Mr Rick Chong has over 15 years of experience in procurement and supply chain where he has successfully led procurement operations, cost savings initiatives, reorganisation projects, system integrations, training and consultancy.

Rick is held in high esteem in the public sector in Singapore due to his stint in the Ministry of Finance where he rewrote the procurement policy and his implementation of his Procurement Competency and Training Framework for all the procurement executives in the Singapore government.

Having lived and worked in many countries, including Germany, Portugal, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong and Thailand, Rick has a wealth of experience training in different countries and different cultures. One of the more outstanding projects done by him was the cost savings of a million dollars on raw materials during his time with Singapore Airlines. Armed with the implementation experience of revamping the procurement process for HTL International, he went on to qualify as an SAP consultant and used his knowledge to implement the electronic purchase request system for A*STAR. The system helped to reduce cost by an estimated $100,000 a year.