Deputy Head of Group/Head of Section
Cristina Lara
Cristina completed her degree in business administration in Madrid (Spain) and joined CERN in 1995 as a member of the Procurement Service in charge of IT equipment and LHC purchases. Since 2004, she has worked within the Procurement Service as Head of Section in charge of Industrial Services contracts. She is also in charge of the quality assurance for the Procurement Service.
Head of Section
Fatima Najeh
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Procurement Officer
Hiba Gerster
Hiba completed her commercial education in France and joined CERN in 2000. She has been working within the Procurement Service since 2005.
Laszlo Abel
Laszlo graduated in 1982 with Summa Cum Laude diploma from the Electro Physics Faculty in St. Petersburgh and joined CERN, as a member of the Procurement Service, in 1994.
Charles Carayon
Charles completed his MSc in Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) in 2008. Before joining CERN, he managed procurement activities in the cryogenic, space and radio navigation industries. Charles joined the Procurement Service as a Procurement Officer in July 2015.
Álvaro Leciñana Soldevilla
Álvaro completed his Mechanical Engineering degree in 2019 and his MBA in 2020. Before joining CERN, he worked in procurement activities in the packaging sector, participated in an engineering research project and worked during 2021 in the Trade Commission of the Embassy of Spain in Chicago.
Administrative Assistant
Camilla Vilaplana
Camilla completed her professional maturity diploma in 2021 in Geneva. After various jobs in administration, she joined CERN as administrative assistant in 2022.