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The CIPS Australia Procurement Professional Awards 2009
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The 2009 Judges
Based on past experiences, the judging panel for the CIPS Australasia Procurement Professional Awards 2009, will have their work cut out for them. The number of entries has grown annually, as has the quality of the submissions. For the judges it is a challenging yet extremely rewarding process, as the quality of the entries demonstrates the ingenuity, professionalism and hard work that exists within the procurement profession.
The judging begins in August when each entry is marked against the judging criteria. Once all entries have been critiqued, the judges spend a day together where they evaluate, discuss and debate the shortlist and finally agree on the eventual winners.
The judging panel features experienced practitioners from all aspects and levels of the profession and will be chaired by Jim McGuire.
Jim McGuire FCIPS (Chair of the Judges)
Director, McGuire-Major Consulting; Former Director of Contract Services, South Australian Government; Founding Chair of CIPS Australia & New Zealand Steering Group
Jim McGuire has co-authored various publications, chaired several international conferences, and participated in international research studies into public procurement. He has also chaired a procurement roundtable of the most senior executives of some of Australia’s largest organisations. He is actively involved with CIPSA and was previously a judge at the 2007-2008 Procurement Professional Awards.
Bill Aukett
Head of Procurement, University of Adelaide Chair of CIPSA Steering Group, 2007-2008
Bill Aukett was a founding member of the CIPS Australia Steering Group in 2004. He was also the former President of AIPMM. Bill is also an active member of Australian University Procurement Network (AUPN) and is responsible for the significant expenditure at University of Adelaide.
Professor Guy Callender FCIPS
Foundation Professor and Chair in Leadership of Strategic Procurement, Curtin Business School. Current member of CIPS Australia Steering Group
Professor Callender has extensive experience in the development of education programmes in procurement. He has an extensive local, national and international procurement knowledge, developed through participation in many professional organisations, editorial boards, conferences and joint research initiatives. Guy has acted as an academic mentor to many practitioners and leads the Curtin Business School programmes in procurement.
Julia Cambage
Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Purchasing
Julia Cambage has gained extensive and broad experience in procurement during her career, and is currently CEO of Australia’s largest private demand aggregator. She has recognised expertise in the local government sector and is known as a market innovator.
Andrea Gregory MCIPS
Group Procurement Officer - Telecom New Zealand
Andrea has had a varied career in management within a broad range of industries, spanning research, construction, FMCG, IT and television. For the past 13 years, Andrea has specialised in strategic sourcing and procurement with major New Zealand organisations such as Heinz Wattie, EDS, Air New Zealand and now Telecom New Zealand. Andrea is passionate about delivering outcomes that provide best value for money for her organisation through simple processes, great teamwork and appropriate relationships with business partners.
Robyn Hardy
Acting executive director, ACT Procurement Solutions(a division of ACT Treasury)
Robyn has had a long and varied career in the public service, both in the Commonwealth and the ACT Governments. She is an economist, having studied for her undergraduate degree at James Cook University of North Queensland. She has also completed a Masters Degree in public policy at the Australian National University (ANU) and is currently studying for her Doctorate at ANU. Robyn is also the chair for the CIPS Australia ACT Regional Committee.
Dennis Henry
Managing Director of Grosvenor Management Consulting
For over 15 years Dennis has been leading a team which provides strategic and tactical advice to major enterprises in relation to all aspects of procurement and contract performance management. Denis has beena project lead on some of the largest outsourcing contracts offered in
Australia and has developed many of the techniques used by organisations to transform their organisational structures and approaches to contracting.
Sophie Jarvis MCIPS
Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Australia Post
Sophie Jarvis has extensive experience in managing the procurement and negotiation of strategic services, goods and assets for Australia Post. In 2006, she was the winner of the CIPS Award for Excellence on The Corporate Award Programme.
Visna Lampasi MCIPS
General Manager Procurement for OneSteel Distribution
Visna Lampasi is the General Manager Procurement for OneSteel Distribution, where she is responsible for leading strategic procurement initiatives across all business units. Whilst managing $1.6 billion in spend and leading cross functional sourcing teams in an effort to
reduce overall procurement costs, Visna is chartered with the responsibility of developing a world class procurement organisation by promoting best practice and leveraging enterprise-wide opportunities.
Allan Leibowitz
Editor of Procurement Professional, the official publication of CIPSA
One of Australia’s most experienced business writers, Allan has also served on the judging panels of the Queensland 400 Awards, the Telstra Business Woman of the Year Awards, the National Tourism Industry Awards and the BTTB Travel Management Awards.
Paul Rogers FCIPS
Practice Manager at PMMS Consulting Group Current tutor on the CIPS Corporate Award Programmes and Open Training Programmes
Paul Rogers has wide experience as a practitioner, consultant and trainer in procurement. He has been MCIPS for over 25 years and awarded Fellowship in May 2007. Paul also designed and delivered the very first Corporate Award Programme in Europe, and has now done the same here in Australia for CIPS.
Phil Weir
Manager - Government Procurement Development Group, New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development, Vice chair of CIPSA Steering Group
Phil has experience in procurement spanning both public and private sectors. He has previously held roles at the State Services Commission where he developed a community of practice for procurement practitioners; and a District Health Board where he developed collaborative arrangements with other hospitals. He has also worked in supply chain, contract management, logistics and procurement roles for a variety of private industry organisations.
