Jim Reed is currently IT Sourcing Strategy Director at Rolls-Royce and is in particular responsible for the relationship with the outsourcer and with the upcoming global retender of that contract. Prior to his 5 years at Rolls-Royce, Jim started as a designer in GEC and had a business career in GEC and Royal Mail, including Quality Director, Business Planning and Strategy and Business Process Improvement, before becoming Purchasing Director IT in Royal Mail in 1999. In this role he set up the IT supply chain, drastically reduced the cost base and outsourced Royal Mail’s IT to the Prism Alliance in a £1.5 billion 10 year contract. Jim has a degree in computing.