Palak is a seasoned senior procurement professional with over 15 years cross border experience and strong expertise in Strategic Sourcing, Commercial and Supply Chain Management. Throughout her career, she has held management and advisory roles working with clients across the Asia Pacific. Her experience spans the public sector, private sector and statutory organisations, leading a varied range of large-scale projects within direct & indirect categories and administering spend portfolio of multi-million-dollar contracts.

Palak’s expertise in the procurement space is drawn from working in a broad range of industries including Oil & Gas exploration and production, Defence, Telco, Utilities, Transport, Financial Services, and through engagement with a range of external partners; successfully delivering operating model designs, technology implementations and digital optimization projects. With a proven track record of working in complex, global and matrix environments and driving informed decision-making at CEO and board levels, coupled with her ability to engage and influence, Palak implements and promotes sustainable and scalable supply chain solutions whilst driving positive and measurable business outcomes.

Palak holds a dual Master’s Degree in Finance and Marketing from the Indian Institute of Management, and a Bachelors with an Honours Degree in Economics. Palak is passionate about embracing and leveraging technology for implementing business strategies with a key focus on operational efficiency and innovation.