Graham Rice, BSc(Hons), MCIPS

Graham is based in Kuala Lumpur and leads the PMMS practise there

His purchasing management experience includes senior roles in multi-national corporations in the UK and Asia. Graham has extensive experience of outsourcing and global sourcing in the manufacturing sector as well as having led cross functional and multi cultural teams through strategic purchasing activities.

He has traveled through out the region and his knowledge of managing supply markets in Asia is widely respected. Graham is also an experienced negotiator and brings an understanding the cultural issues for successful negotiating outcomes in a multicultural environment.

Richard K. May, BE Chem, Grad Dip Bus Admin, FCIPS, MIPSHK

Richard is the Founder and Principal of PMMS Asia Pacific. His corporate experience includes Manufacturing, Project, Technical, Business and Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. As Purchasing Director for a major multinational in Asia Pacific, he was credited with leading the first ever successful across-Asia Pacific integration of the Procurement Process. His understanding of cross-cultural change management is widely respected.

His particular area of interest is in facilitating in-company cross-functional teams in difficult business supply issues to achieve outstanding results.

Dannie Y.S. Yung, MSc(Eng), CEng., MIEE, MHKIE, MAPICS

Ir Dannie Yung is a Chartered Engineer and a senior consultant with PMMS Asia Pacific. The work of Ir Yung with global leading organizations involves her in ensuring that her clients get the very best out of managing the purchasing and supply process to achieve business goals and deliver results.

A key component of Ir Yung's approach to managing the purchasing and supply process lies in the strategic alignment and balance struck between gaining a commercial advantage and the long-term view of doing business. She believes strongly that supply chains (not companies) compete to create value and delight customers.

Bob McConnochie, MA(Hons), MCIPS

Bob is an Associate Consultant with PMMS Asia Pacific. In addition to procurement consultancy projects he is also a lead training facilitator with our subsidiary Negotiation Resource International (NRI).

He has extensive experience in working with teams of key commodity buyers in securing productivity improvements and achieving corporate fiscal targets and has been a member of a core local team (co-ordinating extensive international contacts) to produce an in-depth review of a client's global supply market for equipment, evaluating their performance, and analysing budgetary planning.

His international experience of leading strategic procurement extends across 15 countries with substantial profit and service improvements.

Sammy Chow, B.A.Sc, MIMarE, MHKIE, MCIPS

An Associate of PMMS Asia Pacific, Sammy has extensive experience of both sides of the buyer/seller interface in Hong Kong and mainland China. He currently undertakes sourcing projects for multinational clients in the hospitality sector on behalf of whom he acts with clients and suppliers. His expertise lies in the implementation of change programmes, negotiation project consulting and commercial skills best practice development and performance measurement. Previous corporate purchasing experience has been with major international companies in the airline and chemical industries.

Anne Young, PhD, BSc(Hons), MCIPS

Anne Young is a Senior Consultant with the Asia Pacific division of PMMS Consulting Group and is based in Singapore. Her previous experience includes a number of roles along the supply chain in a multi-national corporation in the UK.

Anne's direct experience in industry includes working as the procurement representative in cross functional and multi-cultural teams for complex strategic sourcing initiatives. Whilst leading teams through successful assignments, Anne has the ability to empathise with clients and to understand the pressure placed on procurement professionals.

Anne has specific interest in coaching and facilitating negotiation, outsourcing and strategic sourcing teams and delivering training to members of the profession.

Horace Yip, MBA, BBA (Hons)

Horace has been involved in Supplier Management activities since 1988 specialising in the IT sector where he led a team which negotiated a US$2.5 million hardware deal. With PMMS, Horace is currently supporting the procurement team of a long-term client involved in a procurement project valued at over US$2 million.

Horace has over 4 years experience of participating and facilitating role play as a learning tool. He understands and has extensive practice in what is required in order to ensure that this is a meaningful learning tool which participants find to be useful in terms of trying out new behaviour within a safe and caring environment.