as Procurement Officer at Orange Business, where she leads strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives across complex IT and service environments. With a career spanning global roles at companies like Accenture, GE Healthcare, and Schlumberger, she brings extensive experience in supply chain optimization, contract manufacturing, and business process improvement in both digital and operational contexts.

Fredric Olsson is Head of Sourcing & Vendor Management at Vend, where he leads strategic sourcing initiatives and oversees supplier relationships to drive business value and cost efficiency. With over 30 years in the industry, he brings extensive expertise in IT sourcing, SaaS, AI, and risk management. Prior to this, he held senior positions at Schibsted, Sofigate, Ericsson and Intel, managing global IT services, hardware, and systems sourcing.

The Pop in Your Job
I'm passionate about maximizing the value of every supplier-related dollar while ensuring each one is spent ethically and in full compliance. What drives me is the opportunity to combine commercial impact with responsible sourcing that supports long-term business integrity.

Experienced Information Technology Purchasing Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the business supplies and equipment industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Strategic Sourcing, Management, IT Procurement and Business Strategy. Strong professional graduated from Haute Ecole 'Groupe ICHEC - ISC Saint-Louis - ISFSC', Brussels.

The Pop in Your Job
The Pop in: The result driven daily and real challenge to get the business owners on board, aligned and supported.
The Pop out: The numerous ways of controlling and manipulating vendors, more than they are, to reach the goal.
The Pop up: The never repeating way of getting results by using the power of the latest technological, psychological and communication means.

Dorota Sołdrowska is a Senior Lawyer at Orange Polska S.A. where she is responsible for License Agreement Analysis, Contract Negotiation and SAM consulting among others. She joined Orange Polska in 2015 first serving as Senior Licensing Specialist. She holds a law degree in Tax Law.

Ben is an experienced IT leader with over 20 years in IT and Management Consulting. Since joining SoftwareOne in 2017, he has guided enterprise customers in areas such as IT Governance, IT Asset Management, M&A Advisory, and Software Sourcing. As Global Lead of Digital Supply Chain Services, Ben drives SoftwareOne’s sourcing strategy worldwide, helping organizations optimize software procurement and demand management to achieve measurable business value.

As a global building material manufacturer and pioneer in lightweight and modern construction we want to inspire people around the world to build living spaces that are ever more safe, sustainable, smart, and beautiful. Founded in 1905 in Belgium, we are a family-owned company with more than 13,500 employees across 160 sites and 45 countries. We are inspired by a core set of values. A passion for excellence drives us, delivering the very best quality to our partners and customers. We connect and care about those around us, nurturing teamwork, new ways of working, and placing the highest importance on safety. We combine these and pioneer to lead in our ever-changing sector, harnessing the power of sustainable construction. With our commercial brands (Cedral, Durlock, EQUITONE, Eternit / Euronit, Gyplac, Kalsi, Pladur, Promat, Siniat, Superboard and URSA) we make a positive human impact; motivated by changing people’s lives, improving the future of our planet and over-delivering for our customers.

At Orange Business, our ambition is to become the leading European Network and Digital Integrator by leveraging our proven expertise in next-generation connectivity solutions, the cloud and cybersecurity. Our 30,000 women and men are present in 65 countries, where every voice counts. Together, we are driven by the same determination and the same team spirit, to build the digital solutions of today and tomorrow and create a positive impact for our customers, for their employees and for the planet. We offer exciting opportunities through innovative projects in data and digital, cloud, AI, cybersecurity, IoT, or digital workspace and big data.

Vend, formerly known as Schibsted Marketplaces, is transforming the way people consume goods and services with some of the strongest brands in the Nordics. The brands include Finn, Blocket, Tori, DBA, Oikotie, Bilbasen, Bytbil, Qasa, HomeQ, Carweb, Wheelaway, Autovex and Nettbil. We develop marketplaces in four core verticals – Mobility, Recommerce, Real Estate and Jobs – at the heart of the circular economy.

Crelan is a Belgian bank that offers a wide range of banking and insurance products to individuals, the self-employed, and entrepreneurs. In addition, Crelan has a strong historic connection with the agricultural and horticultural sector, providing specialized financial advice. • Crelan is a cooperative bank. • Crelan works with a network of independent agents. • Crelan is a bank where common sense and face2face contact with the customer come first

Orange Polska is the principal supplier of telecommunications services in Poland. Orange Polska provides services, including fixed-line voice telecommunications, voice mail, fixed access to the Internet and Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”). Orange Polska provides telecommunications services on the basis of entry number 1 in the register of telecommunications companies carried out by the President of Office of Electronic Communication. Through its subsidiary, Polska Telefonia Komórkowa-Centertel Sp. z o.o., the Group is one of Poland’s major DCS 1800 and GSM 900 mobile telecommunications providers. PTK-Centertel also provides third generation UMTS services and services based on the CDMA technology. In addition, the Group provides leased lines, radio-communications and other telecommunications value added services, sells telecommunications equipment, electronic phone cards and provides data transmission, multimedia services and various Internet services. As at the end of 2012 Orange Polska had over 20 million customers of different services (mobile, fixed voice, broadband, TV). As at the end of 2012 we achieved revenue of PLN 14.1 billion, EBITDA margin at 34.2% and net free cash flows of PLN 1.5 billion.

SoftwareOne is a leading global software and cloud solutions provider that is redefining how companies build, buy and manage everything in the cloud. By helping clients to migrate and modernize their workloads and applications – and in parallel, to navigate and optimize the resulting software and cloud changes – SoftwareOne unlocks the value of technology. The company’s 8,900 employees are driven to deliver a portfolio of 7,500 software brands with sales and delivery capabilities in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, SoftwareOne is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker symbol SWON.