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Stephen D. Laxton
Title: President and Chief Operating Officer Company: Nucor Industry: Construction
With a tenure of more than two decades at North America’ s largest steel manufacturer, Stephen Laxton serves as its President and Chief Operating Officer. He has supported the company’ s expansion beyond commodity steel into higher-value downstream products, strengthening its manufacturing portfolio. His finance experience brings a new lens to the factory floor.
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Martin Thomsen
Title: Group Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer
Company: Rolls-Royce Holdings Industry: Aerospace & Defence
As Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer of Rolls-Royce, Martin Thomsen focuses on modernising, strengthening and scaling the company’ s global supply network as part of its ongoing organisational transformation. Under his oversight, the company is deploying AI tools to optimise procurement, forecast needs and manage inventory.
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