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Proxima appoints Vinny Patel as Commercial Director
19th January, 2011
LONDON, UK – 19 January 2011. Proxima, Europe’s largest procurement outsourcing provider, today announced the latest addition to its leadership team with the appointment of Vinny Patel as Commercial Director. In this newly created position, Vinny will be responsible for continuing Proxima’s growth, leading a highly specialised and experienced team in developing procurement solutions for new and existing clients.
Prior to joining Proxima, Vinny spent 20 years in procurement services and outsourcing, most recently at Accenture and prior to that PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He was a Partner at Accenture with sales responsibilities including procurement outsourcing. Vinny was instrumental in developing and delivering procurement outsourcing solutions across a wide range of industry sectors.
Announcing the appointment, Proxima CEO Matthew Eatough said: "Vinny brings a wealth of experience across all areas of procurement and associated processes which will be highly valuable to us in defining more innovative solutions for our clients’ requirements."
Vinny Patel commented: "I am looking forward to the opportunity of working with my new colleagues at Proxima to develop procurement solutions that deliver the best results for our clients. Proxima is uniquely positioned to provide clients with a complete procurement service, leveraging its flexible delivery model, category specialists and shared services capability. I am very excited to be part of Proxima's continued success and expansion."
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Proxima:
Tom Lawrence, Tel. +44 (0)20 3465 4554, tom.lawrence@Proxima.com
Financial Dynamics (FD):
Seán Galvin/Jamie Robertson/Anna Taylor, Tel. 020 7831 3113, Proxima@fd.com
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About Proxima
Proxima is a procurement outsourcer and solutions provider, bringing extraordinary benefits to blue chip organisations across Europe and North America via an innovative knowledge-based shared services model. Fundamental to our success is how we change the way our clients think about procurement, redefining it as an indispensable strategic tool. By doing so, we release procurement’s potential to make our clients leaner, fitter, stronger organisations.
Having grown at more than 25% a year for over five years, we are now the largest shared services procurement operation in Europe, constantly building and sharing our expertise across hundreds of categories and delivering an average saving, on total expenditure, of 8% - 15% back to our clients.
Prior to joining Proxima, Vinny spent 20 years in procurement services and outsourcing, most recently at Accenture and prior to that PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He was a Partner at Accenture with sales responsibilities including procurement outsourcing. Vinny was instrumental in developing and delivering procurement outsourcing solutions across a wide range of industry sectors.
Announcing the appointment, Proxima CEO Matthew Eatough said: "Vinny brings a wealth of experience across all areas of procurement and associated processes which will be highly valuable to us in defining more innovative solutions for our clients’ requirements."
Vinny Patel commented: "I am looking forward to the opportunity of working with my new colleagues at Proxima to develop procurement solutions that deliver the best results for our clients. Proxima is uniquely positioned to provide clients with a complete procurement service, leveraging its flexible delivery model, category specialists and shared services capability. I am very excited to be part of Proxima's continued success and expansion."
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Enquiries
Proxima:
Tom Lawrence, Tel. +44 (0)20 3465 4554, tom.lawrence@Proxima.com
Financial Dynamics (FD):
Seán Galvin/Jamie Robertson/Anna Taylor, Tel. 020 7831 3113, Proxima@fd.com
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About Proxima
Proxima is a procurement outsourcer and solutions provider, bringing extraordinary benefits to blue chip organisations across Europe and North America via an innovative knowledge-based shared services model. Fundamental to our success is how we change the way our clients think about procurement, redefining it as an indispensable strategic tool. By doing so, we release procurement’s potential to make our clients leaner, fitter, stronger organisations.
Having grown at more than 25% a year for over five years, we are now the largest shared services procurement operation in Europe, constantly building and sharing our expertise across hundreds of categories and delivering an average saving, on total expenditure, of 8% - 15% back to our clients.