A multi-disciplined and transformative leader, Brian Clancy has 20+ years of Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Vendor Management & Risk experience as a Chief Procurement Officer, Managing Director and Delivery Partner for global market leaders in Asset Management, Hedge Funds, Trading, Investment Banking and Private Equity. He has managed billions across all Category Spend (Tech & non-Tech) and explicitly designed and implemented Procure-to-Pay capabilities while integrating 3rd-Party Risk Management solutions. He has built, led, and transformed Procurement organizations to industry best-in-class and has served as a strategic partner to CTOs and CFOs on Technology Investment, Cost Optimization, Cloud Spending, IT Asset Management, Utilization and Governance.Select Initiatives:For a Global Asset Manager: Developed a global procurement strategy and engagement model to support a~$2.5B multi-category spend profile. Negotiated key contracts with critical suppliers yielding $MM in validated P&L savings across Cloud, Colo, Telecom, HW, SW, ESA, ProServices and Cyber. Steering committee member executing against a cloud migration strategy across Data, Compute, Storage, Apps and Security.For a Global Hedge Fund: Implemented a digital, AI driven S2P tool with custom integrations into Accounting, Legal, Security, Tax, AP and TPRM. The platform serves as single source of truth for all expenses globally (~$3B), and integrates analytics, metrics and risk profiles across a diverse and extended enterprise (outsourcers, suppliers, data centers, exchanges, auditors and regulators.)For a Global Investment Bank: Established a Third-Party Risk Management Program built off a rules-based signaling and escalation engine to ensure compliance with both internal controls and external regulators (SEC, FINRA, OCC, SOC, SSAE, GDPR etc). Implemented platform to catalogue, automate and monitor risks and resiliency while integrating Vendor analytics and metrics.For a Global Investment Manager: Launched a 2-year transformation initiative which included comprehensive category plans and cost modeling against $2.2Bs of IT Services, SaaS, Cloud, Software, Co-lo, Cyber, Market Data, Professional Services, Real Estate/ MRO. Established first global Vendor Management program.For Private Equity: Evaluated operating expenses and technology cost structures to plan, source and negotiate the IT Tech stack of portfolio companies as part of pre-investment due diligence and post-acquisition performance metrics.