GEC CEO, Nancy Gillis joins PACE Leadership Group

The Global Electronics Council (GEC) is proud to announce that our CEO, Nancy Gillis, has joined the Leadership Group of the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) to continue championing the power of procurement in transitioning towards a circular economy.?GEC’s mission is to allow societies to benefit from technology but not at the price of People or Planet.

Ms. Gillis is a recognized leader in the space of sustainable and circular procurement and supply chains.?Prior to joining the GEC, she was the Global Lead for Resilient and Responsible Supply Chains with Ernst & Young (EY) and during the Obama Administration, she served as the Director of the Federal Supply Chain Office at the US General Services Administration (GSA), responsible for expanding the inclusion of sustainability considerations into $45B of spend across all product and service categories.?

As the CEO of the Global Electronics Council, Ms. Gillis has led GEC’s role as a Founding Partner of the Circular Electronics Partnership (CEP), as well as the launch of GEC’s Purchaser Commitment – a multi-year global campaign calling on public and private sector leaders to commit an increasing percentage of their ICT spend towards only sustainable and circular ICT products and services.?

PACE is also a Founding Partner of the CEP, as a platform that brings together leaders from across business, government and civil society to develop a collective agenda and drive ambitious action towards a circular economy. This year, The Circular Economy Action Agenda for Electronics was released with valuable contributions from GEC, identifying the need to increase market demand for circular products and services.

The GEC is proud that Nancy’s knowledge, insights and passion for sustainable and circular procurement can now be leveraged through the PACE Leadership Group, to champion good practices and lead the way towards the global advancement of the circular economy in electronics.