Will Harman, Operating Excellence Specialist, Apax Partners
Procurement as an essential deal synergy source for private equity deals and for the on-going operational excellence in private equity portfolio companies.
Will Harman is an Operating Specialist in the Operational Excellence team. He joined Apax Partners in 2014 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Will worked for PA Consulting Group where he led procurement restructuring, cost reduction and supply chain risk management programmes for clients including BP, BAE Systems, and Aston Martin. Will was previously a supply chain consultant at PwC and has led major procurement programmes at Jaguar Land Rover.
Milana Chamberlain, Partner, Norton Rose
The obligations, within M&A of human rights in the supply chain and issues arising under the UK Modern Slavery Act.
Milana Chamberlain is a corporate finance lawyer and a senior member of our business ethics and anti-corruption group based in London with more than 15 years of working experience in Central and Eastern Europe. Currently she is advising on the reporting obligations and issues arising under the UK Modern Slavery Act, human rights in supply chains and other challenges faced by businesses in relation to human rights in their operations. Milana has been a member of the working group conducting a research project on human rights due diligence run jointly by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Norton Rose Fulbright.
Izzy Khan, Global Category Lead MA&D, GSK
How procurement can integrate without strangling a target in red tape – especially where an established business is buying a much smaller company.
Educated in Finance, Economics and International Relations Izzy has risen through the ranks at GSK. Starting with the Future Leaders programme and currently as category lead for the MA&D team Izzy leads the procurement of all outsourced services for GSK M&A activity.