Walter Charles

Walter Charles is the Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at Allergan, where his global procurement teams support the purchase of billions of dollars a year of products and services supporting research & development, manufacturing, marketing, legal, capital, information technology, plant operations, travel, and general and administrative services. He is an internationally sought-after speaker on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data Analytics (BIG DATA) and Robotic Programmable Automation (RPA); a procurement technology Innovator; and a transformational results deliverer.  Prior to joining Allergan, he held CPO roles at companies such as Biogen, Kraft Foods, Kellogg’s, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Supply Chain, and Cordis (one of Johnson & Johnson’s former medical devices companies). As such, he has the unique perspective of serving on supply-chain leadership teams and leading procurement transformations across multiple industries, including biotechnology, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, and medical devices.