Chris Sawchuk – Global Procurement LEAD, The Hackett Group
Chris Sawchuk is the Principal and Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader for The Hackett Group
Aaron Passfield – Head of Procurement at HammondCare
Aaron has over 20 years’ experience in procurement leadership, operations and supply chain.
Trevor Smith, National Food Manager at Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group Pty Ltd
Trevor Smith is the National Food Manager for the ALH Group. Operating over 300 Licenced venues and more than 500 retail liquor outlets across Australia.
Alex Saric – Chief Marketing Officer, Ivalua
Alex has spent over 15 years of his career evangelizing Spend Management, shaping its evolution and working closely with hundreds of customers to support their Digital Transformation journeys.
Daniel Fielding, Co-Managing Director, ArcBlue
A graduate of University of Warwick business school (UK), Daniel is professionally qualified in procurement and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.
Phil Ideson – Founder and regular host of the Art of Procurement PODCAST
Amy Fong – Vice-President, The Everest Group, California, USA
Tony Webster-Smith, Regional Vice-President – APAC, AVETTA
Adam Boyle – SVP APAC and Managing Director, Pegasus, an Avetta Company
Adam has over 20 years of executive leadership experience in safety and compliance software as a service (SaaS) solutions.
Jeremy Suter – Director, Gartner Group
Jeremy Suter is a Director in Gartner’s procurement advisory team.
Kerrie Anson – Senior Consultant Project and Change Management, ARCBLUE
Kerrie Anson has over 20 years experience in Change Management Program/Project Management, Communications, Process and Organisational reform,
Robert Pease, Director of Category Management, The Department of Justice VICTORIA (DJCS)
Robert Pease is the Director of Category Management at The Department of Justice VICTORIA (DJCS) and instrumental in delivering this project for the Victorian Government.
Keith Bird – Founder and Director, The Birmont Group,
Keith bird is the Founder and Director at The Birmont Group, based in Melbourne – a procurement and business advisory firm which specialises in leadership development, training, facilitation and coaching.
Lesley Wardropper – Managing Director & Owner, PASA
Bronwyn Sloan, Head of Procurement, Virgin Australia
A self-directed and results-oriented professional with experience across both management consulting and industry.
Andrew Maxwell – Mattingly
Andrew’s procurement upbringing and ascension to a position of senior leadership provided a rich exposure to a long list of large multinational organisations, complex negotiations with deals in excess of $1bn, strong financial acuity and reporting to listed company senior management and Board.
David Lunn – Principal, BidWrite
David formed BidWrite in 2008 with Nigel Dennis.
BidWrite specialises in proposal management services and is the largest full-time staffed tender and proposal
management consultancy in Australia.
Ian Finlay – General Manager Procurement, Coles Group
Following an early career in manufacturing and supply chain, Ian moved into procurement whilst being involved in some early pioneering work in supplier development and relationship management in the pharmaceutical industry.
Sarah Duffy – Global LEAD, Transformational change, Bluescope Steel
Sarah is a strategy execution and change expert at BlueScope, a global manufacturing business.
Warren Shaw – Director, Client Engagement, OPEN WINDOWS
Warren has over 35 years’ experience in the IT enterprise software industry in various business development, sales, and management roles working locally and internationally.
Tarandeep Singh Ahaju – Partner, Procurement, McKinsey
Tarandeep is a Partner in McKinsey and Company’s Melbourne Office and leads the Procurement Practice across Asia Pacific.
Jonathan Dutton FCIPS – CEO, PASA
A seasoned general manager and business leader with 35 years hands-on leadership experience in several industries, appointed as CEO of PASA in December 2020 after seven years working as an independent management consultant on both sides of the negotiating table.