RAY NEWTON Procurement and Marketing Professional with over 30 years Procurement, Marketing Consulting and Project Management experience within Financial Services, Retail, Information Technology, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Energy Industry sectors. Ray is a results driven, client-focused and commercially aware professional. He has a strong track record of delivering procurement and contract management improvement across multiple direct and indirect sourcing categories. Working within blue chip matrix organizations and complex stakeholder and regulated environments. Ray has experience living and working internationally with roles held in North America, Asia and Middle East.Achievements are complimented by effective communication skills within complex stakeholder and regulated environments underpinned by leadership in direct and virtual project teams across multiple business units and geographies. Ray has a passionate focus on coaching and people development.Earlier career experience in various senior programme/project management/consultancy roles delivering marketing consultancy and IT outsourcing services at blue chip IT Outsourcing/Consultancy firms in Europe and the USA including BT, Fujitsu ICL Retail Systems, CSC Computer Sciences and IBM. Global Services