I am a Chartered Procurement & Supply Professional and have been a Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS) since 2001. I attained the Master of Science (MSc) in Procurement in 2004.
Prior to officially joining UniSA in 2016, I had been supporting the University's strategic procurement activities on behalf of an external procurement services provider since emigrating from the UK with my family in 2012.
Before leaving the UK, I worked as a freelance specialist contractor to the central civil government for an uninterrupted eight-year period (being the Home Office's third-longest serving contractor). I enjoyed supporting some of the largest or most novel programs, including... Read more
About me
I am a Chartered Procurement & Supply Professional and have been a Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS) since 2001. I attained the Master of Science (MSc) in Procurement in 2004.
Prior to officially joining UniSA in 2016, I had been supporting the University's strategic procurement activities on behalf of an external procurement services provider since emigrating from the UK with my family in 2012.
Before leaving the UK, I worked as a freelance specialist contractor to the central civil government for an uninterrupted eight-year period (being the Home Office's third-longest serving contractor). I enjoyed supporting some of the largest or most novel programs, including preparations for securing the London 2012 Olympic Games, running three Technology Demonstrator events to identify innovative solutions for counter terrorism initiatives, developing the commercial strategy for the Next Generation IST Transformation program (>24,000 users), sourcing new Total Facilities Management contracts for the Home Office Estates Review program (>1,800 properties), preparations for the introduction of the UK's Identity Card and implementation of an electronic P2P solution.
Previous experience includes four years managing a procurement team and then the Group's central FM team for a large business services provider, and eight years contracting general and minor services in support of offshore operations and vessel maintenance/upgrades for a marine engineering and pipelay contractor.
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Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)