Meet the team
CollectiveSpend is built by people who have done this work inside large, complex organisations. The team is made up of senior procurement and supply chain professionals who have worked alongside Fortune 500 companies and government organisations. We understand how sourcing decisions get made when the stakes are high, the rules are strict and the scale is real. This is not advisory work from the sidelines: we operate shoulder to shoulder with internal teams.
Joonas Jantunen
Joonas brings more than 20 years of experience in procurement transformation, strategic sourcing and business development. He has founded and scaled multiple procurement-focused businesses and delivered results for clients across the Middle East, Africa and Europe. His background spans FMCG, retail, telecommunications and government, with hands-on experience in complex negotiations, procurement technology implementation and governance design. He is focused on building strong teams and using AI and automation to move procurement from tactical execution to strategic impact.
Faiq is a procurement transformation leader with nearly 20 years of experience across the UAE and wider GCC. He has led more than 50 procurement transformation initiatives for government entities, financial institutions, healthcare groups, real estate developers and large corporates. His expertise spans strategic sourcing, spend optimisation, category management, governance redesign, supplier relationship management and procurement technology, combining data, technology and operating model design to deliver measurable gains in efficiency, compliance and cost performance.
Iyas Khatib
Iyas brings 20 years of experience across category management, strategic sourcing and large-scale procurement transformation, working with government, financial services, real estate and complex multi-country organisations across the GCC. He has led procurement maturity assessments and transformation programmes for major institutions in KSA and the UAE, including post-merger integrations, centralised procurement operations and ERP implementations. His work spans indirect spend, facilities management, sustainability-driven procurement and spend analytics.