LONDON, August 30 /PRNewswire/ -- BravoSolution, one of Europe's leading providers of eSourcing software and services, today introduces it's senior management team. Many members have been in place since the company set up in the UK in 2005, however recent appointments completed the team, bringing together experts in public and private sector procurement.

Nader Sabbaghian

Managing Director

Nader Sabbaghian joined the BravoSolution group in September 2001 as Marketing & Communications Director, subsequently taking on the responsibility of developing BravoSolution's UK operations in 2005.

Nader is an Engineering graduate with a Masters degree in Management & Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He began his career in consulting working for Accenture and McKinsey & Company on technology and strategy engagements for clients in Telecoms, Banking and Airline industries. Since 2000 he has focused his efforts in launching e-Commerce start-ups in Europe. As part of the founding management team in Private Equity and Corporate backed ventures, Nader's role has been primarily in strategy, marketing and business development.

Nader has lived and worked in Canada, the USA and Italy. He now lives in London with his wife and son.

Steve Ellesmere

Account Director

Steve Ellesmere is an Account Director responsible for the private sector business of BravoSolution UK. Steve brings over 20 years of experience in improving the performance of purchasing and supply processes in large businesses.

Steve was instrumental in transforming supply chain planning processes at Scottish Courage, developing new supply planning systems for BP Oil, and transforming global purchasing and supply at Hilton International. His consulting experience has involved the management of at least 120 purchasing and supply performance improvement projects.

Richard Hogg

Account Director

Richard joined BravoSolution in 2005 to support a significant growth phase in the delivery of eSourcing solutions within the public and private sectors.

Richard is an Engineering graduate, with an Honours degree from the University of Manchester. His subsequent experience has included over six years within eSourcing including spend analysis, category sourcing, eAuction delivery and supplier management including leading change management programmes within public, utility and private sector organisations.

Prior to BravoSolution, Richard was Head of eSourcing for Achilles and a Key Account Manager for Intershop UK.

Alun Moore

Account Director

Alun has extensive experience of introducing and running eSourcing programmes within the UK Public Sector; Central Government, Local Authorities, Education and Utilities. Prior to joining BravoSolution Alun was head of eAuctions at Achilles, focussed on supporting the UK Public Sector in the running of fully EU compliant eAuction programmes. During this time he worked with many Local Authorities, completing over 200 auctions across diverse categories from Special Needs Transport to multi-million pound IT procurements.

Alun has a background in Engineering and a post graduate CIM Marketing Diploma, he also brings many years experience of working with hi-tech UK manufacturing companies.

Daniel Quinn

Account Director

Daniel has been an Account Director with BravoSolution since early 2005, managing a portfolio of clients including; the BBC, OGCbuying.solutions and the Home Office. He has extensive experience deploying eSourcing solutions across both the Private and Public sectors, including the strategic use of eAuction programmes to unlock maximum economic value.

Daniel originally gained his procurement stripes with the J.Sainsbury's group, working for Homebase and Sainsbury's Supermarkets in senior project management and eTrading/eProcurement roles. He later moved into category management, strategic consultancy and the management of outsourced procurement projects and large scale eSourcing deployments.

Daniel has an MBA and qualifications in Project Management and Procurement.

About BravoSolution

BravoSolution is a leading international provider of eSourcing solutions. Our mission is to generate value by supporting our clients in the improvement of procurement processes through innovative web-based technologies and services.

Launched in June 2000 by Italcementi Group, one of Europe's largest multinationals, we have effectively combined professional expertise and technological excellence in the area of procurement in order to deliver valuable results to our numerous customers worldwide.

BravoSolution has offices in London, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Paris and Shanghai. In the UK we are the sole approved provider of eSourcing Services under the Framework Agreement managed by an Executive Agency of the UK Treasury.

BravoSolution has a steadily growing team of more than 220 professionals and has now managed over 55,000 online negotiations, totalling over GBP15 billion of spend.

    
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