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Why Join the CPO Track?
Gain candid strategies directly from world-class leaders and board-level executives.
Connect with 30 hand-picked CPOs through curated lunches, dinners, and discussions.
Join an exclusive group designed for senior leaders shaping procurement’s future.
Supply chain decarbonization is no longer just a priority, it’s a test of strategy, systems, and speed. Yet most Scope 3 emissions remain unmanaged, leaving companies stuck between intention and execution. This session explores the evolution of the CPO role and its newfound responsibility for driving measurable decarbonization impact across global supply chains. Supported by insights from 135,000 carbon scorecards and 48,000 GHG reporters from the EcoVadis network, learn which supplier actions deliver real climate progress and what’s at stake if companies fail to act.
What comes after a CPO role? In this exclusive CPO Track session, Barbara Kux — former CPO at Philips, and subsequently board member at Siemens, ENGIE, Adobe and more — shares her journey of transitioning from executive leadership into a diverse portfolio of board positions. Drawing on her track record of transforming global supply chains and driving impact at scale, Barbara offers practical strategies on how to prepare for a board career, position yourself for impact, and translate procurement expertise into value at the highest levels of business.
Join John Ferguson as he shares the global outlook for 2025 and beyond, grounded in EIU forecasts and Economist Impact research. The session begins with a macroeconomic view of GDP growth, inflation, and interest rates before turning to geopolitics—covering the war in Ukraine, US-China tensions, and Europe’s response. Learn how global companies are managing this turbulent environment through supply chain and risk strategies, and where AI is offering fresh optimism for the economy.
Now is the time to make tech work for you: companies with leading digital and AI capabilities reap 2 to 6 times the total shareholder returns compared to laggards. How do they do it? To deliver on tech’s full promise and capture more value, organizations need to rewire beyond technology from their strategic roadmap to talent, operating model, data, and adoption and scaling. Join McKinsey’s CPO Track session to explore and discuss how this translates to the procurement function and how leaders need to reimagine procurement to unlock real value.
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