Speakers at the Oil & Gas Procurment Leaders Forum 2015:
Bill Antonace
Vice President, Supply Chain Management
Clough
Known for his tireless energy, work ethic, hands on approaches to consultative problem solving and need to know experience across supply chain, BILL ANTONACE, has blazed a trail of multi-million dollar achievement across industries and large corporations including; Chemicals, Consumer Goods, Oil and Gas, Construction/Engineering and Project Management and Execution. A trusted advisor to department functional leaders, CEO’s and their staff members, and worldwide industry captains, Bill has leveraged his 25 plus years of experience across end to end supply chains of multi-billion dollar giants. His hands on approaches of providing a competitive advantage through supply chain excellence have paid handsome dividends since the mid 1980’s.
As a key member of the top 30 leaders across Clough Ltd., Bill joined Clough as Vice President of Supply Chain Management in January 2012. After authoring a five year supply chain strategy and operating plan through board approval, he and his relatively newly installed team, with over 150 years combined expertise, has set upon a journey to transform supply chain at Clough from the point of demand creation through the end of product/project lifecycles. Prior to Clough, Bill relocated from the USA to join Woodside Energy as General Manager of Materials Management and Supply Chain focused on creating a reliable operationally excellent end to end supply chains, supporting the Northwest Shelf operations, offshore assets and helping the foundation of the new Pluto LNG plant.
As a former financial executive, Bill understand the levers to pull and push in creating shareholder value through supply chain excellence in leveraging spend, managing cash flows via inventory controls, providing superior service and developing future supply chain leaders.
In his spare time Bill enjoys playing his collection of guitars and sharing good food and fine wines with friends at his home by the pool and BBQ.
"Clough has transformed their company over the past three years to become a major driving force within the Australian EPC markets serving both the mining and minerals and oil and gas markets with projects from Australia, PNG, South East Asia and now with recent expansions in Europe , Africa and North America. The company is focused in delivering value to its customers by a strong attention to its strategic imperative found within its Vision 2020"
By 2020 Clough will become a global contractor providing services and solutions across the full asset lifecycle. We will engineer to construct and construct to operate oil & gas and mining & minerals projects, generating a sustainable returns to shareholders.
We will achieve our vision by designing, building, maintaining and operating facilities safely and reliably for our clients in a manner that makes us proud by:
• Adopting the pursuit of excellence in everything we do
• Never compromising on our safety values
• Developing our people and building bench strength
• Building high value expertise and innovative systems that add real value to our clients’ operations
The Supply Chain team, led by Bill Antonace has developed a strong strategy to support the Clough vision and has begun a transformation that is focused on solutions to drive value to projects and customers using intense drivers of innovation across people, processes and systems. Innovative supply chain solutions will add value and eliminate waste across procurement, materials management and logistics, by reduce costs, increasing productivity and creating sustainable improvements for years to come.
“I believe the Forum will be a great opportunity for supply chain/procurement leaders in oil and gas industries to share key thoughts, ideas, benefits and what challenges they face aimed at reducing costs and improving efficiencies into their respective businesses”.
Michael Batiste
Supply Chain Manager – GLNG
Santos
Michael Batiste is the Supply Chain Manager for the Santos Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas Project. In this role he is responsible for the logistics, material management, contracting and procurement functions to support the Project. Michael has held a variety of logistics and contracting roles within Santos prior to mobbing to the GLNG Project.
Prior to joining Santos, Michael served in the Australian Army and held a range of senior logistics operations and logistics training appointments. In 2007 he managed the Australian Defence Force base logistics operations in South East Australia, including Project management of the Armoured Personnel Carrier upgrade program. In 2008 – 2009 Michael commanded the Army Logistics Training Centre, responsible for training 7000 students a year in vocational, graduate and post-graduate education in the fields of logistics, maintenance, project management and emergency medicine.
Michael was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2010 for services in the field of logistics.
Michael holds a Bachelors degree in Science and Masters degrees in Business Administration and Strategic Studies.
Anthony Clark
Head of Supply Chain and Logistics
Gration
Anthony Clark is an experienced and results oriented leader with an extensive background in supply chain management, logistics, strategic sourcing and procurement gained in the mining services, fast moving consumer goods and defence industries. He has a demonstrated ability to identify and isolate key elements of any task or situation in order to determine priorities and ensure effective, practical and achievable results that deliver on key strategic and financial metrics.
Anthony has a clear and effective understanding of all aspects of supply chain systems, distribution and warehouse methodologies, port and terminal management, and project management, stemming from extensive experience and senior roles with the Australian Regular Army, Coca-Cola Amatil, Orica Mining Services, GE Aviation and Thiess Pty Ltd.
During his short time with Thiess, he has reviewed demand and supply planning for construction projects, developed the concept for a centralized purchasing hub for all business units, introduced a freight forwarding desk to undertake project logistics and led the Leighton Holdings project team responsible for establishing supplier panels for linehaul, heavy haul, freight forwarding and customs services.
Anthony is a graduate of the Royal Military College Duntroon as well as having attained a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Management. He is a keen corporate golfer who doesn’t play nearly enough.
“The conference will allow supply chain and procurement professionals to meet both formally and informally to learn, review and understand the “next big things” occurring in our respective fields of excellence”
Jim Cowan
Managing Director
Caliba Group
Jim has a background in manufacturing and supply chain, and for the past 11 years has in roles focusing on strategic procurement in the resources sector. Jim was the strategic sourcing manager for Anglo Coal Australia, and the global category manager for Anglo American’s fuel and lubricants requirements. Jim is the founder and managing director of Caliba Group, which assists companies to improve their procurement function capabilities, and to manage cost reduction projects.
Diane Jamieson
Former Engineering Commercial Advisor
Woodside Energy
Diane Jamieson is currently the Contracts Manager and Contract Management Process Authority in Development Division at Woodside Energy Limited, responsible for production support and continuous improvement in Contract Management. She is also a Fellow and lecturer with the Graduate School of Business at Curtin University. Prior to joining the resources sector she was a contracting professional in the defence, government and tertiary education sectors for nearly 20 year and has a broad range of experience. Diane has also worked in the forestry and health sectors and in the UK, Sweden and Canada.
Tabatha Latt
Operations Training Coordinator - Gorgon Project
Monadelphous
A sound background in workforce planning, development and training, followed by opportunities to implement theory into practice has led to my professional endeavours focusing on combining the existing capability of people and systems in order to maximise capacity.
My exposure to a systems approach has strategically placed me to be part of teams that include technical, organisational and skills expertise. By examining systems and the processes that support and strengthen these teams, efficiencies can be highlighted and increased, and areas of need can be clearly identified and addressed.
Working on one of the world’s biggest Oil and Gas projects, combined with the challenges of strict quarantine, manning and environmental requirements, provides a unique environment for our company to deliver its services in the best possible way to a range of stakeholders.
"As an emerging and burgeoning industry in Australia, strong leadership and shared knowledge will enable Australian companies to increase their exposure and inclusion in critical decision making, planning and delivery of services".
David MacDonald
Procurement Director, Australia and New Zealand
BP
David is a procurement and cost management leader with 17 years industry and consultancy experience across a variety of sectors.
With a wealth of cost reduction and value improvement experience in many direct and indirect categories, he is totally committed to leading organisations through change to deliver higher value supply solutions. Flexible and results focused, he has an in-depth understanding of Procurement technology, process and organisational design.
Viewing every engagement from the perspective of driving corporate strategy he is considered an excellent communicator and an enthusiastic, delivery-focused leader.
Andrew McFarlane
Group Procurement Manager
McConnell Dowell
Andrew is head of Procurement at McConnell Dowell responsible for initially establishing and now leading and transforming the procurement activity in a large tier 1 infrastructure and construction company. With headquarters in Melbourne, McConnell Dowell has offices throughout Australia, NZ, South East Asia, China and the Middle East.
He has over 15 years Procurement experience working in a variety of industries and is recognized as a proven Procurement leader and transformation specialist. He is a Fellow of CIPS. Prior to McConnell Dowell he has held senior Procurement and Commercial roles at BlueScope Steel, Bosch and Southcorp. His career spans working in Australia, USA and UK.
Peter Murdoch
Manager Contracts and Supply Chain
Senex Energy
With 30 something years of experience in Procurement and Logistics Peter Murdoch’s career has generally focused on supporting the exploration and production sectors of the oil and gas industry in the UK, South & SE Asia and more recently Australia. After five years with Santos building and managing teams supporting Santos’s Exploration and Drilling activities globally, Peter has recently joined Senex in Brisbane as Manager Contracts and Supply Chain.
Ian Nichols
General Manager Market Development Asset Management Services
Downer Infrastructure
Ian has had 30 years’ experience in the steel, coal and power industries with several companies including BHP, Coal & Allied, Ausgrid, Florida Power & Light, Powerlink Qld, Transfield Services, Thiess and now Downer. He has worked with asset owners having a perspective on procuring major project services and on the contractor’s side positioning and bidding for many large projects and maintenance contracts. Ian has particular experience in Asset Management in the power industry with 20 of those years in management positions within power generation, transmission and distribution utility businesses. He has led consulting teams implementing asset management systems and leading cultural change for clients for Australian and overseas assignments.
In his current position, he has the responsibility for developing business capabilities and opportunities for Downer EDI in multiple sectors, including oil & gas for shutdown and maintenance management services.
“The conference allows supply chain and procurement professionals to meet other professionals in their field and also hear from the perspective of suppliers and contractors who are faced with the task of communicating the benefits of their offer within the frameworks created by the procurement arms of owner organisations”.
Robert Perrons
Associate Professor of Technology Management and Strategy
Queensland University of Technology
Prior to joining QUT as an Associate Professor in 2011, Rob worked in a wide variety of roles and locations for Shell International’s Exploration & Production division. He started his career in Shell’s Strategy & Economics team in 1997, and then worked for several years as a production engineer in the company’s overseas operations (offshore and onshore). He then left Shell for three years to work as an Industrial Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, but re-joined Shell again in 2004 to become the company’s Executive Coordinator of R&D. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.Eng. in mechanical engineering from McMaster University in Canada, where he was the class valedictorian. He also earned a S.M. degree in Technology & Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in engineering from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Cambridge Scholar. He is a Fellow of both the UK’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and Engineers Australia, and is chartered as a Eur. Ing. in Europe. Also, he is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and continues to stay connected to the University of Cambridge as an Affiliated Researcher. Born and raised in Canada, Rob currently lives in the Brisbane area with his wife, Shannon, and their three sons.
“People have been talking excitedly in lots of oil & gas conferences around the world about the many exciting changes that are afoot in the industry, but contracting & procurement departments within the sector have a special role inasmuch as they are an important gatekeeper in actually delivering these kinds of change. If the underlying ingredients for these exciting changes aren’t getting purchased, then the changes are probably not really happening.”
Debbie Phillips
Procurement Manager, Bulwer Island Refinery
BP
Debbie Phillips currently leads the contracting and procurement activities at the BP Bulwer Island Refinery and enjoys working strategically with suppliers and the Bulwer team to identify innovative opportunities to improve site performance whilst delivering safe and reliable operations.
Debbie is a CPA, holds a Masters in Professional Accounting and an undergraduate degree in Human Resource Management. Debbie is an advocate of the Chief Executive Women’s program that aims to facilitate greater representation of women at senior levels of Australian business, government and the not-for-profit sectors.
In her spare time, Debbie is preparing for the launch of her own business focused on creating opportunities for professionals to balance paid and unpaid work commitments. Debbie enjoys swimming and boxing class (although not particularly adept at either activity), and spending time with her family.
Chris Pretorius
Manager - ProjectConnect and REPS
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia
Chris manages ProjectConnect and Resource & Energy Project Service at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.
These services provide the WA business community with vital information about developments and opportunities on projects in the resource, mining, oil & gas and many other industries.
Chris had a long career as an engineer, project manager and development manager in the IT and telecommunications industry, specialising in the development and deployment of products and services for underserviced and emerging markets around the world.
In 2002, Chris joined CCIWA as an engineering consultant in the Industry Capability Network (ICN) and worked on many infrastructure and resource projects in WA like the Perth Convention Centre, Perth-to-Mandurah Railway, Northbridge Tunnel, Sino Iron Project and the Gorgon Project.
In 2010, Chris took over the management of ProjectConnect and REPS, where his wealth of experience in the management and development of online information management systems combined with year of experience on resource projects helped to advance the service offerings of these products to new levels.
Chris has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and also has a Bachelor of Commerce and Accounting degree from the University of South Africa.
Andrew Prochon
Principal
Analitico Consulting
Andrew Prochon is a management consultant with 25 years’ experience working in the Australian and international resources sector for companies such as Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Xstrata, Vale and Santos.
With a passion for analysis and problem solving, and an ability to thrive in challenging environments, Andrew applied his craft early in his career in the areas of logistics and procurement to successfully deliver diverse projects such as developing port infrastructure investment options for iron-ore distribution into China, negotiating major consumable and services supply contracts for a greenfield mining project in Argentina, and analysing options for barging potash up the Paraguay and Parana rivers into Brazil.
Andrew later changed his focus from physical to business processes, leading major business improvement and change management initiatives. In his most recent role, Andrew was program manager for the introduction of a best-practice solution to improve contractor management processes and deliver savings across Rio Tinto’s $3Bn of global contractor spend.
Andrew has a bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree and an MBA, both from the University of Queensland. He lives in Brisbane with his wife, teenage daughter and German Shepherd “Tango”.
Jody Rowe
Director
Strike Energy
Jody Rowe is a specialist consultant in the resources sector who has a strategic view of the market, its needs and potential opportunities for growth and continuous cost improvements. In December 2013 roweSMG was founded the focus is areas of expertise, business development, supply chain including contracts and procurement, tenders, negotiations and reviews where risk is significant. She has the conceptual and analytical ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity that often accompanies such high profile companies.
Previous work experience includes executive roles at BG-QGC, Santos, Rio Tinto and Barrick Gold on mega projects GLNG and QCLNG and large scale mining projects / operations. Jody is a strong advocate for the Contracts and Procurement profession, Women’s networking and Emerging Talent, presenting at APPEA September 2013, Major Construction Conference October 2013 and Oil and Gas Procurement Leaders November 2013 and May 2014, TSBE in August 2014 and Energy Week in Houston February 2015.
In June 2014 Jody became a Director of Strike Energy an Oil and Gas Company with a substantial acreage in the Cooper Basin and in the Eagleford and Permian Basins.
Jody grew up in South Australia, graduating in Accounting with a career spanning 12 years in mining Commercial roles at Barrick Gold and Rio Tinto in both Gold and Uranium commodities... Jody is a keen golfer and traveller.
“This is an opportunity to network and connect with Business Leaders and peers….Lets understand the market and how we can deliver value and make a difference in moving the perception of the function.”
Dennis Ryan
Leader - Oil & Gas Growth & Development
Downer Infrastructure
Dennis Ryan is a 35 year veteran of the oil, gas and LNG business. Dennis, a Texas-educated oil and gas lawyer, had an 18 year career with Phillips Petroleum where he advanced to the role of head of Laws and Regulations for its E&P and Gas & Gas Liquids groups. Dennis, then, became the head of Phillips’ Global Gas business where he developed opportunities in LNG to use the company’s Optimized Cascade LNG technology for major LNG projects, including the Trinidad & Tobago Atlantic LNG Project.
Dennis was instrumental in establishing the Bechtel - Phillips LNG Alliance in 1995. His career has continued in Energy where he has assumed senior global management positions in pipelines, power, oil and gas and LNG for several companies including, GE, Bechtel, Aker Kvaerner, Black & Veatch, Ausenco and now Downer. Dennis lives and works in Brisbane.
Dennis recently hosted a gas industry sector workshop on Owner/ Contractor Issues which discussed and captured lessons learned and issues that owners and contractors have with the procurement process.
“Do Corporate Procurement and Supply Chain organisations foster sufficient bilateral discussion between Owners and Contractors? Do these groups accomplish the goals for both parties, or do they stifle important conversations on both sides? What is the right balance and are there ways to improve mutual dialogues on bidding protocols?”
Kobus van der Wath
Founder & Group Managing Director
The Beijing Axis
Kobus is the Founder and Group Managing Director of The Beijing Axis (www.thebeijingaxis.com), an international advisory and procurement firm operating in four principal areas: Strategy, Procurement, Commodities and Capital. Clients include global multinationals with a ‘China/Asia agenda’; and Chinese/Asian multinational firms with a ‘go-global agenda’.
Our procurement business is a leading, China-focused global procurement house that offers a comprehensive range of intelligent global sourcing solutions across the supply chain in a way that balances total cost, delivery time and quality, while minimizing risk. We have significant experience in sourcing more than 80 product categories from China and other ‘best-cost’ countries. These include procurement for large complex CAPEX projects and CAPEX replenishment but also procurement of strategic raw materials, production consumables, MRO supply, components, finished products and services. With more than 13 years of delivering international advisory and procurement solutions, we have offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai, and Johannesburg.
Kobus has been working in Asia for over 20 years and is based in Beijing. Before founding The Beijing Axis, he was Head of Investment Strategy and Global Market Research for Asia Pacific for Standard Chartered Bank Plc and, prior to that, he was a Senior Strategy Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Asia. In his early career, he was an Emerging Market Investment Strategist in London; a Treasury Economist with Standard Merchant Bank in Johannesburg; and an Economist with the South African Reserve Bank in Pretoria.
He holds an MBA from INSEAD in France, a Master of Business (I.T.) from Curtin in Australia and BCom Honours degrees in Finance/Investments and Economics, respectively from UJ and Unisa in South Africa.
His work is well published, and he has received numerous invitations to present as a keynote speaker and to lead discussions in over 20 countries. He is regarded as a thought leader on the topic of China cross-border business.
Liam Wagner
Research Fellow in Energy Economics
University of Queensland
Liam Wagner is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland specialising in energy and environmental economics and policy. Prior to coming to the School of Economics, Dr Wagner worked as a Trading Analyst in the energy industry, providing electricity market forecasting expertise, advice on risk management, while also trading an Open Cycle Gas Turbine power station. In 2008 Dr Wagner was appointed to an Australian Government panel of experts to advise on the design and implementation of the proposed emissions trading scheme. His current research interests include:
• Energy Economics
• Renewable Energy
• Electricity Market Modelling
• Biofuels
• Carbon Trading
Rachel Wu
Senior Project Manager
The Beijing Axis
Rachel is a Senior Manager at The Beijing Axis (www.thebeijingaxis.com), an international advisory and procurement firm operating in four principal areas: Strategy, Procurement, Commodities and Capital. Clients include global multinationals with a ‘China/Asia agenda’; and Chinese/Asian multinational firms with a ‘go-global agenda’.
Rachel manages and executes various complex and comprehensive China/Asia sourcing projects for international clients, especially from Australia and Africa. Her focus is on mining, industrial, infrastructure, engineering and FMCG clients.
Her responsibilities also include business development and strategic client development. She has attended various international conferences, including Mining Indaba (Cape Town), Mining Indaba (Singapore), CIPS 10th Annual conference (Sydney, panelist), Africa Down Under (Perth), Future China (Singapore), Diggers and Dealers (Kalgoorlie), Smart Procurement (Johannesburg), China Mining (Tianjin) and various international seminars. In 2013 and 2014, she was also a guest lecturer at the University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business (MBA programme), on the topic of ‘Culture in Business’.
Born and raised in Beijing, Rachel has been living and working in China, Singapore and Australia. Before joining The Beijing Axis Procurement, she was a Consultant in the Group Corporate Office in Singapore. Prior to that, she was a Strategy Consultant with Marbridge Consulting in China. In her early career, she was a consultant in the Cargo Logistics Department of Beijing Foreign Airlines Service Corporation.
She holds an MBA from University of Western Australia and a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and Trade from the Capital University of Economics & Business in China. She can speak fluent English and Mandarin. Her hobbies include travel, reading about new business ventures and keeping fit.
Leo Yanes
Principal
ACIL Allen Consulting
Leo holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. qualifications in economics from the London School of Economics and has been a Visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Economics at Harvard. Leo has extensive expertise in quantitative methods, with a strong emphasis on planning, valuation (discounted cash flows, cost-benefit analysis), quantitative risk analysis (Monte Carlo simulation), optimisation, econometrics and general equilibrium.
Leo’s experience in the oil & gas sector encompasses project appraisal using discounted cash flow and long and short-run forecasting. Leo has built cash flow models for various oil & gas projects at Santos, PDVSA (the national oil company of Venezuela) and various off-shore and on-shore projects in Western Australia and the Timor Sea. This work includes integrated supply chain valuation models for the Gladstone Coal Seam Gas to LNG project (Santos-GLNG), the Cash-Maple offshore field in the Timor Sea, and crude oil reservoirs in the Canning Basin (Western Australia). This class of models encompasses all aspects of the production process, from the reservoir (gas, condensate, crude and water flows) through to surface facilities and LNG plants and shipping. LNG facilities include both onshore as well as floating LNG.
Other projects include design of a valuation procedure for geo-political risk for mining investments (Xstrata), design and construction of a business forecasting toolkit for a multinational corporation (KPMG), construction of forecasts to 2100 for the Eastern Australia gas market. Leo has experience in economic impact studies for oil & gas projects, educational aspects of the National Reform Agenda and provided modelling support for the International Monetary Fund economic restructuring programme in Venezuela (1996).
Specialties:
- Economic modelling for the oil & gas industry
- Optimisation
- Probabilistic valuation (risk analysis based on Monte Carlo simulation)
- General Equilibrium
- Applied econometrics