Craig Lardner

Background

About Craig Lardner

Aside from his extensive experience in Australia and NZ Craig worked internationally (London based) for 10 years Qualifications in Accounting…Mt Eliza management school…Columbia University program Strategic The BOC Group: Foundation years in Commercial, Inventory, Sales and Marketing. Executive roles in Customer Service, Industrial retailing and Procurement/Supply chain 1994 Director of Procurement, Australia & New Zealand. 1997 Global CPO for The BOC Group, based in London (10 years) Spanned 50 countries The role required extensive global travel focusing on supply chain and procurement techniques across the world in both private and public sector enterprises on all continents. Plus…Sponsor of Driver safety across the BOC Group Then 5 years in FMCG.George Weston Foods as Director of Procurement 2009 winner ‘Australia’s best’ Procurement 2011 CIPS Annual Procurement Excellence award winner in 2 categories- Best People development program - Most Improved Procurement Operation Spent a minute, non-stop for 20 years Business coach and mentor to young professionals Business Coach of the year GWF Mentor-for-the-Mentors in the talent development program UK mentors scheme. 2011 formed Procurement Advisory Services…an independent procurement consulting enterprise Commissioned by. The World Bank on developing Procurement practices in Philippines, Argentina, and Brazil Governments. NSW & SA Governments as advisor and subject matter expert on professional procurement. Independant recruitment SCM panel member. Guest lecturer at Universities (Australia, Europe, and South Africa and Sub-Sahara) on the practitioner’s approach to modern procurement. Guest speaker and facilitator in industry seminars as subject matter expert on procurement practices, setting strategy, tools, processes, policies, opportunity analysis, Risk management, value delivery, complex negotiations, and procurement team capability building. Specialist as a Change agent. Fellow of CIPS …the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply 2012 CIPS Congress member to the London based global Congress, 3 year term 2014 Global CIPS President. The 1st Australian appointed in 80 years. 2015/16 Appointed to The Board 2022 Supply Chain Management post-Grad master’s degree, Advisory Panel member, Curtain University. 2022 Chair, Submission committee to Australian Federal Government Productivity Commission into Supply chain disruptions and risk 2022-24 Chair, Ramsay Health Care, Kareena Consumer Forum committee 2023 Guest assessor of PhD students Copenhagen University Denmark.