Rajat is the recipient of ‘The Procurement Professional of the Year’ award at New Zealand Procurement Excellence Forum 2022 and ‘The Most Improved Procurement Team of the Year in Australasia’ at PASA Nigel Awards 2022. He has been steering the Procurement & Supply chain function at Vodafone New Zealand since October 2020. The function under Rajat’s leadership has undergone tremendous transformation since divestiture from Vodafone Group in 2019. A strong advocate of digitalization and empowerment, Rajat with his team has led implementation of a new digital suite for procurement business partnering and evolution of ERP to state-of-the-art world class capabilities including contract lifecycle management and analytics. He is a true believer that a better procurement experience for business users will directly lead to an enhanced customer experience for end users. He is also a promoter of sustainability principles and circular economy as the key drivers of future practices in procurement. Prior to joining Vodafone New Zealand, Rajat has held Chief Procurement Officer roles in mobile operators in the US and Middle East. He has also worked as Group Sourcing Director in two large global telecommunications operators based in Europe, Asia and Middle East.

Felicity is Senior Economist in the Australian Economics team at ANZ. She is responsible for analysis and forecasting of key Australian macroeconomic indicators, as well as thematic research on the Australian economy. She also provides specialist analysis on topical issues, including the housing sector and the policy outlook.

Felicity has more than twenty years’ experience as an economist in financial markets. Prior to joining ANZ, Felicity worked as a Senior Economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland, a Senior Economist at ABN AMRO Australia, and as an Economist for BZW Australia. 

Nicole Aspeling is the Head of Technology for Finance and Corporate applications at Woolworths Group.  Having been with the Group for 35 years, Nicole has worked across various parts of the business, including Stores, Buying/Replenishment, Wholesale, Finance and Technology, giving her a unique perspective on both the operations and systems landscape of the business.  Her team partners across the Group Service functions of Finance, Risk, Legal, Risk and Procurement to deliver and support technology that enable effective business outcomes.

Rachel Goos has experience delivering complex technology projects in a government environment. Prior to heading up the Source 2 Pay project, Rachel was the director of program management, overseeing governance and assurance for Queensland's digital licence project.

As the largest procuring organisation within Queensland Government, TMR – through Source 2 Pay – is introducing contemporary digital solutions to reduce cost, streamline and standardise procurement and realise greater insights from its reporting and supplier analysis.

Coupled with her project experience, Rachel brings with her broad experience in the finance and procurement aspects of TMR's infrastructure portfolio.  

Tara Anderson is the recently appointed CEO of Social Traders, the national trailblazers in social enterprise procurement. Tara has a background in strategy, marketing, sales, innovation, business development and multi-partner alliances at the executive and Board level. Tara has an MBA and deep expertise across charities, social enterprises, intermediaries and consultancy in Australia, UK and Europe.

She has led large scale collaborations, designed and implemented organisational-wide strategies for growth and diversification, and repositioned brands for increased impact. She is a Founding Director at Social Enterprise Australia, the peak body for social enterprise.

Tara is passionate about business models that blend profit & purpose and is energised by working with talented people who challenge business as usual.

Etosha Thurman is the Chief Marketing & Solutions Officer for SAP Intelligent Spend and Business Network. In her role, Etosha is charged with strengthening the company’s go-to-market approach and driving product marketing and solution management across SAP’s intelligent spend solutions and the SAP Business Network.

Previously, she was Head of Sales and Client Engagement with Capital One, where she led the Treasury Management sales team through transformational change with a focus on delivering an engaging and impactful customer experience. Etosha was originally with SAP from 2011 to 2019 in a variety of customer-facing and cloud roles with SAP Ariba and the Ariba Network team.

With experience in software as a service, cloud commerce, financial services, customer success management and global materials procurement, Etosha is a collaborative, results-oriented client executive and strategic leader. She is a graduate of Florida A&M University and the University of Cincinnati and is a member of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Etosha resides with her family in the metro Atlanta area.

Sandra is the Head of Membership at Supply Nation. Having joined Supply Nation in 2017, Sandra has worked with Supply Nation members for almost 6 years in supporting their supplier diversity journey’s and overseeing the membership team who are spread out across Australia. Throughout this time, the membership cohort has doubled in size, now consisting of over 670 corporate, government and not-for-profit members. Sandra has a background in business development, specifically working with C-level procurement and finance officers. Sandra holds bachelor’s degrees in both International Studies and Business and Commerce. She is passionate about supporting under-represented groups and believes the work that Supply Nation does in building a prosperous, sustainable and vibrant Indigenous business sector is both crucial and rewarding.