Guy Kirkwood is an independent authority on sourcing; outsourcing, shared services, BPO and offshoring.

He has cross industry familiarity and domain knowledge of HR, finance, procurement and technology. Guy is a speaker at events organized by Management Today and the Economist and his papers have been published worldwide. He is a member of and regular contributor to SharedXpertise (formerly the SBPOA), member of the HR outsourcing association (HROA), council member (scholar) for the Gerson Lehrman Group, executive forum member of the Coleman Research Group, member of the European institute for advanced studies in management (EIASM), the European marketing academy (EMAC) and the chartered institute of marketing (CIM) and is on the European advisory board of Business Week. Guy has lived and worked in Germany, the UK and currently in France and holds a BA and an MPhil.

Guy built and ran Antiphon, a sourcing advisory and research company, since 1995. Additionally, he has written a widely-respected blog on the market - BPO Backchat; with the latest entries below and an extensive archive available.

If you are interested in the whole sourcing area; if you need advice, help or contacts in this complex market; call Guy on +44 700 397 7000 or email guy@kirkwood.biz.