Telecommunications
10 Chief Procurement Officers in Telecommunications
These ten executives hold or have held the chief procurement officer title at telecommunications companies. Readers can learn how telecom procurement organizations source network equipment, devices and services and how they manage suppliers across several markets.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Savage
LinkedInExperience: Group Executive and Chief Procurement Officer · MTN
Group Executive and Chief Procurement Officer at MTN since May 2026, after serving as Acting Group Executive and Chief Procurement Officer (2025–2026) and Global Lead Procurement Excellence (2022–2025) at MTN. The profile describes MTN Group as Africa's largest mobile network operator; his other MTN roles include General Manager - Operational Excellence (2019–2022).
Arshad Ali
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Digicel Group
Chief Procurement Officer at Digicel Group since 2024, after serving as Head of Group Procurement at Boldyn Networks (2014–2023). The profile describes Digicel as a telecommunications company offering cloud, mobile, home and business services in 25 markets in the Caribbean and Central America; he was earlier Director - Procurement Services at Westpac (2008–2012).
Dirk Karl
LinkedInExperience: Group Executive Chief Procurement Officer & Member of the Board - Global Sourcing Company (GSC) · MTN
Former Group Executive Chief Procurement Officer & Member of the Board - Global Sourcing Company (GSC) at MTN (2017–2025), and Chief Procurement Officer at HUMAIN since 2025. He also held Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom (2010–2017) and CPO & General Manager ING Group N.V. at ING Nederland (2005–2010). At HUMAIN the profile says he leads AI initiatives as part of the procurement and supply chain strategy.
Ivan da Mata
LinkedInExperience: CPO - Procurement Director · Claro Brasil
CPO - Procurement Director at Claro Brasil since 2018; the profile describes Claro Brasil as a telecommunications company offering fixed internet, mobile internet, TV and cell plans. He was previously Procurement Superintendent at Banco Bradesco (2016–2018) and CPO Brazil & Head of Procurement Strategy Americas at HSBC (2012–2016).
Javier Garcia de Castro
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Procurement Officer · Telefónica
Former Global Chief Procurement Officer at Telefónica (2018–2023); the profile notes that his assignment as GCPO ended on 31 March 2023. He also held Director Global CRM & Global Procurement Services (2016–2023), Director of Strategy, Global Resources (2011–2012) and Director, Global Security (2010–2011) at Telefónica.
Julia Trouhcheva
LinkedInExperience: CPO - Chief Procurement Officer, MTS · MTS Group
CPO - Chief Procurement Officer, MTS at MTS Group since 2023. The profile says she leads the procurement organization at the biggest telco in Russia to transform business models and support a dynamically developing business. Before that she was Global Procurement and Business Travel Director (2018–2022) and Global Procurement Director (2017–2018) at Luxoft.
Lloyd Switzer
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · TELUS
Chief Procurement Officer at TELUS since February 2017; the profile lists the role at C-level within the operations department. The profile also lists him as VP Network Transformation at TELUS, a role shown from 2007 to the present alongside the procurement role.
Morten Dean Dunham
LinkedInExperience: Group CPO and CEO of Telenor Procurement Company (TPC) · Telenor
Group CPO and CEO of Telenor Procurement Company (TPC) at Telenor since 2026; the profile describes Telenor Group as a telecommunications company connecting customers across the Nordics and Asia. His other Telenor roles include CEO of Telenor Eiendom (2018–2021) and Manager Projects & Portfolio at Telenor Nordic Mobile (2005–2007).
Patrik Lundblad
LinkedInExperience: CPO & head of Group Sourcing · Ericsson
CPO & head of Group Sourcing at Ericsson since 2023; the profile describes Ericsson as a telecommunications company with 60,000–70,000 employees. He previously held purchasing roles at Volvo Group, including Senior Vice President of Purchasing (2013–2016) and Vice President Cab Purchasing (2007–2012), and was Senior Vice President of Technology at Volvo Construction Equipment (2016–2018).
Saber Chrigui
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Ooredoo Algerie
Former Chief Procurement Officer at Ooredoo Algerie (2019–2022). At Ooredoo Group he has been Group director Commercial Sourcing since 2024, after serving as Group Director SRM and Devices sourcing (2023–2024), and his listed Ooredoo Group roles also include Senior Manager Network Category Sourcing (2014–2016). The profile describes Ooredoo as connecting 164 million people across 12 markets.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's company type to yours, since buying for a network operator differs from buying for a network equipment maker. Also consider whether your question concerns a single country operation or group-wide sourcing, and pick someone whose roles fit that scope.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you structure negotiations with the small number of large network equipment vendors?
- 02How do you balance group-wide sourcing with the needs of local operating companies?
- 03What does a procurement transformation look like at a telecom company, and how do you measure its results?
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