Speaker Profiles - The CIPSA Strategic Procurement Forum Adelaide

Jonathan Dutton FCIPS, Managing Director, CIPS Australia
 
Jonathan Dutton has been Managing Director of CIPS Australia since late 2004. Prior to his appointment, he worked as a freelance consultant and interim manager - which included 18 months as COO of the Chartered Institute of Marketing [CIM] in the UK. Previously, he was marketing director of two UK public companies, Regus and Chubb. Before that he spent two years in sales at Qantas in Sydney and 10 years at British Airways in London as IT procurement manager and, latterly, as head of corporate sales. He is an economics graduate, completed MCIPS in 1986 and became a Fellow this year. He is also a Fellow of the CIM and Royal Society of the Arts [RSA] in the UK, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

David Henchliffe MCIPS, CPO, Santos

David Henchliffe is the Chief Procurement Officer at Santos.  He joined the supply chain profession in 1987 when he was commissioned from the Royal Military College, Duntroon. He then served in a series of supply chain related field appointment as a junior officer. After studying in the United Kingdom he was a Project Manager for a range of capital equipment projects within Defence. He then moved into the strategic and contingency planning arena with responsibility for the supply chain aspects. After leaving the Army he joined Santos as the Manager Supply Chain Services and now leads both the Procurement & Logistics functions within Santos. He has had extensive experience in the areas of sourcing, supplier relationship management, logistics, project management, organisational leadership and change management. He has an Honours degree in Science and Master degrees in Management, Arts (Military Science, Technology & Management) and Defence Studies. He was the 100th member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply – Australia and is also a member of the City & Guilds of London Institute and the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia

Peter Morichovitis MCIPS, Manager Supply, BHP Billiton Olympic Dam

Peter is the Manager Supply for BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam asset, Australia's largest underground mine and minerals processing operation.  In this capacity he is responsible for all Olympic Dam's procurement and supply chain activities and has recently led Olympic Dam Supply to win the award for "Most Improved Procurement Operation" at the CIPS 2009 Procurement Professional Awards for Australasia.   Peter has a career spanning 20 years with BHP Billiton and has specialised in global supply, procurement and commercial activities at various BHP Billiton locations. He is a MCIPS, CIPSA chair for the SA/NT region, and holds post graduate qualifications in Marketing as well as undergraduate qualifications in Commerce and Journalism."

Hugh Wareham, CEO, Ecobuy
 
ECO-Buy was established in 2000 as a local government buy recycled program. It is now a not for profit organisation with the purpose of increasing the demand for and use of environmentally preferable products, and has been described as Australia’s leading environmental purchasing program. Its membership includes 75% of Victorian local government and a number of large businesses including Toyota, Origin Energy and Cadbury Schweppes. Hugh’s last role was as Director and deputy to Victoria’s Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability. 
 
Kent Stuart, Director, Grosvenor Management Consulting
 
Qualifications –MBA, Ass Dip. Valuation CPV
 
Kent joined Grosvenor after a distinguished career in ANZ Bank where he rose to become the Head of Service Delivery. In that role he was responsible for delivering the strategic agenda for one of the largest operational property portfolios in Australia and, managing the first major outsourced contract for the provision of Corporate Real Estate (CRE)services.
Kent has experience in developing accommodation policies and strategies, analysing accommodation needs of various business units and driving strategic and tactical outcomes through a third party service provider.
His experience with the original outsourcing and subsequent reprocurement of the CRE contract for ANZ combined with his relationship management exposure in the ensuing contracts have been highly sought after since joining Grosvenor.
He has had substantive procurement and contracting roles with major enterprises such as Westpac, Suncorp, St George, Telstra, Australia Post and the Department of Defence.
Kent has delivered CIPSA’s in company and open training courses on contract-related skills including tender evaluation. He has also been a key speaker at CoreNet Global conferences eg a two day program in New Zealand for leading CRE professionals on establishment and management of outsourced contracts
Kent has a passion in the property and facilities maintenance space for effective contract performance and relationship management protocols. He is a committed and pragmatic public speaker on these matters.

Tom Pearson MCIPS, Partner, Supply Transformation 
 
Tom has over 30 years experience in Supply side operations, design and transformation.

With this time spent in major Global organisations such as British Telecom, Telstra and PaperlinX, Tom has a wide range of industry knowledge and change management experiences gained in Europe, Australia and North America.

Having operated at the very senior levels Tom is familiar with the Business and operational needs of senior leaders as well as being a recognised skilled practitioner.

In his most recent role Tom has successfully operated as an internal change agent and consultant across 4 continents and many cultures. Tom has been recognized as a skilled and respected professional by the European based CIPS organization and has twice won the coveted CIPS award—once in Europe and once in Australia.

Tom has contributed to the establishment of a global recognized professional body in ANZ and was instrumental in encouraging CIPS to create CIPSA and he has for the past 2 years been a member of the CIPSA Steering Group.

Dr Martin Christopher, Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Logistics, Cranfield School of Management (UK)

Dr Martin Christopher is Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Cranfield School of Management (UK), and directs the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, the largest activity of its type in Europe. His work in the field of logistics and supply chain management has gained international recognition. He is widely published and his recent books include Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Marketing Logistics.

Greg Kendall MCIPS, Managing Director , Contracting & Tendering Services Pty Ltd

Qualifications: 

  •  Bachelor of Business (with Distinction), majoring in materials management University of South Australia. 
  • Recipient University of SA Graduates Association award for outstanding academic achievement
  • MCIPS

Executive Positions:

  • Managing Director Contracting and Tendering Services Pty. Ltd. (2001 - current)
  • Lecturer at University of SA in the Masters Degree of Project Management, lecturing in Project Procurement (2001 -2008)
  • Inaugural Regional Chairperson SA & NT CIPSA

Achievements:

  • Co-author of the Commonwealth’s Contract Management manual
  • Author ‘Probity Procedures for Competitive Tendering’
  • Reviewed the operations of some of Australia’s major companies including IBM (Sydney), Xerox (Sydney), Cadbury Schweppes (Melbourne)
  • Provided expert advice in multi million dollar outsourced programs 
  • Designed and developed procurement training programs for Mobil, BAE Systems Australia, Dept. Defence, Victorian Government Purchasing Board, State Procurement Board (SA)
  • Australia’s only lecturer to present procurement accreditation programs for Victorian Government Purchasing Board, State Procurement Board (SA), Tasmanian Government, Queensland State Government and Commonwealth Government
  • Designed, developed and presented international training programs on behalf of AusAid and World Bank
  • Presented over 1,000 training workshops throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.