Richard Beaumont

Former CPO
The Co-operative Bank

Before taking on the top procurement job at Prudential Global Digital Services, Richard held leading procurement positions at the Co-Op Bank and Rolls-Royce. Combined with his background in consultancy at McKinsey and as an Officer in the British Army, Richard’s deep knowledge and understanding of the procurement profession position him perfectly to steer discussions as Chairman, Panel Moderator and Roundtable Leader.

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Conference Day Two – Wednesday 5 April 2017

Thursday, May 4th, 2017

14:30 Opening remarks from the chair

15:00 All star panel – How can you solidify and enhance your supplier relationships to mitigate risk and create the right buying opportunities for your business?

17:00 Fire Side Chat - How can you strategically manage and protect your data in an age of ‘high risk’ technology to mitigate reputational risk?

How to use cloud software to help protect business data
What do you do with company and customer data and how is it managed?
What control do you have over data stored using cloud technology?
How can your suppliers assist in data protection and privacy?
What can you do to preserve data and your businesses reputation?

05:40 Oxford style debate – Your business should fully embrace cloud technology: Data is safe

FOR

Can you manage cloud services to protect data and shield privacy?
You can work with regulators to ensure cloud-technology does not pose a regulatory risk

AGAINST

Using the cloud to share data can leave your information open to hackers/competitors
Ownership of data: who owns your data once it is on the cloud?