• Directly accountable for Collections, Mortgages and Lending, Credit Bureaus, Commercial printing sourcing categories • Developed, gathered requirements and led multiple RFx’s covering the following services: Annual Printing, Business Partner Flexibility (Collections), Regulatory Printing and Distribution services. • Developed timeline, organized and led Project Team to for timely RFP completion • Led up to 20 complex coursing and contract governance projects simultaneously, coordinating and directing the team towards the successful completion. Served as a line manager to Financial and Marketing analysts assigned for the projects providing a direction up to 100 people (including stakeholders) to drive a successful and timely delivery of a project • Collaborated with line of business client, and legal groups to identify service requirements and to lead the development and preparation of proposed Agreements • Negotiated contracts for suppliers with appropriate terms and conditions to mitigate risk to CIBC, provided appropriate reporting, detailed operational processes, and outlined KPIs, and any other requirements identified by the business • Performed in-depth analysis of relevant information to identify opportunities and develop proposals to improve sourcing strategies

• Contract position to work on the high scale construction projects of the new cinema • Developed and conducted RFP’s covering following services: General Contractor, Engineering systems contractor (HVAC, sewage systems, fire and smoke detection), finishing materials suppliers, food and beverage, marketing agency services, cleaning services • Managed spend of USD25M per site • Led RFI initiatives to select industry leader vendors capable providing services in Central Asia region. • Established global contracts with IMAX/Sony/Figueras/Dolby/Dbox and other world leading industry’s leaders. • Defined the sourcing strategy, designed and developed RFP’s, sourced, negotiated and managed sub-contractors (including full range of engineering systems, design, specific cinema equipment, new site acquisition) • Estimating and budgeting the profitability of new projects • Directly responsible for the construction management / design matters / contract and vendor management of new cinema in Mega Park Almaty • Analysis of economic and financial indicators at each stage of development projects (acquisition of new sites) • Responsible for budgeting and financial forecasting of newly acquired sites • Delivered the savings totaling USD80K and completed the assignment within limited timeline.

• Directly accountable for corporate security, armored car sourcing categories (CAD100M annually) • Developed, gathered requirements and led multiple RFP’s covering the following services: security guards, cash management, collection services. • Developed timeline, organized and led project team to for timely RFP completion • Led up to 8 complex RFP’s simultaneously, coordinating and directing the team towards the successful completion. Served as a line manager to financial and marketing analysts assigned for the projects, providing a direction to stakeholders to drive a successful and timely delivery of a RFP project • Collaborated with line of business client, and legal groups to identify service requirements and to lead the development and preparation of proposed agreements • Negotiated contracts ($800MM in FY2012) for suppliers with terms and conditions mitigating the risk to CIBC • Performed in-depth analysis of relevant information to identify opportunities and develop proposals to improve sourcing strategies • Conducted and delivered in-depth analyses of industries and supply markets that present comprehensive alternative supplier relationship structures to meet enterprise-wide requirements and reduce cost • Performed benchmarking analyses of current practices against industry standard and best-in-class performance • Provided direction to the Sourcing Analyst group to create comprehensive cost models for key products and services • Worked with Senior Category Manager, VRM and Business Lead to ensure CIBC's vendor management framework is implemented for high risk or high spend vendor under the scope of responsibility Achievements: Team award (Q2 2012) for the exceptional team performance for the confidential Business Continuity project

• Was assigned to lead the establishment of a centralized procurement department • Prepared and conducted RFP, RFQ, RFI, negotiated new contracts in several categories of Real Estate, Services and Marketing, totaling more than CAD 250 M annually • Managed RFP’s covering following services: Shredding Services, offsite storage, data entry outsourcing, payroll outsourcing, Branch network development (infrastructure), Facility Management, Food services, Printing services etc. • Defined annual plan including budget forecasting, coverage and savings targets, strategies for sourcing and business integration. • Worked closely with project team members ensuring all terms and conditions of the contracts are being adhered to resolving highly complex issues, ensured project objectives of quality, safety, cost and schedule are met • Planned, developed and optimized supply chain performance through market data analyses, applied the best practice policies where applicable • Performed on going purchase and spent analyses and Management Information Reports on weekly and monthly basis • Developed the detailed, structured and complete business requirements for project purchasing activity and managed the requirements through the projects lifecycle • Negotiated complex project contracts as well as framed agreements for services • Performed post-implementation (goods or services) follow up to evaluate supplier’s performance and determine internal client’s levels of satisfaction • Continuously developed business process improvement strategies

MBA, Diploma

Business law, Certificate

Linguistics, Translator-Interpreter

International Relations, transfer

CMI Canada, Negotiation for success

HSBC Training Center, Lean Six Sigma Green belt

Turkish Embassy, Turkish language annual course

TOEFL, 600

British Counsil, 8