Lenushka Parannath, Head of Procurement for Bidvest International Logistics, has more than 15 years of experience in procurement. Lenushka has a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Economics and a BComm Honours degree, and is currently completing her MBA. She successfully tackled a number of different industries, including maritime, logistics, financial services, FMCG, ICT, property, retail, marketing and education.

Lenushka’s experience spans public sector, private sector, entrepreneurship, and medium to multi-national organisations.

In addition, Lenushka has headed up procurement teams in various categories including marketing, IT, logistics, warehousing, professional services, direct and indirect materials and various areas of procurement and supply chain.

She was CEO of Telkom’s VS Gaming and Head of Procurement for Telkom Marketing, Content and Value-Added Services, and has held senior roles in companies such as Mondelez, Absa and A.P. Moller-Maersk.