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Barbara Kux’s successor announced
Maarten de Vries, the current head of IT at Royal Philips, will take over as global head of purchasing following the departure of current CPO Barbara Kux on 30 September.
De Vries began his career at Philips in 1986 and has held CFO positions within the Philips group. His appointment into the procurement role is in addition to his role as chief information officer of the group.
Kux will leave the Dutch electronics giant at the end of September following five years in the role, Procurement Leaders revealed earlier today.
Kux, who joined as CPO in 2003 was promoted to the group management committee in October of the same year. She was ranked by Fortune magazine as the 19th most powerful woman in global business during 2007.
A spokeswoman for Philips told Procurement Leaders that Kux was leaving Philips on 30 September and returning to her native Switzerland for personal reasons. “We very much regret to confirm that because she had been a great servant,” the spokeswoman said.
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