Dr Christina SS Ooi is a Board Member, former Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), speaker, mentor, published author, thought leader, 2024 LinkedIn Top Voice for Career Management, Negotiation, Executive Management, and Leadership. An acknowledged expert in her field, she brings with her more than 30 years of corporate senior management experience in key leadership positions across the Asia Pacific region, notably in procurement transformation management. Her professional experience has been with global and regional organisations across Asia Pacific in various industries, namely, technology, telecommunications, aviation, agribusiness, and gases, technologies and services. She and her teams won awards and accolades and esteemed recognition from the procurement fraternity, both globally and in the Asia Pacific region. Dr Christina was previously the Chief Procurement Officer, Asia Pacific of a world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for 14 countries. Prior to that, she was Group Procurement Officer with one of the world’s largest plantation companies and crude palm oil producer. Head hunted by Khazanah Nasional Berhad (sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia), she was handpicked as Group Head of Procurement to bring world class procurement practices as part of the national airline recovery plan in Malaysia. She had returned to Malaysia to take on the role of Senior Vice President, Procurement Management with a Malaysian mobile communications company. Prior to that, she spent 18.5 years at a global technology company in both local and Asia Pacific roles in its Integrated Supply Chain organization, including its managed business process outsourcing practice, where she was based in Singapore for seven years. In the early years of Dr Christina’s professional life, she worked in both advertising and legal where she practised criminal law in her family law firm in Malaysia. Her penchant for writing saw her contribution to legal research in alternative dispute resolution (mediation) with many of her works published in local and international legal journals. Dr Christina is an active speaker in major Asia Pacific and international conferences on talent management, procurement and supply chain. She served on the Asia Advisory Board of International Institute for Advanced Purchasing & Supply (IIAPS), the Advisory Board Member of ProcureCon Asia, and on the Judging Panel of CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards Asia. Dr. Christina is an Affiliate (Adult) Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM), and a Board Member of the Regional Board of Malaysia for Chartered Management Institute (CMI), UK's only chartered professional body for manager accreditation. Most recently, a member of ESG Association of Malaysia whose mission is to integrate sustainable practices into companies, communities and the environment. As part of her Board Directorship journey, she is currently participating in the 30% Club Malaysia Board Mentoring Scheme. A much-sought-after speaker in international conferences, she is also a volunteer mentor with Project Girls for Girls Malaysia, the Malaysian Chapter of the international NGO which empowers women with the courage, vision and skills to take on public leadership. Dr Christina holds a Ph.D. in Law from University of Malaya, Master of Laws, and Master of Business Administration (MBA), and has two first degrees, in Law and in Communication. She is also a certified Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI). She is a published author of her first book on talent management. Now based in Kuala Lumpur, Dr Christina is currently working on her second book.