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Martyn Hart is the Chairman of the UK’s National Outsourcing Association (NOA), which he instigated back in 1987. He has been involved in information and communications technology for over 30 years and is currently with Gartner, the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. He has held senior posts in the criminal justice and security services sector and had stints in finance, retail, telecoms and transportation. He has held positions with Atkins, Steria, PWC, BT, BR and the UK’s Home Office, where he delivered Europe’s first outsourced Criminal Justice ICT system back in the early 1990s.

One of the most versatile and well regarded figures in the global sourcing space, Deborah Kops has a 360-degree view of the industry. Formerly a founding partner of PwC’s BPO unit and the CMO of a leading offshore BPO; MD of FleetBoston’s (now Bank of America) Services Group, MD Global Sourcing Transformation for Deutsche Bank; and consulting partner in two major firms, she has hands-on experience as buyer, vendor and advisor. She now focuses on the challenges of outsourcing change through sourcingchange.com. Deborah is an author and regular columnist and contributor to publications worldwide (including Outsource online).

Stan Lepeak is MD at EquaTerra and EquaSiis and the Leader of EquaTerra’s global research practices focused on trends, issues and futures in the global information technology and business process outsourcing markets. He specialises in business process and information technology (IT) services and outsourcing market trends and futures, performance and satisfaction levels; outsourcing and shared services execution and management best practices; and the globalisation of the business services and outsourcing markets. Stan has 20+ years experience in the business and IT services markets and is a frequent speaker and writer for events and publications worldwide.

Debra C. Robinson is Senior VP, Chief Information Officer for Hearst Magazines, responsible for leading and coordinating IT initiatives and operations across all Hearst Magazines business units. Prior to this appointment, she was VP Technology and Production, Digital Media for Hearst Magazines, instrumental in developing and organising that newly-created department. She was the lead person for developing the technology and production needed to create and implement Hearst Magazines Digital Strategy. Robinson was also interim CIO of CDS Global. Before coming to Hearst, Robinson was senior vice president & CIO at Primedia and held executive positions at CVS Pharmacy, CMP Media, Delaware North Companies and Aramark.

John is head of Alsbridge's ITO Practice. He has over 20 years’ procurement, programme and commercial management experience gained primarily within the ITO and BPO marketplace and is an expert in defining, shaping and negotiating complex outsourcing relationships. Throughout his career he has taken a leadership role in all aspects of the sourcing lifecycle from both the client’s and the service provider’s perspective, and his pragmatic and practical approach is widely acknowledged. Prior to joining Alsbridge, John gained supplier-side experience from companies including Hewlett-Packard, Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and PwC.

Dr Vagadia is a Board Director of the National Outsourcing Association. He is also a director at Op2i – an outsourcing research, advisory and implementation support firm; the founder of GovernanceDirector.com, an online decision governance and compliance system; and an advisor to the International Telecommunications Union on policy and regulatory matters. Bharat has been involved in ICT and manage services for over 12 years, and has advised governments, regulatory authorities, and businesses in UK, Western and Eastern Europe, Kenya, Bahrain, Jordan, KSA, Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, the UAE and India. He has a PhD researching the interplay of legal contracts and trust in outsourcing relationships, an MBA, LLM, B-Eng and DipM.

An NOA board director with responsibility for the training initiative, Yvonne chairs the HR special interest group. She is also the MD/owner of MDA Executive Resourcing, an outsourcing advisory and executive search business. A subject-matter expert, she advises on strategy, builds teams and sources individuals with the competencies to deliver across diverse vertical markets. She works with global suppliers, end-users, consultancies, and legal firms across the USA, Asia and UK/ EMEA and is a regular keynote speaker – UK, China, and Central Europe outsourcing conferences. Yvonne has contributed a chapter on resource management and recruitment for Kingston University – “The Human Side of Outsourcing – Psychological Theory and Management Practice”.

Outstanding in every respect though it is, the Outsource Magazine Editorial Board 2010/11 is not yet complete – and we want you, our readers, to help us fill it. We’re looking for between one and three more members to come onto the Board in December, and we’d like our reading public to nominate who they think would make the best representatives of the outsourcing space to help the existing members, and the editorial team, take Outsource onwards and upwards over the following 12 months.

Sourcing’s a big, wide world with plenty of superstars, so we’re anticipating a lot of high-quality suggestions – and of course we can’t invite everybody… But don’t let that stop you putting a name forward if you think you know an excellent candidate with extensive and diverse experience and a global perspective: send your suggestions via email to the editor at jamie.liddell at outsourcemagazine.co.uk, follow us on Twitter @outsourcemag, or let us know through our LinkedIn groups.