Jun 2010 - Sigaria welcomed a record audience to the Procurement Leaders Awards 2010 at the spectacular Landmark Hotel in London.At a glittering, gala dinner which marked the Procurement Leaders Awards 2010.

A.P. Moller-Maersk walked away with two awards, including the flagship Procurement Excellence Award for it's work in developing India as both a sourcing hub and a source of procurement talent. A.P. Moller Maersk topped off an excellent evening by picking up the award for best use of technology.

Other successes included Syngenta, which picked up the award for innovation, Sainsbury's which won the best procurement team award, Siemens for people development, AstraZeneca for best cross-function project and BT for CSR.

In the individual award for procurement leader, Hans Melotte, VP and chief procurement officer of Johnson & Johnson, pharmaceuticals picked up the gong.

Highly commended companies which were narrowly beaten to the top prizes by the eventual winners included CSM, Babcock International, OC Oerlikon Management, BDR Thermea Group, National Grid and Reed Elsevier.