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10 Morgan Stanley procurement leaders
These ten current and former Morgan Stanley procurement leaders have held director, executive director and managing director roles in sourcing, procurement and supplier services at Morgan Stanley. A reader can learn how procurement leaders work at Morgan Stanley from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bhargav Mehta
LinkedInExperience: Director Corporate Services, IT Sourcing · Morgan Stanley
Director Corporate Services, IT Sourcing at Morgan Stanley since January 2025, in Mumbai. Bhargav Mehta's profile says the role supports management of a $200MM+ annual portfolio of enterprise software contracts with business, IT, finance and legal teams. Bhargav Mehta was Manager - Software Procurement at Nomura from 2019 to 2025.
Craig Hodgson MSc, MCIPS, MCMI
LinkedInExperience: Former Executive Director, Head of Asia IT and Non-IT Sourcing · Morgan Stanley
Former Executive Director, Head of Asia IT and Non-IT Sourcing at Morgan Stanley (2016 to 2019), based in Hong Kong. Craig Hodgson was also Vice President, Head of Asia IT Sourcing (2013 to 2016) at Morgan Stanley and has held Executive Director roles there in Asia third party management and outsourcing since 2019.
Craig McKenney
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and Chief Procurement Officer · Morgan Stanley
Managing Director and Chief Procurement Officer at Morgan Stanley since November 2025. Craig McKenney was EVP Chief Procurement Officer at U.S. Bank from 2021 to 2025 and Managing Director Head of Citi Tampa & Global Supply Chain at Citi from 2013 to 2021, and also lists Managing Director roles in global procurement operations and procurement service centers at Citi.
David Fajoyomi
LinkedInExperience: Director of Sourcing – Enterprise Data Center (EDC) · Morgan Stanley
Director of Sourcing – Enterprise Data Center (EDC) at Morgan Stanley since September 2025, based in Budapest. David Fajoyomi's profile says the role directs sourcing execution across a $3B+ global data center programme at Morgan Stanley. David Fajoyomi was Sustainability Purchasing Manager at Knorr-Bremse AG from 2022 to 2025 and Regional Category Manager at Bosch from 2017 to 2021.
Elya Chalom
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Software Sourcing · Morgan Stanley
Director, Global Software Sourcing at Morgan Stanley since November 2025, in Westmount, Quebec. Elya Chalom was Senior Advisor IT Vendor Management at Desjardins in 2025 and Senior Procurement Advisor at iA Financial Group from 2020 to 2023. The profile describes a focus on IT procurement, software licensing and compliance, and software licensing audits.
Eric Hepworth
LinkedInExperience: Director, Firmwide Sourcing · Morgan Stanley
Director, Firmwide Sourcing at Morgan Stanley since January 2023, in New York. Eric Hepworth's profile says the role manages global marketing, media, communications and sponsorships categories across the Wealth Management, Investment Management and Institutional Securities business units. Eric Hepworth was Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing at Paramount from 2022 to 2023.
John Gazdus
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Head of IT Sourcing · Morgan Stanley
Executive Director, Head of IT Sourcing at Morgan Stanley since May 2012, in the New York City metropolitan area. The listing shows this as John Gazdus's current Morgan Stanley role, with the profile tagged at director level in general management and naming executive leadership and sourcing among the areas of work.
Julio Angel Batista
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Procurement Operations · Morgan Stanley
Global Head of Procurement Operations at Morgan Stanley since January 2022, with a profile headline of Executive Director at Morgan Stanley. Julio Angel Batista held a Vice President role at Morgan Stanley from 2007 to 2022, which the profile lists as IT Procurement Manager.
Péter Káplár
LinkedInExperience: Global Supplier Services Director · Morgan Stanley
Global Supplier Services Director at Morgan Stanley since February 2025, based in Budapest. Péter Káplár was Senior Lead, Global Supplier Relationship Manager, Procurement Strategic Sourcing at Kyndryl from 2021 to 2024, and held category lead, supplier relationship and sourcing roles in car leasing, travel and facilities at IBM from 2016 to 2021.
Swetha Pamu
LinkedInExperience: Sourcing Director · Morgan Stanley
Sourcing Director at Morgan Stanley since February 2024, in Mumbai. Swetha Pamu was an Associate at Nomura from 2019 to 2024, Deputy Manager at Hexaware Technologies from 2017 to 2019 and Senior Sourcing Analyst at GEP Worldwide from 2013 to 2016. The profile cites strategic sourcing, vendor management and procurement experience.
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