Future Outlook of Supply Chains: Challenges, Solutions and Impact on Trade

British Chamber of Commerce Singapore

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About the Webinar

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Neither individuals nor companies have been immune to the impact that the current pandemic has had on our global network of Supply Chains.

Whether it is due to being unable to purchase your favourite overseas brand in a supermarket, satisfy tightened export/import regulations or receive essential components to further manufacture goods, COVID has shown that our global supply chains lack resilience.

During this webinar we initially assess the current macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape and investigate how these influences have redefined the flow of trade, as well as the future working practises of supply chain.

With thanks to our Panel:

Mark Rathbone, Partner, PwC Singapore
Jonathan Wharfe, Group Head Of Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at ESSENTRA PLC
Marc Philipp, Management Consulting Leader, PwC South East Asia Consulting, PwC Singapore
Max Lin, EM Asia Strategy at Natwest Markets

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

We will hear from organisations that have themselves had to quickly repair, rethink and reconfigure their Supply Chain, seeking ways to mitigate risk of future disruption, incorporate changing consumer demands such as sustainability and balance potential increased overheads.

This webinar aims to share best practise, recognise where forced change may now be here to stay and look to the future to understand how other companies may apply these insights to better their robustness.

We will discuss:

How will China respond to the change of supply and buyer habits from the west?
What will be the impact on Singapore and how will SG respond?
How Singapore responds and adjusts to the long-term impacts, maintain its positions and shape future opportunities.
Macro-economic factors, recent trade deals like Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Impact of trade deals and supply chains on Asian currencies.

Speakers

Mark Rathbone

Partner & Asia Pacific Capital Projects & Infrastructure Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Jonathan Wharfe

Global Head of Procurement at Essentra

Max Lin

EM Asia Strategy at Natwest Markets

Marc Philipp

Management Consulting Leader, PwC South East Asia Consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Mark Rathbone is PwC’s Asia Pacific Capital Projects & Infrastructure Leader, and will provide senior leadership for the South East Asia Infrastructure core team. He leads the CP&I team in Singapore and has 20 years' experience advising on a range of transactions across the infrastructure project finance and PPP market, including transactions for projects in the social infrastructure, health, land development, energy, defence, and transport sectors.

Mark has been integral to the development of project commercial structures, including deriving tariff mechanisms, risk allocation and related funding solutions for large infrastructure transactions in the region, while also leading the negotiation and implementation of PPP, joint venture and concession type contracts.

Essentra is a leading global provider of essential components and solutions with three global divisions: Components, Packaging, and Filters. Essentra operates 100+ facilities across 34 countries and is listed in the Ft250.
Jonathan became the Group Head of Procurement and Property at Essentra in March 2018.
He started his procurement career at Vodafone where he led the globalisation of indirect spend and subsequent central management of indirect categories through the Vodafone procurement company in Luxembourg.
On return to the UK Jonathan became a senior consultant for PWC, supporting companies such as MARS and Heineken to globalise their procurement function. More recently Jonathan was Director of Procurement at Royal Mail, responsible for IT, Property, HR and Business \Services.
Jonathan has a BEng Hons in Manufacturing systems engineering from Coventry University, a Masters of Business Administrator from Cranfield University, and recently completed the Oxford Said Business School Exec Mini MBA.

Members

Member PriceComplimentary

Non-Members

Public PriceS$28.04

For Members & Staff of the British Chamber Global Network

Public PriceComplimentary