Jayesh Joshi (Past Speaker)

Jayesh Joshi is Global Vice President for BT, leading teams across over 30 countries and has held leadership roles (including Chief Procurement Officer, European Managing Director) across multiple industries. Previously, he was Regional Procurement Director for Johnson & Johnson, across Asia-Pacific and prior to this, he was Managing Director for Zon Associates, UK, an award-winning transformation consultancy, holding contracts with leading private and public sector clients including Capita, Barclays, Vodafone, Leicester City, Oldham Council/Mouchel and Stoke City. Jayesh has led several commercial transformation programmes which have been widely reported in TV & Press.

Jayesh believes Procurement can be a force for good, and builds enabling functions that seek to expand beyond traditional deliverables. He has a genuine passion for talent development and has created Training and Development schemes in several roles, acts as a mentor to young entrepreneurs and speaks to graduates about procurement as a profession. He helped create an ecosystem in Asia for ‘Enable’, a charitable foundation that makes 3D printed hands for people who are missing fingers through accidents or birth defects. He is also the founder & ex-chair of the APAC CPO Forum, a best practice / networking group for senior procurement professionals from numerous industries including banking, manufacturing, oil & gas, healthcare, luxury goods and technology. Jayesh is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, and a Chartered Board Director.