Wei Yeong Tiow

Tiow is currently the Vice President for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa for Mondelēz International, leading end to end sourcing, operations and supplier performance teams for the region. Prior to Mondelēz  International, Tiow spent 3 years in the pharmaceutical industry at MSD (Merck Sharpe & Dome), as the Head of Procurement for the JCAP region, accountable for all indirect sourcing teams strategies and operations across Japan, China and Asia Pacific cluster markets.  Before joining MSD, Tiow was the Global Procurement Director for Diageo, based out of Singapore and led end to end procurement (supply/direct materials, marketing/commercial and indirects/overheads categories) for the teams across Asia Pacific.  Tiow also led the best cost country sourcing agenda (BCCS) for Diageo globally and was instrumental in the implementation of the solution for Diageo. He built his career in Diageo through a succession of procurement roles, heading up procurement teams across SEA markets and was also the pioneering member of marketing procurement for the region.  Prior to Diageo, Tiow led the regional packaging and ingredients category for Philip Morris across Asia Pac manufacturing affiliates. Tiow is a trained engineer with a Bachelor’s degree in electrical power engineering and a certified ISO 9001:2000 lead auditor.  Tiow is also a current committee member of Supply Chain Asia’s Procurement Council aimed at progressing the function across industries