Gerard Magadia

Vice President & General Manager YGC Procurement Shared Services Yuchengco Group of Companies - House of Investments, Inc

Gerard has more than 25 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Enterprise Wide Contracting, Supplier Relationship Management, Procurement Organization Maturity Level Assessment, Talent Capability Building and Competency Transformation, among others. With demonstrated history of working in the Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Logistics & Distribution, Engineering & Construction, HVAC, Utility & Power Industries, Banking & Finance.

Gerard, currently works as the Vice President & General Manager of Yuchengco Group of Companies Procurement Shared Services (PSS)- House of Investments, Inc. (HOI). Prior to joining HOI, he was the Head of Supply Chain Management of Concepcion Carrier Airconditioning Company. He also worked with Meralco as Head of Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management and EEI Corporation as AVP & Head of Strategic Procurement. Gerard also handled various SCM Leadership roles at DKSH, The Hershey Company and Nestle Phils. Inc.

Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a graduate of Management Development Program under the Executive Education and Lifelong Learning of Asian Institute of Management (AIM).

Gerard is currently a member of the Board of the Philippine Institute for Supply Management (PISM) as President (for 2025-2026 Term) , Member of the Board of Examiners for the National Certification Programs and Co-developer of the Supply Chain Management Certification in Construction.

In his personal capacity, he is a seasoned international speaker, trainer and lecturer in various areas of Supply Chain and is involved on various Procurement projects like Optimizing Procurement Synergy, Agile Vendor Sourcing & Development, Supply Chain Sustainability Implementation, Vendor Partnership Maturity Enhancement, Supply Market Intelligence, Procurement Outsourcing, SCM Digital Transformation, etc.

MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2 – 10 July 2025

12:50 PM Fireside Chat: Reducing costs, simplifying supply chains, delivering excellence – How to continually reduce the total cost of acquisition and supply chain complexity whilst still maintaining the highest levels of quality and delivery

4:25 PM Interactive Industry-Focused Wrap-Up Roundtable Discussion

Gather around as we wrap-up our summit with an informal roundtable discussion. Here, each industry-specific group will reflect on key insights gained over the past 2 days and strategise on how to implement these learnings back in the office. Join us for an engaging session as we solidify our takeaways and plan our next steps for success.

Snack and socialise informally with your colleagues over some tasty treat!

Roundtable 1: Insurance | Speaker: Gigi Lee, Head of Sourcing, Prudential Assurance Malaysia

Roundtable 2: Banking & Finance | Speaker: Shawn Choo, Head of Procurement, SGX

Roundtable 3: High Tech & Telecom | Speaker: Mohit Sharma, Head of IT & Indirect Sourcing, Indus Towers

Roundtable 4: Consumer Products (including F&B) | Speaker: Harsh Ratan Mehta Global Director, PepsiCo Procurement& Head, Procurement Capability Center, HBS PepsiCo

Roundtable 5: Travel, Tourism & Hospitality | Speaker: Shijith Prathapan, Vice President, Procurement & Supply Chain, Marina Bay Sands

Roundtable 6: Manufacturing | Speaker: Leon Ng Head of Operation Procurement RGE

Roundtable 7: Utilities & Energy | Speaker: Wei Tan, Head of Project Sourcing, Procurement & Regional Technical Office, ENGIE South East Asia & Ganendran Pathmanathan, Head of Procurement Development, APAC, ABB

Roundtable 8: Oil & Gas | Speaker: Ankit Ahuja, Head of Procurement Strategy, Petronas

Roundtable 9: Construction | Speaker: Gerard Magadia, Vice President & General Manager YGC Procurement Shared Services, Yuchengco Group of CompaniesHouse of Investments, Inc.

Roundtable 10: Logistics | Speaker: Stay tuned!

Roundtable 11: Advertising, Media & Marketing | Speaker: Elvin Tan, Head of Strategic Sourcing, APAC, LinkedIn

Roundtable 12: Government Agencies, Public Sector | Speaker: Stay tuned!

Roundtable 13: Pharmaceutical / Healthcare | Speaker: Adrienne Lai, Head of Indirect Procurement, APAC, Novartis

Roundtable 14: Everyone Else | Don’t feel comfortable choosing one of the other roundtables? Well come here, where anything goes! Perhaps you’ll all figure out what you have in common after an hour of chatting

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

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