10 Mars procurement leaders
Spread from Switzerland and Spain to Egypt, China and India, these Mars procurement leaders cover pet nutrition, health and wellness brands, commodity price risk and indirect spend. Two hold chief procurement officer titles, globally and for North America, and eight are at Mars today. Worth a call if you sell ingredients, packaging or services to Mars or are setting up a procurement team with a similar mix of categories.
Professionals to explore
Ahmed Sorour
LinkedInExperience: Former MEA Commercial (Procurement) Director - Mars Global Services · Mars
Indirect spend in MEA and India is Ahmed Sorour's area as Commercial Director MEA and India - Mars Global Services since March 2025, managing $400 million of indirect spend for Mars Snacking. Ahmed was MEA Commercial (Procurement) Director - Mars Global Services (2023-2025) and Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager APMEA Media, Content, D&T (2020-2023), useful for media and content sourcing questions.
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Angela Alexiou
LinkedInExperience: Former Global Procurement VP, Mars Pet Nutrition · Mars
Angela Alexiou was Global Procurement VP, Mars Pet Nutrition (2019-2021) and Global Procurement Transformation VP, Mars Pet Nutrition (2021-2022), and has done independent consulting since 2023. Angela also held VP Procurement Pet Nutrition Europe at Mars (2013-2018) and Sr. Director, Global Procurement, Juice at PepsiCo (2010-2013), a fit for questions on pet food procurement and transforming a procurement team.
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Dave Cloete
LinkedInExperience: Former SVP Commercial - North America (C.P.O) · Mars
Before becoming SVP Commercial - North America (C.P.O) at Mars in December 2025, Dave Cloete was CPO North America at Kellanova (2024-2025), VP Procurement - North America at Kerry (2021-2024) and Procurement Director - LATAM at Kerry (2020-2021). Dave also held Senior Global Category Procurement Manager Ingredients & Commodities at Kerry (2015-2020), which fits questions on ingredient and commodity buying at Kerry, Kellanova and Mars.
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Elena Cortés
LinkedInExperience: Procurement & Sustainability VP · Mars
Tying sustainability targets to sourcing is the question for Elena Cortés, Procurement & Sustainability VP at Mars since April 2024, after EU Strategic Sourcing Director (2020-2024). Elena's Danone roles include Cycles & Procurement Director Iberia X-CBU (2019-2020) and Procurement Knowledge & Performance Director (2016-2018), part of a career across manufacturing, supply chain planning and procurement.
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Gabriel Guzman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Procurement and Sustainability International Markets at Mars Pet Nutrition · Mars
Gabriel Guzman has been Vice President Procurement and Sustainability International Markets at Mars Pet Nutrition since June 2024, and held the Latin America version of that role (2021-2024). Gabriel was Global Senior Director Procurement and Sustainability at AB InBev (2012-2021) and Sr. Commercial Manager at Mars (2008-2010), so Gabriel can compare procurement and sustainability work at Mars Pet Nutrition and AB InBev.
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Gaston Boer
LinkedInExperience: Global VP Commercial (CPO) · Mars
Gaston Boer has been Global VP Commercial (CPO) at Mars since January 2024. As VP of Commercial EU (Indirect Procurement) (2019-2023) Gaston covered $3B of spend with a team of more than 75 across all indirect categories in the EU and CIS, and at Danone was Global Sr Director Ingredients sourcing (2014-2017) and Senior Director Global Transformation ZBB (2017-2019), a fit for indirect spend and ZBB transformation questions.
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Jim Satterfield
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Procurement (Sourcing) · Mars
Commodity price risk questions fit Jim Satterfield, Vice President - Procurement (Sourcing) at Mars since August 2026, leading a team of 20 associates and a portfolio of over $1.8 billion of raw materials and packaging materials in North America. Jim was Senior Director - Commodity Price Risk Management (2023-2026) and Associate Director - Commercial (Procurement) at Mars Petcare (2022-2023).
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Joe Gibson
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Procurement - Accelerator · Mars
Health and wellness brands have been Joe Gibson's recent focus: Global Procurement Head - Mars Health & Wellness (KIND, Nature s Bakery & Trü Frü) (2022-2026), and Sr. Director, Procurement - Accelerator at Mars since May 2026. Joe has led end to end procurement teams covering ingredients, commodities, packaging, external manufacturing and indirects in mature and insurgent brands, and was Regional Procurement Head - North America (2020-2021).
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Tishey Sharma
LinkedInExperience: Former Director Procurement India North Dev Asia · Mars
Sourcing across Asian markets is Tishey Sharma's area: Director Procurement India North Dev Asia at Mars (2017-2020), responsible for strategic sourcing for India, North Asia and Developing Asia, and Director Procurement at Mars (2019-2020). Tishey also held Head of Procurement at Wrigley (2010-2017) and Sr Director, Head of Asia Pacific Procurement at Teva Pharmaceuticals (2020-2024).
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Vinson Xue
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Commercial Procurement · Mars
Based in Guangzhou, Vinson Xue has been Vice President - Supply at Mars since July 2021. Earlier Mars procurement roles were Vice President - Commercial Procurement (2014-2016 and 2017-2020), Vice President - Commercial Procurement APAC & China (2017) and VP - Commercial Procurement and Care-taker for Supply (2020-2021), which suits questions on moving from procurement into manufacturing and supply in China.
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Choose the right perspective
Gaston Boer and Dave Cloete hold the chief procurement officer seats, so start there for how the function is run. For raw materials, packaging and commodity price risk in North America, Jim Satterfield is the closest fit; for pet nutrition, Gabriel Guzman now or Angela Alexiou, who left in 2022. Ahmed Sorour and Gaston Boer have both managed indirect spend, while Elena Cortés, Joe Gibson and Vinson Xue cover Europe, the health and wellness brands and China, and Tishey Sharma, who left Mars in 2020, covered India and the rest of Asia.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a food and pet care company set up commodity price risk management for ingredients like grains and cocoa, and who decides when to hedge?
- 02When a newly acquired snack brand joins a large company, which supplier contracts move to the parent's terms and which stay with the brand?
- 03How are procurement and sustainability goals combined in one role, and how do they change which suppliers win?
About this directory
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