{"id":1589,"date":"2010-11-19T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/chris-stancombe-111910\/"},"modified":"2010-11-19T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T11:28:00","slug":"chris-stancombe-111910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/chris-stancombe-111910\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting to the chase with Capgem’s Chris Stancombe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Did you hear that one about the British geophysicist who became an accountant, ran an African engineering business, has been a COO, CIO and CFO, before winding his way into the sourcing business with Accenture, and subsequently Capgemini, where he helped jump-start their BPO business?<\/strong><\/p>\n Today, Chris Stancombe has worked in BPO for nearly a decade, and now heads Capgemini’s\u00a0Global Finance and Accounting Outsourcing practice. \u00a0 And one of the first things you’ll notice when you meet Chris is he doesn’t mince words… he cuts right to the chase. \u00a0And that’s exactly what we\u00a0wanted\u00a0him to do with the HfS crowd when we recently caught up to ask Chris\u00a0how he sees sourcing in this economy shaping up, and get his views of what customers are looking for (or should be looking for) today…<\/p>\n Phil Fersht:<\/span><\/strong> Chris, thanks for joining us today.\u00a0When you look at the market landscape today, how do you sum it up in terms of what clients are looking for, and how things have changed since the recession, in terms of the kinds of conversations you are having?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n