Gavin is responsible for 3rd party software procurement for the Royal Dutch Shell group of companies, with a focus on enterprise applications that span the group and also software requirements from its global functions (IT, Finance, HR, Legal and Real Estate) be that for ‘traditional’ on-premise software procurement and Software-as-a-service requirements. Gavin has 15 years procurement experience with a strong focus on IT procurement throughout (hardware, software, telecoms) but also a number of other indirect categories such as HR, Marketing and Facilities. The last 7 years have been at Shell with an initial focus on IT Professional Services including Systems Integration and Application Managed Services, moving to software 3 years ago.