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Willem Appelo is president of the Strategic Services Group at Xerox Corporation. He was appointed to this position in December 2002 and named a corporate vice president in February 2004. He is also a corporate senior vice president, appointed in December 2007.
Appelo is responsible for the company's worldwide supplies business as well as global manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, facilities management, Xerox's environmental sustainability initiatives and other core corporate functions.
Appelo joined Xerox in 1991. Since then he has held several positions in corporate audit, strategy, and finance for manufacturing and supply chain operations in Europe. In 2000, he championed the worldwide inventory reduction initiative and management process for the corporation and in 2001 returned to Europe to manage the European Manufacturing and Supply Chain.
Prior to joining Xerox, Appelo worked for seven years in the paper industry for two operating companies within Buhrmann Tetterode, NV, Netherlands. From 1984 to 1987 he was financial controller for the Levison Group b.v., and from 1987-1991 he served as director for Papierfabriek Doetinchem b.v., responsible for logistics, IT and finance.
Appelo holds a bachelor's degree in finance from HEAO in Zwolle, Netherlands and an MBA from Delta University in Utrecht, Netherlands. He is chairman of the board for Xerox International Partners, and is a board member for Xerox International Europe, Xerox Ireland and Fuji-Xerox. Appelo is also a member of the Rochester Institute of Technology board of trustees. | 