Todd, a member of the Williams Lea Group Board, is also our Asia Pacific Chief Executive Officer. A Canadian citizen, Todd has over 20 years’ international experience, and has lived in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong.

Previously, Todd held executive roles with British Telecom, Descartes, Japfa Group, and Cott Beverages. He has also led the Asia Pacific operations for the Watt Design Group and Lunn Dyer including managing programs for the Hero Supermarket Group, Virgin Cola, The Daiei, Haitai, Ito Yokado and Makro.

Bruce Kuppersmith is the Director of Value Engineering for South East Asia. The role of Value Engineering is to partner with customers to help them achieve their objectives. This includes strategic advisement, business case development and program planning. Bruce has an extensive background in Strategic Sourcing /Procurement having recently worked with Barclays Capital as a Global Category Leader. In this capacity he managed over $1.6 Billion USD in spend and developed category strategies, cost reduction plans, and supplier rationalization programs. Prior to Barclays he held leadership roles with Bloomberg LP, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Macquarie Bank. Bruce has category expertise in a number of disciplines such as Professional Services, Human Capital, Travel, IT, Facilities, Interim Staffing, and BPO. He is certified in Six Sigma and has managed a number of Transformation, Change Management, and Technology related projects.

Recently appointed as Managing Director for HRS in Asia Pacific responsible for setting the business direction, driving organic growth with new and existing customers across APAC markets, establishing strategic partnerships, and talent development. Previously heading up strategic growth and account development across 17 markets for BCD Travel. With more than 20 years of travel industry experience includes serving in airline sales, general management and consulting in both North America and Asia. 

Brian has leadership over all Direct (Food Ingredients - Wheat, Rice, Cocoa, Sugar, Corn, Oils, Flavors, Seasonings etc.. and Packaging) and Indirect (Marketing, Consulting, HR, Finance, Logistics, Capital, MRO etc....) Procurement across Kellogg's Asia Pacific & Africa Business. His expertise includes creating highly effective teams, developing strong relationships with stakeholders, mitigating risk, improving overall performance and ensuring ongoing improvement. 

As the General Manager, CP Global Commercial for Shell, Vincent manages all Contracting & Procurement activities for Shell Lubricants, Bitumen, Sulphur, Aviation and Downstream in China with a total spend of 4.5 billion USD. He has strong commercial experience in Base Chemicals and Lubricants, risk management, contract negotiation & management. 

Brett is an experienced and qualified procurement professional with exposure across end to end procurement processes and is responsible for the effective management of all group wide direct and indirect spend. Brett has gained his procurement experience from over 12 years in the Pharmaceutical, Health Care, Environmental Services, Logistics, Engineering and Manufacturing sectors through Australia, Asia Pacific and globally. This experience has seen Brett take on remits for creation and execution of building sustainable procurement and risk mitigation strategies, policies, procedures, related functions and teams.

Thierry, as the Chief Procurement Officer for Air France is in charge of implementing an Air France - KLM combined procurement organization addressing a spending of 13 billion€ and able to deliver best in class performance. 

With extensive contracting and negotiation experience in supply management and strategic sourcing, as well as sales, Jim Bergman serves as Vice President of APAC/Middle East for IACCM and is focused on the effective implementation and execution of leading contracting practices set forth by IACCM. He supported multiple locations globally, where he addressed strategic sourcing and legal issues concerning commodities and services valued at more than $1 billion annually. He will be leading a workshop on how companies can ensure continuity in supply while maintaining costs. 

Dennis is a highly engaged international process management and operations expert with more than 10 years of international experience in process and performance management having led several global process improvement and transition programs within the Procurement Organization of DPDHL. Dennis is now globally responsible for Sourcing- and Category-Management for a cluster of Categories, related to operations (e.g. Packaging, Corporate Wear, Operational Prints, Office Furniture and Office Supplies). As a Six Sigma Black Belt, Dennis puts a focus on consistent and highly efficient execution of the Procurement Process as well as the impact of DPDHL’s suppliers on its operations. 

Wai Meng leads the Corporate Purchasing, Logistics and Technical Services teams in StarHub. He is responsible for the Corporate Purchasing & Supply Chain Management, as well as the Field Services delivery for the Consumer Business Group. He will be presenting a case study on the Starhub Green Movement; the company’s initiative to achieve sustainable procurement. 

Lisa is the South East Asia Hub Head of Procurement for Consumer & Healthcare at GlaxoSmithKline. She is responsible for indirect procurement for Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia and will be part of a discussion on how companies can best engage the various stakeholders for a unified approach to strategic procurement. 

Daniel is responsible for the government of Osram’s procurement and organizational policies and guidelines in APAC. He is also responsible for the regional contribution to net income and payment term results. He directs and initiates cross-BU pooling and manages direct procurement to sales BGs. He acts as the bridge between global and regional management (corporate and BU) to initiate, execute and monitor implementation of global or regional initiatives. 

Sebastian Chua has held several regional positions in Alcatel Lucent, Citibank, Microsoft and HP. Currently, Sebastian is the head of procurement for one of Singapore’s well known government entities- the Health Promotion Board. His experience includes providing leadership in category sourcing strategies & operational excellence which have greatly contributed to the reduction in the organization’s indirect spend, process efficiencies and supply base rationalization. He also has experience in launching a pioneer transformation initiative for outsourcing the operational finance & tactical procurement functions around Accounts Payable, Records, Payroll and Procurement transactional services. Sebastian will be giving his insights on procurement transformation to move from just procedures to high performance and ensuring that every single procurement personnel is responsible to deliver beyond his/her base role

Nigel has the overall responsibility for the Asia region with spend of $150M USD across 10 countries and manages 3 category managers and a supply chain operations group (consisting of 15+ account procurement specialists and buyers distributed throughout the Asia region). He is also responsible for strategic supplier relationships including the negotiation, management and alignment of supplier business/industry strategic plans. He is best suited to be a part of a discussion on maintaining a leaner supplier base. 

Chris Gallagher is the founder and MD of CGA, a Procurement Portfolio Consultancy. His expertise includes providing learning and development programs; international development work; strategic planning services and general business development interventions, across Procurement and Supply Chain Management. He will be moderating an oxford style debate on the topic global vs. local sourcing that includes participants from leading companies such as Marina Bay Sands, Kellogg Company and Cathay Pacific.

James is responsible for the non IT global procurement for Standard Chartered Bank. In addition to generating year on year savings increases and the development of departments operational model, James has built teams of locally based market/category experts with the strategic capability and leadership skill that have step changed the procurement environment for corporate services within SCB. He will be presenting on the importance of creating an effective compliance strategy in a regulatory heavy environment. 

A highly experienced commercial consultant with 22 years’ experience of sales, client management and consultancy.  Roger has a service sector background, having worked within the Investment Banking, Telecommunications, Information Technology and FMCG industries.  He has worked in The Gap Partnership for the last 10 years delivering development workshops and consultancy projects to clients all over the world.

Apurva Gupta is currently responsible for leading the Global Logistics Procurement Network for Unilever. He is tasked with leading the transformation of the Logistics Procurement from a regional to a Global organization and for creation of Global Portfolio Strategies, Key Supplier Relationships and Global Value Transformation agenda. He has over 16 years of leadership and business transformation experience in Supply Chain and Procurement, having worked for The Procter and Gamble Company and Unilever, the world’s two leading Consumer Products Companies in multiple geographies, business units and diverse cultures. 

As the Vice President of Direct Procurement Asia Pacific at BASF, Frank is responsible for the regional procurement of specialty raw materials such as Functional Raw Materials and Performance Chemicals as well as New Business Development and Sustainability in Procurement. BASF has rolled out a number of sustainable procurement strategies; Frank will be opening the conference by highlighting the importance of sustainable procurement and how BASF creates chemistry for a sustainable future. 

Liz has spent the last 9 years working across Europe and Russia, and now Asia, implementing numerous complex, multi-country, change programmes with high value commercial contracts.  Managing the balance of cost efficiency, quality of finished product and speed to market.  Liz has a working knowledge of the print and retail POS supply chain.  A driver of best practice, processes and technology for the Operations & Sourcing teams, ensuring delivery to the end client.  Working with the Supply base to ensure all sourcing activity is well managed and conforms to the supplier management principles of the business.  Tag is part of Williams Lea Group, a leading business services company. The Group employs approximately 11,500 staff across the globe, with key locations in the Americas, EMA and Asia Pacific, and is owned by Deutsche Post DHL.

Toni is responsible for the expansion of Fieldglass, the industries #1 Vendor Management Solution throughout the APAC region. This includes consulting with existing customers to deploy into the region as well as building business cases for organisations who need to solve problems relating to pre-qualification, HSE management and risk, cost savings, business process efficiencies with regards to the engagement of suppliers, management of contractors, development of contractor talent pools and complex services procurement SOW's.

Sridhar Kandhadai is the VP for Procurement & Supply Chain in Marina Bay Sands. Sri brings 22 years of Procurement experience to Marina Bay Sands having worked across multiple geographies and with several marquee brands. Sri is working in transforming Marina Bay Sands procurement team from transaction focused to a more strategic team. Sri’s expertise includes category strategy, strong relationship with stakeholders, commercial expertise, building effective teams and  creating structures to manage Procurement effectively. 

Thomas is Spend Matters' lead analyst in sourcing and all aspects of supplier management and engagement. Thomas' passion is the interaction between information technology and how business is conducted - how the two continue to shape each other, particularly in the corporate supply chain. He will be leading a synergy workshop on how to generate more value from your suppliers by maintaining a great relationship with them. 

Mark is an executive manager who thrives when working in a team environment.  His goal is to apply the expertise of CIPS along with his own passion for excellence in order to professionalise their people and systems and as a result, improve and grow their organisations.

He has global experience and expertise intraining and has conducted open and in-house training courses around theworld.  In his management roles, he hashad responsibility for training and has implemented best practice methodologiesin many companies.  Mark is a highlyrated lecturer, trainer and facilitator and is experienced in behavioral changemanagement.  Mark has spent manyyears in senior management roles of some of the largest institutions, both inAustralia and Internationally - successfully growing company operations.

Daniel has procurement experience in direct and indirect categories across manufacturing, IT, banking, medical, education, hotel, retail industries. He has previously established strategic procurement process across APAC and developed project procurement process for new office buildings with a focus on procurement involvement and sourcing KPIs. He also established sourcing strategies for China procurement and will be leading a roundtable discussion on achieving cost targets by effective category management.

Shankar began his career with FosrocChemicals India Limited, Bangalore, India. He joined Akzo Nobel, Bangalore in1996 and has worked in various roles with in supply chain function such asDemand Management, Logistics, warehousing and took over as BU Head ofProcurement for India & South Asia in Y2009. He is currently the Head ofPurchasing for Decorative Paints of AkzoNobel for South Asia, South East Asiaand Middle East.

Shankar holds a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in chemistry and masters in International Business from Indian Instituteof Foreign Trade, Delhi.  He is also a‘certified purchase officer’ from ISM, USA.

Joseph Martinez is the Head of Global Sourcing – APAC at Deutsche Bank where he is responsible for regional sourcing, travel, and procurement to pay operations for the 17 APAC markets. His past experience includes responsibility for over 5,000 supplier relationships and approximately $9.5 Billion in supplier spend. He will be joining a discussion on effective outsourcing to create a leaner and cost efficient company. 

Saurish is a highly accomplished management executive with more than 12 years of experience in global procurement, spend management, optimizing supply chain networks and e-commerce implementation. His theory on value chain optimization in the marine procurement field is a trendsetter. His vision in bringing marine procurement and supply chain function at par with other industries like automobile and aerospace industry has led to various companies endorsing his supply chain optimizing model. He will be giving his insights how procurement can positively influence the performance of the company. 

Ron is a strategic sourcing professional with more than 17 years of North American and Asia-Pacific work experience in global commodity / category management, strategic sourcing, new product introduction and supply chain management. He is highly experienced in the outsourced manufacturing and electronics supply markets in the Asia Pacific, Europe and North America and will be presenting a case study on Google’s search for excellence in Stakeholder Relationship Management.

Mr. Tran has long been working in various roles of Purchasing, Supply Chain Management at world-class companies such as IBM, GE, Foxconn, Philips. Presently, he is a Purchasing Executive at DSM, responsible for Asia-Pacific Purchasing, based in Shanghai. During his purchasing career, Mr. Tran believes in the professionalism of purchasing, continuously steers and drives its strategic value for company. He is a great addition to the discussion on the movement towards to strategic sourcing from procurement focusing on purely price negotiations. 

Bawana leads Colgate's Indirect Procurement organization for the Greater Asia Region. Her expertise lies in strategic souring, process improvement, supply chain management and best practice direct and indirect sourcing.  She is best suited to be a part of a panel discussion on how companies can reduce their supplier base for a leaner organization. She will also be moderating a heads of procurement boardroom discussion involving 15 heads of procurement across industries in Asia. 

Michael is responsible for USD 2.7 billion in spend on behalf of Jones Lang LaSalle and its clients and manages a team of 54 procurement professionals around the region delivering a diverse range of procurement needs to a world class client base. With over 25 years of experience in the procurement industry with seven years based in Asia, Michael also leads the Jones Lang LaSalle global strategic sourcing board. He is best suited to present a case study on how to effectively manage supplier relationships. 

Suresh has 23 years of experience in Procurement and led large teams globally in Multi National Companies and is currently Director, Global Procurement at Micron. He has held leading roles in defining and implementing Procurement and supplier Management  strategies, risk mitigation etc.  He has strong expertise in strategic sourcing, raw material and  planned cost optimization, category management and supplier development activities. 

Holger is an international expert in purchasing, logistics and supply chain management as well as in learning and development. He supports companies in all areas of procurement transformation as well as in all training, learning and development activities. Amongst others he designed and managed more than 45+ so-called procurement academies for internationally leading companies such as Dell, BASF, DHL, Reliance and others. He has trained and coached thousands of purchasing & supply chain managers on all five continents and insights into global and local best practices.

As the Head of Procurement Region Asia Pacific for Merck Group, Henner holds the responsibility for all procurement activities in Asia Pacific. He is extensively involved in the firm’s movement towards strategic procurement and works with different stakeholders to ensure effective transformation. He is best suited to present on how procurement can add value to the business by ensuring a close link between procurement and the business. 

Bhavesh has been involved in the strategic leadership of sourcing, procurement and supplier collaboration in a number of fortune 500 companies. He believes in the new era of purchasing excellence by strategically managing the sourcing activities of companies through best-in-class, sustainable purchasing management practices. He will be giving the audience his insights on creating and implementing a sustainable procurement strategy. 

Aamir is a member of the Global Management Team of Commercial at Mars Transversal Team, a global cross-segment Indirect Buying Organization and is fully accountable and responsible for managing multi-billion dollar indirect spend namely, Factory and General Services, Logistics, and Marketing & Sales incl. Media for all Mars business segments (Chocolate, Gum, Petcare, Food and Drinks) across Asia Pacific. He is experienced in developing strategic sourcing teams in improving business skills, building relationships with internal stakeholders and driving Procurement towards strategic business partnering with business units to contribute to bottom line savings and effective supplier performance management.

As the Regional Chief Procurement Officer of APAC and General Manager of the International Procurement Group in Hitachi Asia, Shinojima is responsible for supporting all procurement activities for all Hitachi Group companies and regional procurement strategy planning and facilitation in APAC from corporate direction. He will be taking part in a discussion around the importance of stakeholder management. 

Maggie is responsible for strategic sourcing of direct materials for the Mead Johnson business in the Asia Pacific region. Her role involves identifying, developing and executing the appropriate sourcing strategy to ensure and/or delivery supply security, productivity, material innovation and reduced price volatility. She also leads initiatives to ensure the Asia business meets if not exceeds its cost of goods target through cost solutions in raw and packaging materials. She is best suited to present on the impact of volatile commodity pricing on procurement and how companies can best prepare for it. 

TH has more than 13 years of experience in the procurement and supply chain area, gained through working in EMS, Automotive and Pharmaceutical industries. In his current role, he has regional responsibility in Direct (Chemicals, Packaging, API) and Indirect (Logistics, IFM, MRO etc) Procurement for several manufacturing sites in APJ.

Tim has over 29 years of working experience in purchasing field, have been working for MNC such as IBM, Motorola, Reemtsma, Lexmark, as well as small and medium firm such as construction company, advertising company, electronic company.  His expertise is in Indirect Materials Purchasing for the last 10 years and is in charge of the Asia Pacific Region for Lexmark. 

Charlie Villasenor is known as a procurement and supply chain management icon in Asia for his advancement of best practices, ethics, e-enablement, and sustainability in supply management. He has multi-industry experience and currently leads a large multi-national group of supply chain and technology professionals to deliver results to various organizations around the world in such industries as manufacturing, telco, oil & gas, energy, financial services, logistics, retail, construction, services organizations and public sector as well.

Kaustubh is a strategic sourcing executive with an ability to leverage procurement expertise in complex and diverse international business environment. He has over 20 years of experience in fields of procurement/supply chain, commodities trading and strategy consulting ranging from operational to executive leadership roles at regional and global levels. He is best suited to discuss Asia’s progress towards strategic procurement. 

Tiow is currently the global procurement director for Diageo, based out of Singapore and leads end to end procurement (direct materials, marketing/commercial and indirects/overheads categories) for the teams across Asia Pacific, Global Travel, Middle East and North Africa. He has been a pioneering member of marketing procurement for the region and will be leading a roundtable discussion on creating an effective marketing procurement team in Asia.