Christopher Bolton (Past Speaker)

Chris is Associate Director within Strategic Sourcing at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.  Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. Chris’s international category remit includes marketing, digital, corporate and medical affairs across 18 countries and counting. Originally a raw material buyer, Chris started his career sourcing direct materials before transitioning to indirect sourcing while at Abbott Laboratories.  More recently, Chris was the global marketing agency sourcing lead for Novartis Consumer Health. Outside of Sourcing , Chris also has experience of SAP implementation programmes, negotiating with major retail customers, marketing and corporate communications activities.