Rob is currently the Global Wireless Sourcing Leader & EMEA IT Sourcing Leader for GE. Working across all GE's businesses Rob provides sourcing leadership for all aspects of Mobility and connectivity for the Industrial Internet as well sourcing the IT and Telecom requirements of the GE businesses across EMEA. Before joining GE Rob was Group Head for Telecoms Sourcing for Western Europe and the Nordics and managed a team providing all aspects of Telecoms sourcing to Orange Business Services. Rob also played an active role supporting Orange Business Services New Media team and driving Social Computing into the Enterprise. Prior to joining Orange, Rob worked for IBM in various roles included, Pan European Purchased Telecoms Manager, UK Purchased Telecoms Manager and various Technical roles in UK Network Delivery Organisation, designing networks, installing and configuring Cisco hardware as well as later Managing teams of Network Engineers across the UK. Having graduated with a First Class Degree in Construction Management, Rob went on to gain a Ph.D. in Financial Management also from Liverpool University. Specialties: Consulting on Sourcing at C-level, Pan-European Sourcing Practices, Global Telecoms Markets Commercial and Contractual Consulting, Outsourced Solutions, Dispute Resolution, Industrial Internet Connectivity (M2M) Social Computing & Media within the Enterprise

Global Wireless Sourcing Leader & EMEA IT Sourcing Leader @ Global Sourcing Leader responsible for all GE’s Mobility and Industrial Internet (M2M) Sourcing Requirements. Negotiates Global MSA's & owns relationships for key Partners alongside functional teams to drive GE's Wireless strategy Globally, whilst also focal point for all Corporate IT&T Sourcing across EMEA. • Identified a Global WiFi requirement and negotiated a Global WiFi solution to reduce Wireless data roaming costs around the Globe. • Received a Major Award from the Global Ops Supply Chain Senior Vice President for work launching first sites in Africa on GE's first Outsourced Network BlueSky. • Support GE's Software COE in San Ramon with all Industrial Internet contracts for Connectivity as a Service. • Joined Board of Directors for GE Infrastructure UK Ltd. • Industry Expert Panelist at the GE Capital Mighty Middle London Event for the Industrial Internet. • Member of European CTO Council and regular contributor on Wireless. From April 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) United KingdomEMEA IT Sourcing Leader @ Regional Sourcing Leader driving all Corporate IT sourcing strategies across all the GE Businesses across Europe, Middle East and Africa. • Completed the Sourcing of the first fully outsourced Network in GE known as Project Bluesky in Africa. • Managed the successful IT Purchased Services (ITPS) Project to determine and track Purchased Services cost KPIs across all Business Units. • Led the use of E-Auctions as a strategy for heavily commoditized IT products achieving savings of between 40-70%. From September 2013 to March 2014 (7 months) United KingdomSenior Telecoms Sourcing Leader for EMEA @ European Sourcing leader for Telecoms across all GE business units. Joined GE mid-year and completed all pre-agreed projects and closed the negotiations over the Christmas holidays of GE's Voice Utility Service in EMEA. • Devised and Launched “MiniGuide” an iPhone app to help GE users understand Mobile Data Usage. • Supported all Business Units in Europe with all M2M (Industrial Internet) connectivity requirements and identified the need for a shared connectivity as a service offering to allow the simplification of M2M projects across GE. From April 2011 to March 2013 (2 years) United KingdomHead of Telecoms Sourcing for Western Europe and the Nordics @ Group Head for Country Telecoms Sourcing managers for Western Europe and the Nordics From July 2008 to April 2011 (2 years 10 months) UK Telecoms Sourcing Manager @ UK Telecoms Sourcing Manager. Part of a team responsible for Telecoms procurement across the Orange Group in the UK. From February 2008 to July 2008 (6 months) Global Project Buyer @ Project buyer in the Orange business Services Global Sourcing team concentrating on Outsourcing projects. From July 2007 to February 2008 (8 months) EMEA NSD Business Operations Manager @ Business Operations Manager for IBM's Network Service Delivery across EMEA From January 2007 to June 2007 (6 months) EMEA Purchased Telecoms Manager @ managing IBM's Telecom's spend with third party Service Providers across the EMEA. From October 2004 to December 2006 (2 years 3 months) North Region Purchased Telecoms Manager @ Managing IBM's Telecom's spend with Service Providers across the UK, Ireland, South Africa and the Netherlands. From July 2004 to October 2004 (4 months) Manager Network Engineering @ 2002 – 2004: Network Service Delivery Manager, IBM. Network Delivery manager for UK covering all aspects of IBM’s Network delivery. Successfully managed two of IBM UK’s key infrastructures; SecureNet and the web hosting Server Farms supporting all of IBM’s eBusiness customers in the UK having graduated from IBM’s Management School (Basic Blue) 2000 – 2002: Network Service Delivery Team Leader, IBM. NSD Team Leader supporting the Networks for IBM’s Customer Service Centre (Helpdesks). 1998 – 2000: LAN Network Engineer, IBM. Responsible for designing and building the networks across IBM’s UK’s Datacenters. Completed various IBM Networking, Cisco and Checkpoint courses and selected for IBM’s Fast Track Graduate Program From December 1998 to June 2004 (5 years 7 months) United Kingdom

Ph.D., Financial Managment @ University of Liverpool From 1995 to 1998 BA (Hons) (First Class, Construction management @ University of Liverpool From 1992 to 1995 Rob Evans is skilled in: Dispute Resolution, Outsourcing, Telecommunications, Vendor Management, Program Management, Service Delivery, Managed Services, Change Management, Service Management, Project Management, Strategic Sourcing, Business Transformation, IT Outsourcing, IT Strategy, Cloud Computing