Elvan Akalin (Past Speaker)

Elvan heads IT & Telecom partnership globally. She has been at UCB since 2008 driving category strategies, enabling technology as a catalyst in creating value through new insights, creative approaches,   developing solid and collaborative partnerships between IT and global purchasing, leading digital initiatives among categories and delivering impactful outcomes. Recently, she led supplier relationship management discipline in IT to support digital transformation by unlocking the potential of high-value suppliers and become a customer of choice to facilitate negotiations at UCB.