Official Event Advisors
Quest Events would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the official event advisors below who are contributing their valuable time and expertise to ensure the conference agenda is timely and relevant for all stakeholders in the oil and gas procurement sector.
Laurie Acreman
Director
QCS Consulting
Laurie Acreman is a management consultant specialising in Procurement Management and Operations. He has over 34 years experience in the Oil Industry, including 15 years as a senior executive in ExxonMobil Global Procurement. He has been responsible for the implementation and operation of various procurement programs including organizational transformation, strategic sourcing, benchmarking, resource training and development, tactical procurement, Procurement COE management, and Supplier Diversity. Laurie has headed up global procurement organizations responsible for commodity groups as diverse as IT, Catalysts and Chemicals, Construction Services, and Advertising. His experience includes 18 years working outside Australia in various engineering, operations, and procurement roles. Laurie is an Engineering graduate form University of Queensland.
Angela Coley
Contracts & Procurement Manager
Apache Energy
Angela has worked in Supply Chain for 25 years, predominantly in the Oil and Gas sector, but also electricity generation and nuclear. Her career has spanned 5 countries and 4 continents representing new country entry, greenfield projects, drilling activity and production operations.
Angela is now based in Australia, with a period in Brisbane as Contracts & Procurement on Queensland Curtis LNG Project (QCLNG ) and joining Apache during 2012 as Procurement Manager.
A core focus of the Apache Supply Chain function is focussing on being a great customer, with Supplier Relationship Management an integral part of this.
“I believe the Forum will be a great opportunity to hear what is going on across the industry and seek to knowledge share, collectively driving for high standards and expectations and consistency in good practice for Procurement professionals.”