Meet our Procurement team
Our procurement team, made up of some of the sector’s leading voices, has decades of experience helping to develop offshore wind, renewable energy and more.
Now, they are focused on becoming the leading procurement team in the offshore wind industry, putting partner satisfaction first.
Benoit Lavinal
Head of Procurement and Contract Management
Benoit joined Green Investment Group in December 2021 and is the Head of Procurement and Contract Management at Corio.
In this role, Benoit leads the team through four focus areas: Procurement Development, Supply Chain Development, Category Management and Project Procurement.
Prior to joining Corio, Benoit worked for ten years at Vattenfall where he built and led procurement teams for all renewable activities. Previously, he worked for General Electric in a number of offshore wind commercial roles, since joining the business in 2003.
Mark Ansell
Mark joined Corio in September 2022 as the Head of Procurement Development.
In this role Mark helps to establish the enablers for a high performing procurement unit - including process design, framework governance and delivering the tools to give us a competitive edge in the supply market. Mark also supports the corporate procurement activities of the Corio Group.
Mark has spent 20 years in operations, procurement and supply chain. Working globally for organizations such as E.ON, The New Zealand Government, Westpac Banking Corp, The World Bank and most recently Fiserv Inc.
Head of Supply Chain Enablement
Ellie joined Corio in January 2023 as the Head of Project Procurement.
In this role Ellie is responsible for the delivery and execution of procurement and contract strategies for Corio’s projects – including the tendering of key supply packages and contract and claim management.
Ellie has over 18 years commercial and procurement experience primarily in the renewable energy sector, Prior to joining Corio, she spent 15 years with ScottishPower where she led the procurement and contract management activities for a number of onshore and offshore windfarm projects in Europe, including a project focusing on the electrification of a commercial fleet.
Elinor Vowles
Head of Project Procurement
Jesper joined Corio as a Head of Category Management in June 2022.
Jesper is also responsible for the Offshore Substation category. Prior to joining Corio, Jesper worked for Orsted as global category manager for the Offshore Substation (OSS) category, where he developed and executed the global OSS category sourcing strategy for a global pipeline of projects in the US, Europe, and APAC.
Before Orsted, Jesper spent 14 years at the Maersk Group working mostly within global procurement for both the O&G and marine businesses.
Jesper Møller
Head of Procurement Strategy
Ahead of the Curve
Corio’s supply chain development initiative
We want to help local businesses into the offshore wind sector to deliver the capacity the world needs to reach net zero.