Official Event Advisory Panel
Jonathan Dutton
Director
JD Consultancy
Jonathon Dutton was the founding Managing Director of CIPS Australasia for over eight years up until February 2013. He was responsible for all aspects of CIPS activities as the global peak body for professional procurement & supply management in the region. He represented the profession and its standards to the highest levels of business and government. As a former qualified procurement manager himself, as well as sales manager turned marketing director, Jonathan can easily draw on experiences from both sides of the negotiating table. Jonathan has worked in senior positions for British Airways, QANTAS, Regus & CHUBB, and is a fellow of four institutes covering procurement, marketing, management and the royal society of arts. He is also a graduate diploma member of the institute of company directors, and has a degree in economics with accountancy and business law.
Allan Cawood
Head of Procurement
BUPA Care Services
Brett Beattie
Head of Procurement
Opal Aged Care
Brett is currently the Head of Procurement for Opal Specialist Aged Care. Opal Specialist Aged Care is the leading Aged Care provider in Australia with approximately 5000 staff nationally. Opal has 60 facilities with 5000 residents in four states with Head Office in Sydney.
Brett’s remit is transformational in nature and to raise the visibility of Procurement in the organisation, embed Category Management and Supplier Relationship Management into the function and develop sustainable procurement strategy. The Procurement team that Brett leads is responsible for leading all strategic sourcing and contracting activity across the business.
Brett has gained his procurement experience from over 12 years in the Pharmaceutical, 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. He has a high level of experience working internationally across diverse markets and business cultures in both mature and emerging markets. In Brett’s roles he has been relied upon to be a spend management advocate, thought leader, strategist, facilitator of change and a process re-engineer. Brett has strong management and leadership attributes with direct reports in Category Management, Contract Management, Tactical Buying and Purchasing roles.
Bill Porter
Group Procurement Manager
Ramsay Health Care