Conference speakers - CIPS Australia and New Zealand Conference 2021

Meet the speakers

We were delighted to be joined by a range of speakers from the region. Experts in their chosen field they will be delivering live content sessions throughout the event. We’ll hear real life case studies helping to elevate knowledge in key areas of procurement and supply.

Check out the speaker line-up, with more to announced…

Melanie Ahnau

Commercial Leader, Ministry of Business
Innovation and Employment

Duane Barber

CEO
IPC, Asia Pacific

Paul Barbaro

Executive General Manager
genU

Adam Boyle

SVP APAC and Workforce,
Avetta

Andrew Brightmore

Executive Director
Compass Group & Foodbuy

Jean-Michel Carriere

Executive Director Finance and Procurement, Transport for NSW

Lucie Chami

Chief Procurement Officer
Vitex Pharmaceuticals

Ro Coroneos

Senior Manager, Risk – Supply Chain Lendlease Corporation

Tony Citera

General Manager, Capital Management & Procurement
Australia Post

Georgie Farmer

Group Manager, Sourcing Strategy and Operations
Microsoft Procurement

Wayne Giddings

Director Asset and Workplace Services, NSW

Roger Gray

Chief Executive Officer, Ports of Auckland

Luke Harrison

Head of Portfolios, Woolworths Group

Ben Ludik

Head of Procurement, Supply Chain and Property
Water Corporation

Pete Hamilton

Vice President and Managing Director KellyOCG

Susan Hungar

Contract and Supplier Relationship Specialist
TAFE NSW

Siju Johny

Chief Procurement Officer

Simon Kuestenmacher

Co-founder and Director
The Demographics Group

Martin Loosemore

Professor, University of Technology Sydney

Qing Liu

Global Industry Practice Lead,
Moody’s Analytics

Mike McKinstry

CEO
Social Traders

James Muskett

Client Engagement Manager
IPA

Robin Mellon

CEO, Better Sydney

James McParlane

Director,
GEP

Nicola Nation

CEO
The Ākina Foundation

Brett Nolan

Head of Procurement
Tourism Australia

Brian Peirce

Director of Procurement
BGIS

Yemi Penn

Global Thought Leader on
Empowerment and Resilience

Corinne Proske

CEO
Jobsbank

Tania Pouwhare

General Manager, Community and Social Innovation, Auckland Council

Danny Shields

CSP, VP Sustainability and Risk
Avetta

Jacinta Taliauli

Procurement Manager
Ministry for Pacific Peoples

Sharon Morris

General Manager for Australia and New Zealand, CIPS

Darren Wedding

Chief Supply Chain Officer
Super Retail Group

Tom Zielinski

Senior Director – Consulting and Services at GEP GEP

Aditi Cook

CPO
Ministry of Education of New Zealand

Glenn Johnston

Director, Procurement and Business Support
Infrastructure NSW

Joanne Kennett

Senior Manager – Social Procurement & Workforce Development Transport for NSW

Malcolm Harrison

CEO, CIPS

Alex Saric

Chief Marketing Officer, Ivalua

Scott Spencer

SVP Strategic Accounts,
Avetta

Sharyn County

General Manager Procurement Property and Fleet, Jemena and Zinfra Group

Andrew Hunt

Value Advisory Director, ANZ

Priscilla Jeha

Founder, CEO, Together Society

Rupa Thakkar

Product Manager, Integrity Health and Safety

Sarah Vili

Customer Solution Architect, COS

Adam Baker

Category Manager, Digital and IT
Latitude FInancial Service

Rajesh Singh

GM Value Management, Spark New Zealand

Alan Day

Founder, State of Flux

Jarin Baigent

CEO & Co-founder, Trading Blak Nominee, NSW Aboriginal Women of the Year 2022

Mark Richards

Divisional Manager, Commercial Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Jodie Taylor

General Manager – Corporate Affairs,
Supply Nation

Patrick Higgins

Principal, PSCM Advisory,
Avetta

Rajat Sarna

Chief Procurement Officer,
Vodafone New Zealand

Jodi Huebert

General Manager of Contracts and Procurement, INPEX Australia

Tania Seary

Leading Procurement & Supply Chain Entrepreneur

Mark Richards, Divisional Manager, Commercial Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade