Keynote speakers

APAC

Lizzy Kuoth

Leader, Adviser, Multicultural, Refugee Experience, Inclusion, Community & Youth Engagement

“Leading for change: When the cards are stacked against you, you lean in and take a stand.”

This is what visionary activist and Victorians Multicultural Commissioner, Lizzy Kuoth can teach us about ourselves and our responsibility to make our own change. Hear her speak about the significance of diversity and inclusion and how it builds better teams. Find out what you can do to start making change today.

EMEA/Americas

Pierre-Francois Thaler

Driving transformation of B2B commerce through Supply Chain Sustainability Ratings as co-Founder of EcoVadis

“Making COP-26 a reality: the importance of taking responsibility & procuring for a better future”

While governments have the major role in saving our planet, the private sector must play its part. Ecovadis and its leader, PFT, are at the forefront in helping the world’s leading corporations introduce sustainable sourcing and clean up their supply chains. Hear from Pierre Francois Thaler, a veteran procurement expert and co-founder and co-ceo of EcoVadis discuss the risks and challenges ahead for sustainable sourcing and the path to cleaning up our supply chains. Find out what steps you can take right now to achieve success and create a brighter path forward.

Winners panel

Want to hear from some of the most innovative people in our industry? Our winners panel is your opportunity to get acquainted with our winners and learn about the business challenges they overcame to receive their accolade. Mutual learning is the driving force of our community, so get involved! We want to see you and your colleagues there. You’ll be in great company.

Here are the organizations on our shortlist:

APAC shortlist
EMEA shortlist
Americas shortlist
Global shortlist

Strategic Achievement

Meinhardt EPCM (India) Private Limited - Schedule of Rates Cost optimization implementation through Zero based Approach for Faster, Safer and Cheaper delivery

Exigent - Transforming Telstra's contract management function to grow its enterprise business

Ministry of Education NZ - School Bus Transport Re-tender

Operational Improvement

Armstrong Downes Commercial 2012 and LawHawk - Transformation of New Zealand Construction Subcontracting Process

Tarun Sharma - Evalueserve

Nexdigm - Creating a multi-geography standardized contracting solution for a Fortune 500 company

Outstanding Cooperation and Collaboration

LawHawk Limited & Armstrong Downes Commercial 2012 Limited

LITE Lab at University of Hong Kong & FedEx Express

IBM & AusNet Services

Personal Initiative

Dr. Andrew Jacopino - NGAMURU ADVISORY

Clark Guo - Ministry of Education NZ

Anirudh GR - Capgemini

Strategic Achievement

HS2 Ltd- HS2 Rail Systems Alliance

Vodafone Procurement Company - Contract Watch

Capgemini - CCM Transformation Programme

Operational Improvement

Daniel Okin - Cabinet Office - Government Commercial Function

Shell - S2C Digital & Process Transformation Design Mgr

Datanomix - Red Flags in public procurements for Committee of the Internal Public Audit

Outstanding Cooperation and Collaboration

Wipro & BT

Balfour Beatty & Southampton City Council

Hays & Vodafone Procurement Company

Personal Initiative

Katie Clark - ABRDN

Tamara Mackay-Temesy - Taylor Wessing

Dr Sam De Silva - CMS Law Firm

Strategic Achievement

Royal Dutch Shell - Powering Business Outcomes through Strategic Supplier Relationship Management

Malbek - TIBCO Software Inc.: Accelerating Organizational Growth by Streamlining M&A Transactions with Malbek

DXC Technology Legal - Data, People, Tools + Process = Radical Advances

Operational Improvement

Canada Post - Contract Management @ Canada Post

Baxter International - Accelerating Contract Transformation

Aramco Americas - Supplier Performance

Outstanding Cooperation and Collaboration

State of Flux Inc. & American Electric Power

Koho Software & Agiloft

TermScout, Keesal Propulsion Labs, Quislex, Bryan Cave, LexCheck, Mitratech & NetApp, Liberty Mutual, Travelers Insurance, Vonage, and Code42

Personal Initiative

Subhrarag Mukherjee - Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Angella Dikmic - Greater Toronto Airports Authority

Adel AlShahrani - Aramco Americas

Delivering Social & Economic Benefit

Height Project Management with Auckland Council and Te Puni Kōkiri - Sustainable Outcomes Toolkits and Guidance: grassroots indigenous businesses achieving social and environmental impact

Armstrong Downes Commercial 2012 and LawHawk - Transformation of New Zealand Construction Subcontracting Process

Ministry of Education NZ - At the Forefront of Generating Positive Cultural, Economic, Environmental and Social Outcomes through Procurement

Spend Network - Contracting Emissions

Enel Green Power (EGP) - AgriPhotoVoltaic

British Telecom - PSBA WebSafe

Read the shortlist submission summaries