Professional Members may attend an unlimited number of chapter meetings.  

Non-members may attend two meetings as IAOP's guest but then must become a Professional Member to continue enjoying the benefits of membership.

 

Matt Pollins, Co-Chair
Partner
Olswang Asia LLP

Prabhakar Grandhi, Co-Chair
Regional Sales Manager
Infosys Ltd

Tony Rawlinson, Co-Chair
KPMG Advisory LLP

 

The Singapore Chapter of IAOP aims to provide leadership in, and to assist in and facilitate, the shaping and enhancing of the Sourcing industry in Singapore, and (in collaboration with other Chapters) the ASEAN region and the Asia Pacific region.  The Chapter provides a forum for customers, providers, advisors, industry bodies and agencies, based in Singapore, to collaborate and share best proactices, ideas, experiences, insights and expertise in relation to Sourcing activities.  In addition, the Chapter provides professional networking opportunities for its members.

 

Quarterly

Face-to face, social and teleconference meetings will be held

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Meeting held March 3, 2015

The IAOP Singapore Chapter, chaired by Olswang LLP, Infosys and KPMG, together with the Project Management Institute, Singapore Chapter (SPMI) held a meeting on March 3, 2015 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at Function Room 4.1 - 4.2 @ Administration Building, Singapore Management University, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore, 188065.

Panel Discussion Topic: "Effective Business Transformation - How to Deliver this through Sourcing and Project Management"
In today’s highly complex and dynamic business environment, businesses need to adapt and constantly transform to meet various challenges.  “How do we deliver business transformation through project management and sourcing?”  This impending and important question that many project managers and sourcing professionals have was addressed and discussed.
 
Programme:
 
From 6.30 pm – registration and refreshments
7.00 pm to 9.00 pm – Panel Discussion

The panel was comprised of the following prominent industry leaders and experts: 

Moderator: Mr. Umesh URSEKAR, President, PMI Singapore Chapter

Panelists:

• Mr. Ian Ferguson, Partner, Head of Technology & Sourcing, Olswang Asia LLP and Co-Chair of IAOP Singapore Chapter
• Mr. Dhanasekhar Damodaram, Director - Asia Consumer Services Delivery, Citigroup
• Ms. Saba Khan, APAC Head, IT Outsourcing, Credit Suisse and Committee Member of IAOP Singapore Chapter
• Mr. Tony Rawlinson, Partner, Head, Financial Services Advisory, KPMG and Co-Chair of IAOP Singapore Chapter

Meeting held on July 23, 2014

The IAOP Singapore Chapter, chaired by Olswang LLP, Infosys and KPMG, held a meeting on July 23, 2014 beginning at 4:30pm at the Olswang Asia LLP offices, 10 Collyer Quay, Ocean Financial Center, #05-01, Singapore 049315.  

Meeting Topic: "Innovation, disruptive technologies and business transformation" - 
Change is inevitable. New technologies accelerate change. The focus of this seminar was on how new technologies are changing, and will change, sourcing models, impacting not only suppliers’ but customer’s operating models, and the extent to which the core driver for sourcing decisions will be business transformation.
 
Programme:
 
From 4.30 pm – registration and coffee
5.00 pm to 6.30 pm – seminar
From 6.30 pm – networking, drinks and canapés

Panelists:

• Robert Dias, Accenture Pte Ltd, Senior Manager, ASEAN Sales & Solution
• Andrew Walker, Information Services Group, Director (Panel Chair)
• Maheshwar Venkataraman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Executive Director
• Daniel Liebau, Lightbulb Capital, Founder
• Juvanus Tjandra, KPMG Advisory LLP, Partner, Management Consulting
• Ian Ferguson, Partner, Olswang Asia (Panel Chair)
• Chris Allison, Citihub, Founder,MD

Meeting held on May 29, 2014

The IAOP Singapore Chapter, chaired by Olswang LLP, Infosys and KPMG, held a meeting on May 29, 2014 beginning at 4:30pm at the Olswang Asia LLP offices, 10 Collyer Quay, Ocean Financial Center, #05-01, Singapore 049315.  

Meeting Topic: "Sourcing Maturity in our Market - The Journey Continues..." - 
We continued our journey through the sourcing lifecycle and its related drivers, operating models, challenges and risks including lessons learned from case studies across industries, other sourcing models and geographies.
 
We had a panel and audience discussion on two key topics:
 
A.  The Singapore Market.  Why outsource/what are the benefits for a Singaporean organisation?  Moving elsewhere in the region?  A snapshot of the Singapore market and our predictions for the next 3 or so years. 
 
B.  Incentivisation.  What is it?  How do we do it?  Sourcing models and commercial models that have worked/have not worked.  How to use them?
 
Programme:
 
From 4.30 pm – registration and coffee
5.00 pm to 6.30 pm – seminar
From 6.30 pm – networking, drinks and canapés

Panelists:

• Robert Dias, Senior Manager - ASEAN Sales & Solution, Accenture
• Saba Khan, VP, Outsourcing and IT Consulting, Credit Suisse
• Fred Giron, VP & Research Director, Forrester
• Andrew Walker, Director, ISG
• Vinod Martin, Senior Director, Optimum Solutions
• Ian Ferguson, Partner, Olswang Asia (Panel Chair)

Meeting held on March 20, 2014

The IAOP Singapore Chapter, chaired by Olswang LLP, Infosys and KPMG, held a meeting on March 20, 2014 beginning at 4:30pm at the Olswang Asia LLP offices, 10 Collyer Quay, Ocean Financial Center, #05-01, Singapore 049315.  

Meeting Topic: "Sourcing Maturity in our Market" - a journey through the sourcing lifecycle and its related drivers, operating models, challenges and risks including lessons learned from case studies across industires, other sourcing models and geographies.

Agenda/Programme:
From 4:30pm - Registration and Coffee
5:00pm to 6 :30pm - Meeting
From 6:30pm - Networking, drinks and canapes

Panelists:
*         Ian Ferguson, Partner, Olswang Asia (Panel Chair)
*         IDA Representative - to be confirmed
*         Tony Rawlinson, Partner, KPMG Advisory
*         Andrew Walker, Director, Information Services Group
*         Daryl Oo, Regional Director, Xchanging
*         Geoff Lang, Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Infosys 
*         Chris Reyes, Director, Supply & Demand Management, Asia Pacific Sourcing, UBS
*         Francois Rassart, Senior Vice President, Business Expansion & Expert Sales, MasterCard Worldwide

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Meeting held January 15, 2014

The IAOP Singapore Chapter, chaired by Olswang LLP, Infosys and KPMG, held a meeting on January 15, 2014 beginning at 5:00pm at the Olswang Asia LLP offices, 10 Collyer Quay, Ocean Financial Center, #05-01, Singapore 049315.  

Discussions centered around the chapter's plans for the coming year as well as additional information about the benefits of IAOP membership.