Peter Smith MA FCIPS FRSA
Guest Speaker

Peter Smith MA FCIPS FRSA

Business Author, Managing Director, Procurement Excellence Ltd

Peter Smith has over 35 years experience in procurement and supply chain as a manager, procurement director, consultant, analyst and writer. After graduating from Cambridge University, Peter started his procurement career at Mars Confectionery, then was Procurement Director for Dun & Bradstreet Europe, the UK Government’s Department of Social Security, and the NatWest Group. He was elected a Fellow then was 2003 President of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, served as a Senior Adviser to the UK National Audit Office and has been a non-exec director of two large public sector organisations and a growing private firm.

He has also written four books: Penguin Business published “Bad Buying – How Organisations Waste Billions Through Failures, Frauds and F*ck-ups in October 2021, lifting the lid on some amazing global stories of disaster in the business (and public sector) world!  His latest passion is Procurement with Purpose, and with co-author Mark Perera, his book on that topic was published in November 2021.