Joseph N. Agresta

Former CPO

Johnson & Johnson

Joe has been a Senior Leader with a career spanning 38 years at Allied Signal and Johnson & Johnson. His experience spans across Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Program and Product line management.

In his past 18 years at Johnson & Johnson, Joe has held Vice President leadership positions of increasing scope. In both companies Joe has been a leader in the design and execution of Category Management and Supply Chain operating models. Most recently for Johnson and Johnson Joe served as the leader of critical Supply Chain sourcing processes and was a member of the Johnson and Johnson Product Supply Leadership Team and has been the Executive Sponsor of the Construction Capital and Facilities Services Category. Prior to creating the Procurement Excellence team Joe served as Vice President and CPO for J&J’s Pharmaceutical Sector Supply Chain Procurement Organization.

In his development of his new company JNA Leadership Consulting Joe’s thought leadership in Talent Development and Operating Model Design and Execution will bring a unique perspective of the End to End Value Chain. JNA Leadership Consulting will design, teach and coach relevant educational modules to the Global Supply Chain Community with unbridled Energy and Passion!

Dr.Arnd Hirschberg

Global CPO

Siemens

Dr. Arnd Hirschberg is currently working as CPO for Siemens. 

Dr. Arnd Hirschberg  has 20 years of procurement experience. He joined Siemens in 2007 and held the positions of CPO Wind Power Division Siemens, Head of Consulting Siemens – CSCM C, CPO Siemens Division Process Industries and Drives former Drives Techn, etc,. In addition, Dr. Arnd Hirschberg has held executive positions at the Technical University of Munich, BMW, and the Boston Consulting Group.

Dr. Arnd Hirschberg  graduated from Technical University of Munich, is PhD on "Organisation of manufacturing cells" .

Amita Khurana

CPO

Tata Steel BSL

Amita Khurana is currently the Chief Procurement Officer of Tata Steel BSL Ltd (formerly known as Bhushan Steel Limited)- a company that Tata Steel Ltd acquired in 2018. She is managing the revenue and capital procurement across different locations of Tata Steel BSL.

In a career spanning 17 years, she has handled various assignments in the field of commercial & logistics including working on greenfield projects overseas, export of ferro alloys, procurement of bulk commodities etc.

She has demonstrated competency in dealing with ambiguous, unproven and challenging business environment in India and overseas. In the field of procurement, she brings understanding of categories, risk management, relationship building & management, conflict resolution and mentoring capability. She brings a fine balance of strong achievement orientation while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

She has done her Masters in International Business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. She is also a qualified CFA and Advance diploma holder in shipping from ICS, London.

Terence Lee

CPO, Asia Pacific

Geodis

Terence is currently with Geodis Supply Chain Optimization as their CPO, Asia Pacific – responsible for Transformational Changes and leadership in pioneering new products and services (e.g. Procurement Advisory Services in GSCO). Known to be Resourceful, Entrepreneurial and Creative subject matter expert in Supply Chain, Sourcing & Procurement and Strategy Development, focusing on leadership in organizational change transformation management, M&A, business start-ups and developed pioneering niched processes (including consortium-buying and LCCS) with light-house successes globally through strong commercial acumen and excellent stakeholders-to-market engagements in the last 20+ years.

Jan Clysner

VP Procurement & Sustainability APAC

AB InBev

Jan Clysner is the VP Procurement and Sustainability APAC in AB InBev since 1st Jan 2019. During his 16 years career in AB InBev, he has been successfully led multiple procurement categories across the world. He mentions the success of him is built upon the talented people around, with the great organization and bring people together. “Sustainability is our business” is what he believes in.”

Mu Wen

Executive Vice President,Purchasing and Supplier Management

Beijing Benz Automotive

Senior mechanical engineer; Master of Tsinghua University. Since joining BBAC in 2007, Mrs. Mu Wen is responsible for productive purchasing, non-productive purchasing, sales business (except vehicle sales), as well as localization and supplier management. Under the leadership of Mrs. Mu Wen, BBAC has established a more advanced procurement and supplier management system, and has improved the localization project management mechanism, effectively guaranteeing BBAC’s production and operation. Before joining BBAC, Mrs. Mu Wen was in charge of procurement management in Huachen BMW.

With 30 years of experience in the world-class China-German joint venture automobile manufacturing enterprises, Mrs. Mu Wen has very rich experience and professional accomplishments in automobile design, automobile manufacturing technology, logistics, parts procurement, parts localization and so on. 

Psalmy Lin

Vice President, Head of Procurement Asia

Heraeus

Psalmy Lin is the Vice President, Head of Procurement Asia of Heraeus Group where she manages Asia strategic sourcing for Indirect spend across BU. She is also responsible for overseeing both Direct & Indirect spend, Strategic & Operational procurement in the region.

Psalmy has more than 20 years’ experience in managing Asia Pacific Procurement. She started her procurement career from a site Indirect buyer and gradually developed by rotating categories, expanding the responsibilities and working in different industries. Prior to joining Heraeus, Psalmy worked on various positions in different multinational companies, including Intel, Honeywell, Coca-Cola and W.R. Grace .

Julia Wu

Senior Director Global Category Lead of Sales & Distributor Service and Marketing Operation

Johnson & Johnson

As global category lead for Sales & Distributor Service and Marketing Operation categories, Julia is accountable for leading the global category strategy development and supplier management activities. Julia and her regional category team from NA, EMEA, LATAM and APAC manage total spend of $1.5B, will annual $90~100MM saving.

Julia joined Johnson & Johnson as the APAC R&D Procurement Head in September 2011. In her time in that position, she successfully built a team with strong procurement capabilities; partnered closely with the Johnson & Johnson R&D Procurement category leaders to leverage global strategies that could be executed in the APAC region; and built strong relationships with Janssen APAC R&D business partners to create regional and local sourcing strategies where needed. In September 2016, Julia was appointed as the APAC Medical Device Supply Chain Procurement Head. In this position, Julia built regional procurement capability through strong talent development. She also led the Move East strategy development by partnering with Medical Devices Supply Chain key stakeholders and global category leaders. These efforts have resulted in the creation of a robust project pipeline that will allow Medical Devices Supply Chain to realize the journey from a China for China to a China for Global strategy.

Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Julia worked at Dell Inc. for ten years in various supply chain, procurement positions.