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Meet Dan Collings
September 2025
“I’m personally hugely excited about the role that procurement can play in the future. But to do that, procurement needs to have the right talent, the right capability within the organization to really make that change happen and stick within our clients.” ArcBlue’s Managing Director, Dan Collings, reflects on his time in the Asia Pacific region.
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I’m Dan Collings, I’m the Managing Director here at ArcBlue in Asia Pacific. I’ve been in the region for the last six months, getting to know our teams and our clients and working with organizations that we might support in the future.
What’s been really refreshing to see is the caliber of category expertise that we have within the organization and the collaboration between our teams, supporting clients, both in this region and across the globe.
I’m personally hugely excited about the role that procurement can play in the future. But to do that, procurement needs to have the right talent, the right capability within the organization to really make that change happen and stick within our clients.
What I’m really looking forward to as we move forward is working alongside leading organizations in their sectors across the region to help them on their journey to transform both their procurement function and the relationship they have with their stakeholders across the business.
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