ProcureCon Asia 2026

July 7 - 9, 2026

Equarius Hotel Sentosa, Singapore

Edward Baxter

Edward Baxter

Head of Solution Consulting, APAC Ivalua
Edward Baxter

Ed has been in the procurement software industry since 2007. He has navigated the journey from faxed purchase orders to agentic AI in a variety of customer-facing roles. Today, he leads the Asia Pacific Solutions Consulting team at Ivalua, a market leading source to pay solution provider. This entails supporting APAC organisations looking to digitalize their source-to-pay workflows.

FOCUS DAY – 7 July 2026, Tuesday

10:45 AM 3 x Technology Roundtables

Meet 1 - 3 of the newest technology and service offerings with your peers to establish who best meets your business needs (25 minutes per session)

Roundtable 1:

From intake to impact: Preparing procurement teams for the Agentic AI era

Speakers:

Rich Kirby, Sr. Value Advisory Director, Coupa 

Fernando Juliyanto, Sr Principal Solution Advisor, Coupa



Roundtable 2:

Total procurement orchestration with Agentic AI

Speakers:

Nitish Chawla, Head of Solution Design, APAC, GEP

Calvin Tan, Director, Software Sales, SEA, GEP


Roundtable 3:

Invisible Governance: How technology can make the right buying choice the easy choice

Speakers: 

Kaye Sumanga, Head of Procurement, Grab

Jennie Johnson, Regional Head of B2B Marketing, Grab For Business

Namrata Goyal, Regional Manager, Enterprise Sales, Grab For Business


Roundtable 4:

Ensuring resilience and agility in the new geopolitical climate

Speakers: 

Louis Wong, Sales Director, Ivalua 

Erik Tang, Senior Solution Consultant, Ivalua


Roundtable 5:

Sealed, signed, delivered: How AI-native CLM stops value leakage and strengthens supplier governance 

Speakers:

Shubham Mishra, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Sirion

Mohit Taneja, Director, Solution Consultant, Sirion

Geraldine Nathan, Director of Sales, Sirion


Roundtable 6:

Rethinking working capital in procurement: Unlocking value through payments and supplier enablement

Speakers:  

Carol Ho, Senior Director, Visa

Shawn Damon, Senior Director, Visa

Kelvin Lee, Director, Visa


12:30 PM 3 x Technology Roundtables

Meet 4 - 6 of the newest technology and service offerings with your peers to establish who best meets your business needs (25 minutes per session)

Roundtable 1:

From intake to impact: Preparing procurement teams for the Agentic AI era

Speakers:

Rich Kirby, Sr. Value Advisory Director, Coupa 

Fernando Juliyanto, Sr Principal Solution Advisor, Coupa

Roundtable 2:

Total procurement orchestration with Agentic AI

Speakers:

Nitish Chawla, Head of Solution Design, APAC, GEP

Calvin Tan, Director, Software Sales, SEA, GEP

Roundtable 3:

Invisible Governance: How technology can make the right buying choice the easy choice

Speakers: 

Kaye Sumanga, Head of Procurement, Grab

Jennie Johnson, Regional Head of B2B Marketing, Grab For Business

Namrata Goyal, Regional Manager, Enterprise Sales, Grab For Business


Roundtable 4:

Ensuring resilience and agility in the new geopolitical climate

Speakers: 

Louis Wong, Sales Director, Ivalua 

Erik Tang, Senior Solution Consultant, Ivalua


Roundtable 5:

Sealed, signed, delivered: How AI-native CLM stops value leakage and strengthens supplier governance 

Speakers:

Shubham Mishra, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Sirion

Mohit Taneja, Director, Solution Consultant, Sirion

Geraldine Nathan, Director of Sales, Sirion


Roundtable 6:

Rethinking working capital in procurement: Unlocking value through payments and supplier enablement

Speakers:

Carol Ho, Senior Director, Visa

Shawn Damon, Senior Director, Visa

Kelvin Lee, Director, Visa


MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1 – 8 July 2026, Wednesday

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Edward.

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