Charles de Souza

Charles De Souza is an experienced procurement professional currently serving as Associate Director at EBRD since September 2024. Prior roles include Head of Category Management and interim Procurement Director at Smart DCC, and Head of Procurement at SEFE Marketing & Trading Ltd from September 2020 to July 2023. Charles also held the position of Category Director at Barclays between August 2017 and September 2020, and Head of IT & Corporate Procurement at SSE plc from May 2014 to August 2017, focusing on indirect procurement, evaluation strategies, and tender preparation. Charles holds an MCIPS from the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and a Higher National Diploma in Business and Marketing from Farnborough College of Technology.