Speaker Lists

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Minister of Finance, Indonesia

Born in Bandar Lampung on August 26th, 1962, Sri Mulyani Indrawati earned her bachelor's degree in economics from the Universitas Indonesia (1986). Then she continued her study at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, United States, and earned a Master of Science in Policy Economics (1990). In 1992, she earned a Ph.D. in Economics. Sri Mulyani has been the Minister of Finance of Indonesia Since 2016, when she served in the same post from 2005 to 2010. As finance minister from 2005 to 2010, Sri Mulyani was a tough reformist and was largely credited with strengthening Indonesia's economy, increasing investments, and steering Southeast Asia's largest economy through the 2007–10 financial crisis. In 2014, she was ranked as the 38th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. Later at the IFPSM World Summit 2022, she will be a Keynote Speaker.

Abdullah Azwar Anas

Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform

Born in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia, on 6th August 1973, Azwar Anas is an Indonesian politician currently Serving as Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform since September 2022. Prior to his ministerial post, he was the Regent of Banyuwangi, East Java, for two terms, between 2010 to 2015 and 2016 to 2021. Azwar Anas earned his Literature bachelor’s degree in 1999 from the University of Indonesia before further earning a master's degree in social and political science by 2005. During his time at the University of Indonesia, he was the president of the central committee of the Nahdatul Ulama student association.

Wayan Koster

Governor of Bali Province, Indonesia

Wayan Koster was born in the town of Singaraja on 20 October 1962 is an Indonesian politician who is the 10th governor of Bali. Before becoming governor, he was a member of the People's Representative Council, representing the province of Bali. I Wayan Koster finished his bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1981. Later, he received a master's from the International Golden Institute in 1995 and a doctorate from Jakarta State University in 1999.

Marina Lindic

President, IFPSM

Marina Lindič is a co-founder and president of the Slovenian Purchasing Association (ZNS). Since 1st of January 2020, she is President of International Federation for Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM). Before she was the Treasurer and IFPSM Board member.

From the year 2005 till mid of 2022 Marina was employed in insulation group Ursa. She was Purchasing Manager, for Business Unit (BU) Adria & BU Italy, covering strategic purchasing for glass wool plant in Slovenia and XPS plant in Italy. She was responsible for strategic purchasing for direct and indirect purchasing for both BUs. Additionally, she was Capex Lead buyer on Ursa Group level for 10 plants in EU -European union.

From 2005 until 2016 she was Supply Chain Director of Operating Unit (OU) Mediterranean and Southeast Europe. She was covering the following areas: logistics, procurement and customer service. In the first years of working at Ursa, she was responsible for the OU Adria region (i.e. Italy, Slovenia, along with other former Yugoslavian countries, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania). After, she was responsible for OU Mediterranean and Southeast Europe, adding Austria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey to the before listed countries.

From Finished studies at Faculty of economics in Ljubljana until the year 2005, she was working in the company Trimo Trebnje, where she was responsible for strategic, operational purchasing, and logistics.

In her spare time, she among others, lectures on the Procurement Academy (Topics: 1: Lean in procurement and 2: Supply chain management and its optimization 3. Managing and ensuring smooth procurement in times of uncertainty). She is lecturing and moderating event like: yearly Procurement conference in Slovenia and many conferences in Slovenia and abroad. Marina is a co-author of the book Strategic purchasing, and an expert editor& co-author of the Guide for the Head of Purchasing.

She is a Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Handball Club Trimo. In the free time she likes to read books, hikes, plays tennis and badminton and enjoying her free time with grandchildren.

Chris Oanda

IFPSM Vice President

Chris Oanda is a practicing Supply Chain professional with over 20 years of experience gained in academia, private and public sectors in consultancy and employment. He has worked in the Oil and Gas, Commodities, Pharma, Aerospace, and Manufacturing sectors across four continents. Chris is a regular speaker at international and national workshops on supply chain and procurement topics. His passion is to develop the supply chain and procurement profession and mentor upcoming practitioners to deliver value through procurement to the African continent one project at a time. The President of Kenya awarded Chris Head of State Commendation (HSC) for distinguished contribution to Supply Chain Development. Prior to his current position, Chris was the Founder Chairman of Kenya Institute of Supplies Manager (KISM).

Cai Jin

IFPSM Asia Pacific Regional Chair

Cai Jin is the Regional Chair of Asia-Pacific. Prior to his current position, Cai Jin was the former Vice President of CFLP - China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, Vice President of the Chinese Society of Logistics, Director and Secretary of the China Logistics Information Centre.

Hendrar Prihadi

Chair of the NPPA

Hendrar Prihadi was born on 30 March 1971. He is currently the Chair of NPPA Indonesia, a position he just served since 10 October 2022 as Azwar Anas, the previous Chair of NPPA Indonesia leave his post after being appointed as the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform. Prior to his current position, Hendrar Pribadi was the Mayor of Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. He won several international awards during his illustrious career, to name a few, he was awarded Best Urban Design 2017 in Singapore; Asia Best Mayor of The Year 2019 in Asia Global Award 2019 by Asia Global Council; and Organization Management Strategy Initiation category from the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) for Semarang city on 16 July 2019.

Sarah Sadiqa

Deputy Chair for Strategy and Policy Development of NPPA

Sarah Sadiqa studied Law at the Trisakti University Faculty of Law and graduated in 1992. Later, she continued her study for a Master of Science at the Northeastern University in Boston and graduated in 1999. Sarah Sadiqa is the current Deputy Chair for Strategy and Policy Development of NPPA, a position which he held from February 2020.

Robin Asad Suryo

Executive Secretary of NPPA, Indonesia

Robin Asad Suryo is the Chief Secretary of the National Public Procurement Agency (NPPA). He got his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Colorado State University, USA. As a professional in the field of Public Policy, Suryo had many years of experience in public sector reform, especially concerning government procurement and public-private partnerships. Since joining NPPA in 2008, he has been involved extensively and played an essential role in the public procurement reforms in Indonesia. Suryo had been appointed for several vital positions with a high level of responsibilities in NPPA. He served as deputy chairman for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Information System (2014-2015), deputy chairman for Policy and Strategy Development (2015-2018), and deputy chairman for Institutional and Human Resource Development (2018-2021). He represented the Indonesian government as the lead negotiator for several government procurement FTAs negotiations, including IEU-CEPA, IJ-EPA, and IEFTA-CEPA. He also served as the general secretary of the Indonesian Procurement Professional Association (IAPI) and is currently a member of IAPI's board of trustees. Based on his past experiences, he will deliver the subject of "Leveraging Procurement into Strategic Landscape of the Organization."

Sonny Sumarsono

Chairperson of Indonesian Procurement Professionals Association

Sonny Sumarsono is Senior Business Professional and Principal Consultant in the area of Strategic Management, Information Technology, Project Management (PM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Risk Management. His specialty is assisting corporation as well as government institutions in embarking business transformation and organization changes while adopting new business strategy and deploying technology to increase its business effectiveness. He is a successful business practitioner with talented consulting skills.

More than 29 years, he has been involved massively in facilitating strategic business improvement program. He is actively using project management approach in delivering his assignments to achieve better results and quality consciousness. Sonny has been invited as speaker, trainer and expert in many international forums and conferences.

The broad range of his clients from multinational companies, state-owned enterprises, and government institutions provides Sonny with comprehensive spectrum of experiences and expertise.

Ahmed Merzouk

Lead Procurement Specialist at WB East Asia & Pacific Region

Ahmad Merzouk currently resides in Washington DC, United States of America; he officiates in World Bank as a Lead Governance Specialist and Procurement Specialist for the East Asia and Pacific region. He has more than 35 years of experience in the procurement field. Before joining the World Bank, Merzouk worked for the Government of Morocco in several executives and managerial positions, playing a pivotal role in reforming the public procurement system in the country.

Diomedes Berroa

Practice Manager, Procurement, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank Group

Diomedes Berroa, a Panamanian citizen, joined the World Bank Group in 2000 as a member of the Integrity Vice Presidency, and since then, he has held several positions. Mr. Berroa has been involved in World Bank initiatives deterring corruption and promoting good governance, sound public procurement systems, and overall good public financial management across several regions and corporate vice presidencies. Mr. Berroa was a core team member responsible for designing, launching, and rolling out the World Bank Procurement Framework (effective July 1, 2016). From May 2019 to August 2022, he was the Regional Procurement Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, leading World Bank operational procurement implementation support and policy dialogue across 33 countries. Since August 2022, Mr. Berroa has been the new Procurement Practice Manager for the East Asia Pacific Region, tasked with providing operational procurement support and policy dialogue to the Pacific, Indonesia, East Timor, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Brunei.

Mr. Berroa is a lawyer by training and holds a master’s degree in International and Comparative Law from George Washington University. He has been the author and co-author of several publications on sustainable procurement, fiscal savings, integrity, and anti-corruption in public procurement.

Dr. Erwin Suryadi, ST., MBA

Head of SCM at Upstream Oil & Gas Controlling Body, Indonesia

Erwin Suryadi is the Head of Supply Chain Management & Cost Analysis Division at SKK Migas (Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities Republic of Indonesia). Suryadi got his Doctorate of Economics at the Parahyangan Catholic University of Bandung, Indonesia, in 2014, after finishing his Master of Business at the San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA. Prior to his current position, Suryadi served as Head of Goods and Services Procurement Management Division and as Expert Advisor for Deputy of Internal Control, both at SKK Migas.

Gde Iswantara, ST., MM

Head of Corporate Procurement / SCM, Sinarmas Mining, Indonesia

With more than 18 years of experience in Procurement / Supply Chain Management in his CVs, Gde Iswantara has been the Head of Corporate Procurement/SCM for the Sinarmas Mining Group since April 2019. He is an experienced Deputy Director with a demonstrated history of working in various leadership positions in the Oil & Gas and Coal Mining Industry. Iswantara studied Electronic Engineering and Magister Management at the University of Indonesia. Since he has a vast experience in Procurement / Supply Chain Management, Iswantara will discuss a topic about "Chasing Value Beyond Saving" at the Summit.

Giovanni Atti

Former President of ADACI Italia

Born in Cavriana, Mantova, Italy, on 29 January 1944, Giovanni Atti was the former president of ADACI Italia - Italian Association of Purchasing & Supply Management. Giovanni Atti was also the IFPSM Deputy President and Chairman of the Education Committee. He has a vast experience with over 40 years of working experience in six different national and international organizations. Giovanni Atti is the writer behind “Category Management in the Retail and Manufacturing Industry”.

Guo Qingsong

Procurement Director at ALIBABA

With over 20 years of experience in multi-national companies and China internet company covering end-to-end procurement and supply chain function, including oversea assignment experience and global team management experience, has earned Qingsong as the Procurement Director of Alibaba since 2014.

Hery Luthfi

SCM & Logistics Sr. Manager - Premier Oil Natuna Sea Bv

Hery Luthfi was born on 13th October 1970 in the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta. He got his Master's Degree in Law from Gadjah Mada University's Faculty of Law. Currently, Hery Luthfi serves as SCM & Logistic Senior Manager at Premier Oil Natuna Sea Bv, a position which he has served since 2019.

Kai Christopher Hofmann

Director Sustainable Consumption and Production Projects, GIZ

Kai Hofmann was born in Bochum, Germany, and currently resides in Bangkok, Thailand. Hofmann got his Master's Degree in Urban Management at the Technical University of Berlin in 2007; he joined GIZ in 2010 when he became Component leader and federal ministry advisor of the GIZ Ethiopia Urban Governance and Decentralisation Programme (UGDP). After three years, he became Cluster coordinator for the GIZ Kosovo environmental, during which he spent four years and achieved acquisitions worth 17.65 million € for four projects. Currently, he serves as Project Director of four of GIZ's Regional Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) projects working in nine countries of South-East Asia, based in Bangkok. Later at the IFPSM World Summit 2022, Hofmann will deliver a presentation on “ Towards Circular Economy, How Procurement can Contribute.”

Marcell Vollmer

CEO of Prospitalia Group, Germany

Marcell Vollmer joins Prospitalia Group from the global consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) based in Frankfurt, Germany, where he was a Partner and Director. In Prospitalia Group, he focused on digital transformation, new business models, IT and process optimization, and reorganization, emphasizing global procurement, supply chain, and operations. Before BCG, Dr. Vollmer held global senior executive positions at Celonis (Chief Innovation Officer) and SAP (including Chief Procurement Officer and Chief Digital Officer). Later at the Summit, he will explain "Digitalization & Procurement 4.0."

Michael Bevis

CPO of City of Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Michael Bevis is an internationally recognized thought leader in the public procurement profession. He is a Fellow of NIGP and has presented classes and conducted symposia on five continents and eleven countries. He has over 30 years of legal and procurement professional and is currently Chief Procurement Officer for the City of Norfolk, Virginia.

Michael is passionate in his support of fellow professionals. He currently serves as past Chair of CJE and a past Chair of the Governing Board of NIGP and serves on IFPSM Global Standard Board. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law School and Lincoln Memorial University.

Mihaly Fazekas

Assistant Professor of Public Admin, Central European University

Mihaly Fazekas currently resides in Vienna, Austria; he is an assistant professor at the Central European University, Department of Public Policy, focusing on using data science methods to understand the quality of government globally. Fazekas has a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, where he pioneered data science methods to measure and understand high-level corruption in Central- and Eastern Europe. In 2020, Fazekas won the IMF's Anti-Corruption Challenge leading an interdisciplinary team across government and academia.

Novel Tjahyadi

Vice President, Indonesia Regional Strategy, GOJEK

Award-winning and certified Innovation and Exponential Transformation Leader with 20+ years of successful experience in strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, program/project management, and leadership roles in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Excellent combination of industry (digital, Oil & Gas, public sector, and academia). Successfully orchestrated innovation strategy, culture, and digital transformation in a government agency by adopting emerging technologies, resulting in a remarkable Return on Innovation Investment (ROII). Co-founder of a successful technology start-up with market reach in 13+ countries. Lecturer, certified professional coach, start-up mentor, and keynote speaker.

Novel is an avid runner, having completed five full marathons, ten half marathons, a sprint triathlon, and a keen tennis player, squash, and badminton. He serves as a choir leader, a Parish Council member, and a catechist in his church.

Petteri Nisonen

CPO Fazer Group, Finland

25 years experience in materials management, sourcing, supplier relationship management and other supply chain related topics.

Fazer (2018 - Now)

• Vice President, Materials
• CPO, April 2022 onwards

Paulig (2013 - 2018)

• Director, Indirect and Development

Fiskars (2010 - 2013)

• Regional Sourcing Director

Nokia (1997 - 2010)

• Head of Category Group

Rustam Abdukayumov

Director Procurement Division2, East Asia and Southeast Asia Pacific Region, ADB

Rustam Abdukayumov is a development professional with 21 years of experience in project design, portfolio management, country, sector, project procurement risk assessments, strategic procurement planning, contract management, high-value and complex procurement and consulting transactions in transport, energy, water supply, wastewater treatment, agriculture and irrigation, transboundary water management.

Sebastian Chua

Head of Procurement, Health Promotion Board, Singapore

Sebastian Chua started his procurement career with Hewlett Packard/Agilent Technologies as their Country Manager for India, Singapore, Thailand & Philippines before taking on the portfolio as the Regional Procurement Manager. Sebastian then moved on to join Microsoft & Alcatel-Lucent as Head of Procurement to transform their procurement organization in the Asia Pacific region. He has won several awards during his long and illustrious career, such as the 2019 Procurement Leaders APAC Awards for Transformation and CPO categories, the 2019 CIPS Asia Awards for Transformation and Best Public Procurement Project, the 2018 Public Service Innovation Champion Awards, the 2017 CIPS Asia CPO Awards, the 2017 Supply Chain Asia Awards, and the 2017 Supply Chain Asia Awards.