Meet the speakers: Alisa Bornstein, CPO of Visa Europe
In Brief
Name: Alisa Bornstein
Company: Visa Europe
Position: Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
Year joined: 2021
Attending Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: Day 2 - 28th April
Who is Alisa Bornstein, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) of Visa Europe?
Alisa Bornstein is a well-versed leader in the world of procurement, her career spans almost 30 years and began in Ericsson’s repair centre. After 8 years at the telecommunications company, Bornstein worked her way up to Global Indirect Sourcing LEad of Ericsson Group Sourcing.
After leaving Ericsson, Bornstein was a Partner at Travelogica Consulting for two years, before taking on the role of Head of Procurement at BT Benelux (Nordic & Baltic).
In the last 10 years, Bornstein has held several executive positions in the procurement function for the likes of Telia, Millicom (Tigo), IHS Towers, and Arm before taking on the role that she holds today at Visa Europe.
In her role as CPO, Bornstein leads Visa Europe’s sourcing, overseeing the company’s end-to-end strategic and operational procurement. Partnering with global teams, Bornstein supports business cost and revenue objectives across its European clusters and markets.
Bornstein is also focused on ESG in the supply chain as part of the company’s multi-year procurement transformation programme.
Who is Visa?
Founded in 1958, Visa is a world leader in digital payments and facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments. Its mission is to connect the world via innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payment networks.
Visa states on its website: “We have a simple and unwavering vision that can be traced back to our beginnings in 1958: To be the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone, everywhere. We know that every Visa transaction is a promise [...] we want to provide the most secure and seamless payment experience possible.”
About Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: The Risk & Resilience Conference
This year, sister publications Procurement Magazine and Supply Chain Digital are heading back to the Tobacco Dock (London, UK) to host Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: The Risk & Resilience Conference.
The two-day hybrid event will be held on the 27th and 28th of April 2022, in-person and broadcast live via our fully interactive virtual platform.
To attend in-person or virtually for Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: Risk & Resilience, click here.
Across these two unmissable days, the agenda will include seven core themes:
- Supply Chain Risk & Resilience
- Digital Procurement
- Transformation
- Supply Chain Sustainability
- The Global Logistic Forum
- Supplier & Contract Management
- Digital Ecosystems
To explore the full agenda for Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: Risk & Resilience, click here.
