Malcolm Harrison

Malcolm Harrison joined CIPS in July 2018 after a broad and varied career spanning over 30 years.  

In his early career he worked in Production, Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, and HR with Mars Confectionery, Pedigree Petfoods and Bass. 

From 2000 he created and led global Procurement for Interbrew in Belgium, and was subsequently appointed Chief Procurement Officer of InBev. In 2006 Malcolm joined Nestlé SA in Switzerland as Chief Procurement Officer responsible for the largest FMCG procurement spend in the world; he brought a real focus to building the capability of the function and led a step-change in the involvement of the procurement function with the Nestlé businesses. He joined the Executive Committee of Rexam plc, the FTSE 100 consumer packaging company, in 2010 as CEO of the global Plastic Packaging division.  In 2013 he moved to beverage cans where his responsibilities included Rexam’s group IT, operational improvement, Environment Health & Safety and Global Procurement.

In 2015, Malcolm joined the Cabinet Office of Her Majesty’s Government where he held the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Crown Commercial Service, overseeing an annual spend of more than £13 Bn on common goods and services across the UK public sector. He also had responsibility for UK Public Sector Procurement Policy and for supporting the UK Government’s initiatives with SMEs.

Having established and developed many Procurement functions over the span of his career Malcolm wants to ensure CIPS continues to help drive the profession forward, ensuring education is at the heart of today’s – and tomorrow’s – agenda for procurement and supply professionals. 

Ensuring CIPS remains as the global voice for the profession is critical to Malcolm’s future vision for CIPS and will help to ensure that CIPS can continue to represent the profession at the highest levels.