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10 AB InBev procurement leaders
These ten professionals hold or have held procurement leadership roles at AB InBev, from global category directors and procurement vice presidents to zone and business unit procurement directors. A reader can learn how the company sources categories such as packaging, ingredients, logistics and marketing, and how global and regional teams divide the work.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alessandra Picchio
LinkedInExperience: Global Sr Director, Commercial Procurement & Sustainability · AB InBev
Global Sr Director, Commercial Procurement & Sustainability at AB InBev since January 2021; the profile says she manages strategic initiatives for global marketing and sales spend of nearly +$5bn, leading a team of 8 global category directors and managers and coordinating a network of +100 indirect reports across ABI regions. She was Global Director Procurement & Sustaintability, Indirects & ZBB at AB InBev (2019–2020).
Angie Slaughter
LinkedInExperience: Global Director Business Services & Technology I Global Procurement & Sustainability · AB InBev
Global Director Business Services & Technology I Global Procurement & Sustainability at AB InBev since June 2025. Other AB InBev roles listed are VP, Agriculture & RAU I Sustainability & Procurement, North America (2022–2025), VP, Sustainability, Logistics, Capabilities & Craft Procurement North America (2021–2022) and VP, Sustainability, Logistics, SVC & Capabilities Procurement (2019–2021).
Athos Américo Biselli de Lourenço
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement Operations Director · AB InBev
Global Procurement Operations Director at AB InBev since October 2020; the profile says that as leader of GHQ PSS he is responsible for global procurement operations supporting global procurement. At Ambev he was LATAM Capex & MRO Manager (2018–2020), LATAM Sourcing Manager (2017–2018) and LATAM Planning & Performance Manager (2016–2017).
Dave Kramer
LinkedInExperience: Procurement Director VIC Africa · AB InBev
Procurement Director VIC Africa at AB InBev since November 2023; the profile says he is responsible for raw materials, packaging materials, energy and fluids for zone Africa. Other AB InBev roles listed are Global Procurement Director - Secondary Packaging (2021–2023), Director of Global Procurement Shared Services (2019–2021) and Spot Buy Manager (2017–2019).
Hanna Kim
LinkedInExperience: Global Sourcing Director, Global Procurement · AB InBev
Global Sourcing Director, Global Procurement at AB InBev since March 2024, a role the profile describes as raw materials category strategy and sourcing. Other AB InBev roles listed are PPM & Analytics Director, APAC Procurement (2022–2024), Associate Director, APAC Procurement (2020–2021), Planning and Performance Manager, APAC Procurement (2019–2020) and Indirect Procurement Sr. Manager, BU East Asia (2017–2019).
Keshav Banarji
LinkedInExperience: Global Director, Ingredients Procurement & Sustainability · AB InBev
Global Director, Ingredients Procurement & Sustainability at AB InBev since January 2025; the profile says he leads ingredients and auxiliary materials procurement and enables sustainability initiatives. Other AB InBev roles listed are Director - Packaging Procurement & Sustainability, Europe (2019–2025), Category Director, Transport and Logistics Procurement, Europe (2017–2018) and Category Manager - Transport & Logistics, Europe (2016–2017).
Leonardo Coelho
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement Sr Director · AB InBev
Global Procurement Sr Director at AB InBev since June 2024. Other AB InBev roles listed are Global Head of Procurement Transformation & Operations (2021–2024), Procurement Sr Director (2018–2021) and two Procurement Director roles (2014–2017 and 2017–2018). His profile describes leading transformative strategies across procurement and supply chain operations.
Roark Nel
LinkedInExperience: BU South Director Africa Procurement · AB InBev
BU South Director Africa Procurement at AB InBev since January 2026; the profile says he is accountable for more than $2 billion of spend across Southern Africa. Other AB InBev roles listed are Mauritius Director Africa Procurement (2022–2025), Director Africa Procurement PPM & Transformation (2019–2022) and Raw Materials Category Manager Africa Procurement (2017–2019).
Susan Hoskins
LinkedInExperience: Procurement Director · AB InBev
Procurement Director at AB InBev since March 2009, after serving as Procurement Manager at Anheuser-Busch (1995–2009). Her profile headline cites packaging experience, and the profile says her responsibilities included $320M of annual folding carton spend for North America and that her current responsibilities include $1bil of procurement.
Svetlana Pankratova
LinkedInExperience: Global VP Procurement, Commercial, Indirect & ZBB at Anheuser-Busch InBev · AB InBev
Global VP Procurement, Commercial, Indirect & ZBB at AB InBev since September 2020, a role listed alongside Global Procurement Director, Commercial, held since December 2017. Other AB InBev roles listed are Global Procurement Director, Packaging (APAC) (2016–2017), Global Procurement Director, Marketing (2013–2016) and CEE Procurement Category Manager Media and Marketing services (2011–2014).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's category and geography to your question: a global category director knows how a category is sourced across zones, while a zone or business unit director knows local suppliers and market conditions. Check whether the relevant role is current or past, since category structures change over time.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How are sourcing decisions split between global category teams and zone procurement teams?
- 02How does zero-based budgeting shape what procurement asks of suppliers each year?
- 03What sustainability requirements do packaging and agricultural suppliers need to meet to stay on the approved list?
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