An international, cross-industry career that has moved from corporate management to extensive research, advisory and capability development services to public, private and third sector organisations. Tim has lived and worked in the UK, France (3 years) and United States (20 years), building an impressive research and entrepreneurial record, with demonstrated commitment to delivering social benefit.

As Founder and President, World Commerce & Contracting (formerly International Association for Contract & Commercial Management), Tim has built a 72,000 member worldwide non-profit association which increasingly influences commercial policies and contracting practices in major corporations and governments. In September 2019, he was presented with the Financial Times ‘Market Shaper of the Year’ Award.

Tim was until recently Professor and Chair, International Commercial & Contract Management, University of Leeds, School of Law, where he taught and led development of inter-disciplinary commercial programs.

Prior to founding World Commerce & Contracting, Tim was on the Chairman’s staff at IBM Corporation and led the development of worldwide commercial processes and skills. His early career included management roles in banking, automotive and aerospace industries, where he led negotiations up to $1.5 billion in value. He has served in advisory roles for government departments in various countries, including the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and Japan.

Adrian Furner has 30+ years' experience in the design, implementation, and delivery of commercial transactions using a wide portfolio of models from the simple traditional models though to new and novel business models. He has worked in a variety of sectors including defence and security, aviation, technology, infrastructure, banking and financial services, creative industries, public sector, and natural resources.

As an experienced practitioner Adrian is focused on 'Commercial Excellence', supporting organizations in developing and leveraging their 'commercial acumen' to gain better business outcomes. This includes: raising their commercial awareness; designing and implementing innovation models; and deploying relational contracting to enhance business performance.

Adrian held a number of VP/Director level commercial, procurement, and operations roles within FTSE30 organisations, giving him significant cross-border international experience ranging from complex capital intensive projects, thought to lower complexity operational opportunities. This includes: multi-billion £, long term Private Finance Initiative (PFI) bids; joint venture creation and management; outsourced training management; portfolio management; asset financing; civil aircraft sale, leasing and broking; M&As; technology innovation investment; and fully financed naval ship reactivations.

Adrian is a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), and an Honorary Fellow of World Commerce & Contracting (formerly IACCM), where he is a former member elected Board Director. He has a BEng in Production Engineering and Management from the University of Nottingham, and has also completed the London Business School Corporate Finance Programme along with executive education programmes at both Wharton Business School and Oxford Saïd Business School. Adrian has contributed to a number of books on commercial and contract management and co-authored the Professional Services Leadership Handbook (www.koganpage.com/pslh).

Stu van Rij is an expert in influencing and negotiation. He helps his clients bring their best to the conversations that matter. His approach has been shaped by the late Jim Camp, who masterminded negotiations worth billions, and whose system has been drawn on by Fortune 500 companies and the FBI Hostage Crisis Negotiation Training Unit. Appointed as Jim’s coach for Asia Pacific in 2013, Stu melds this experience with the commercial acumen gained from over two decades as a specialist IT lawyer. The result? A human-centric approach that elevates performance and amplifies influence.

Stu helps his clients to influence, negotiate, pitch and partner. Stu’s clients include agencies like Australia’s Department of Defence and New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment through to commercial entities such as WSP, Dentsu and Meridian Energy. His experience spans “David and Goliath” type commercial negotiations through to lobbying officials, influencing stakeholders and dealing with the stubborn, sceptical or stuck.

Sharyn County holds a Masters of Commercial Law (MComLaw) and Business Administration (MBA) and is a Member Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).

She also holds a number of World CC accreditations including Contract and Commercial Management Expert (CCME), Supplier Relationship Management Practitioner (SRMP) and Fellow.

Sharyn's career has spanned more than 20 years in senior commercial roles across the energy, technology, engineering, construction, outsourcing and services industries.

In addition to solid leadership skills, Sharyn brings a passion for, and demonstrated ability to deliver transformation and sustainable outcomes across the business, commercial and contracting lifecycle.

While best known for his work on Performance Based Contracts (PBC), Andrew has a unique and diverse set of skills and experiences based on over 30 years of commercial, engineering and logistics experience for both the 'buy' and 'sell' side of contracts. Andrew regularly presents at various PBC conferences.

As Global CEO of one of the world’s fastest growing non-profits, Sally’s mission is to inspire and support the World Commerce & Contracting (WorldCC) team and global community to collectively drive recognition and excellence in Commercial and Contract Management.

She is an experienced and accomplished commercial and contracts management professional, holding senior commercial positions at a range of corporate and multi-national organizations. Her focus is on the creation of positive and successful business relationships, constantly striving to ensure that businesses realize their true potential and value.

In 2019 Sally was invited to become Chair of the Board for the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and in 2021 she was appointed Professor in Practice in Strategy and Innovation at the University of Durham Business School.

Stefania Passera, Contract Designer in Residence (World Commerce & Contracting), CEO (Passera Design)

Stefania Passera is a contract design and simplification expert based in Espoo, Finland. She runs her one-woman consultancy Passera Design, and is Contract Designer in Residence at World Commerce & Contracting. In these roles, she helps organizations transform their contracts and policies into user-friendly, effective tools that work better for business.

Stefania is an all-rounder, backing her design expertise with a solid academic background. She has served as Assistant Professor at the University of Vaasa, Department of Business Law, and has earned her doctoral degree from Aalto University School of Science. She has guest lectured at prestigious institutions such as Stanford University, Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, KU Leuven, UC Louvain, European University Institute, ESADE Law School, and California Western School of Law.

She is a co-founder of the Legal Design Alliance, a co-author of the Legal Design Manifesto, and the creator of Legal Design Jam. In 2020, she has received the European Women of Legal Tech Award.

Else Bright has 29 years of experience as Commercial and Contracts Management practitioner specialising in Defence and IT industries in acquisition, services and as-a-service contracting, most recently working for BAE Systems’ Aircraft Sustainment and Training line of business in Williamtown, NSW focusing on the Joint Strike Fighter Program. Else has been a member of WorldCC for many years, and a WorldCC Council Member in Australia representing Aerospace and Defence. Else commenced her role as Senior Director Member Engagement ANZ in April 2022.

Dominic is currently the Head of the Group IT Management Office at AIA which includes responsibility for Vendor Performance and Contract Management. He has over 25 years of experience from various Sourcing, Contract Management and Supplier Management roles mainly within the Financial Services sector.

Charlotte joined BAE Systems Australia in March 2016 and relocated from WA to Adelaide to take up the position of Head of Commercial & Procurement at the beginning of 2017. In this role she has taken a number of challenges head on including commercial support to strategic campaigns - JORN and Land 400 - and settlement of a major contract dispute with the Commonwealth on a Project of Concern. BAE Systems won the contract to build the Hunter Class Frigates in South Australia in 2018. Charlotte, as Commercial Director, supported mobilization of this complex, high value project. Three years in, her focus is bringing the first Batch of 3 ships into the Head Contract, a collaborative contract underpinned by Strategic Relationship principles.

Tanya brings over 20 years procurement experience, working and leading procurement and sustainability functions in the private and international development sectors. She was a contributor and expert practitioner of Sustainable Procurement – Guidance ISO 20400, a sector and industry roundtable representative of the Australian Federal Government consultation developing the Modern Slavery Act, the productivity commission assessment of National Supply Chain Vulnerabilities and Resilience and a United Nations One Planet Network sustainable procurement expert advisor.

Tanya is a member of the Australian Circular Economy (ACE) Hub procurement working group, the UN Asia Pacific Green Public Procurement Network, the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum for the Environment Governing Consortium, the secretary of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Climate Action Working Group and co-author of the global eye care sustainable practices guide, and the international steering committee for www.iso20400.org

Over the last two decades I’ve lived in seven countries around the globe helping organisations to strategise and curate shared learning experiences through events and multi-media campaigns. Relationship building and bringing people together is my passion, and I’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with a cross-section of industries from Financial Services to Energy, Transportation, Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare. Today I live in Israel with two wild and wonderful daughters, two dysfunctional cats and a very supportive husband; human trafficking and neurodiversity are subjects close to my heart, and yoga is a central part of my everyday life. I find myself truly privileged to be part of the WorldCC, the Foundation, and a community of professionals that have the power to create change around issues of modern slavery, human rights, social justice, climate justice as well as diversity, equality, and inclusion. In my role as Chief Development Officer, I act as an ambassador for sustainable and inclusive contracting, driving global projects that can create social and economic benefit through the contracting process.

Kirsten has over 25 years of consulting experience assisting clients with contractual disputes and compliance issues. Kirsten leads the national data solutions and automation stream within the Contract Assurance and Performance team. This team specialises in identifying items of interest and anomalies within large volumes of data, as well as streamlining validation and monitoring activities through the development of bespoke data based, and often automated, tools. 

Paul Lanzone is the CEO of BriefBox, an innovative new Enterprise Legal Management Platform for General Counsels and Law Firms. In an era of decreasing legal spend, tighter resourcing & increasing need for data driven decision making, BriefBox and its partners aim to overcome the fragmented legal tech environment and be the smart central choice for the Modern Counsel. Prior to BriefBox, Paul was Global Operations Lead for the DXC Account responsible for the delivery of the world’s largest legal outsourcing’s transformation. Before that he has held numerous senior leadership positions including:

• VP ASIA legal, WW Transactions Governance and Technology at DXC building on his role as VP, Associate General Counsel Asia Pacific & Japan for HP Enterprise Services. With HP, he led the large deal team working on complex ITO deals and matters across EMEA before moving to Australia as Managing Counsel for the ANZ region.
• Executive Director, Global Head of Legal Projects and Information Technology for UBS Investment Bank in London where he was responsible for the timely and efficient delivery of all legal projects for the Bank (worth over 235M USD).
• Senior Manager for EDS in the UK from 2009 specializing in large outsourcing deals.

Having practiced information technology law for over 22 years, both in-house and within private practice, Paul has also held senior legal Law Firm positions at Baker & McKenzie and Pinsent Masons. This experience enables him to assist in developing technology and operations solutions for the legal and commercial needs of BriefBox customers quickly. Paul has taught law at several universities including LLM in IT. He holds a B.A/LLB, and a B.Com and is currently studying for his own LLM in IT.

Founder & President, Qualitas Consulting Group | Innovation Expert | Speaker & Author | Problem Solver

I can honestly say that I am never bored. My closest friends and family will tell you I'm a geek, but I prefer to say that I have a healthy enthusiasm for simply "making stuff work better".

I didn't set out to be a consultant, but this profession has been the sweetest surprise in my career so far because it lets me connect with so many different people who all have the same types of challenges. I can help clients decipher really tough processes and figure out a way to simplify them. I can work with different software solutions and understand where they are a great fit for a client and match them up. I can challenge people on strongly held assumptions when they need to embrace change. I love what I do.

I've enjoyed mastering my skills in legal department change management, business process automation, contract lifecycle management, legal strategy and operations. This is complex subject matter, but that is what makes it fun.

In addition to the focus on legal consulting and contract management applications, I have also implemented matter management and electronic billing systems, entity management systems, risk management systems, and have experience in records management and document management implementations and processes.

Bernadette Bulacan is a frequent speaker regarding the digital transformation of global enterprises. As Vice President and Lead Global Evangelist for Icertis, the recognized leader in enterprise contract lifecycle management, she is charged with sharing contract management best practices with legal and contracting teams and evangelizing the use of innovative technologies like AI/ML and blockchain. Prior to Icertis, Bernadette was a co-founder and Assistant General Counsel of Serengeti Law, which created e-billing and matter management platform, Serengeti Tracker (acquired by Thomson Reuters.) She held leadership roles at Thomson Reuters and QuantAI, an intellectual property AI analytics start-up. Bernadette was recently named 2020 Women of LegalTech by the American Bar Association. Bernadette advised start-up technology companies at Graham & Dunn, a Seattle firm and Venture Law Group, a Silicon Valley firm. Bernadette received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and her law degree and LL.M from the University of Washington.

Justin is a Director with ArcBlue and leads our business in South Australia and is our Public Sector Lead. Justin is a highly experienced probity advisor/reviewer, providing advice to local government and a range of agencies across the SA Government including, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Department for Innovation and Skills, SA Housing Authority, TAFE SA, Department for Correctional Services, Renewal SA, SA Health, SAFECOM and the Department for Education on procurement projects up to $1 Billion in value. Justin holds an Executive Master of Public Administration from Flinders University, through ANZSOG EMPA Program, is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS) and currently holds Chartered Status in recognition of his ongoing commitment to professional development. He also holds a Bachelor of Management and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of South Australia.

Mirko is the thought Leader in Lean-Agile Procurement, CIPS Award Winner 2018, int. Speaker, Author, President of LAP Alliance, co-founder flowdays, Agile Enterprise Coach, Certified Scrum@Scale Trainer
He used to be a manager, co-developing youngculture to an intern software sourcing provider with 200+ employees in 6 countries. During scaling agile in 2006 we made all mistakes you could imagine. Overcoming these challenges we increased productivity by +200% and customer-& employee satisfaction. As a former leader of big eCommerce programs he also know the challenges of agile teams, scrum masters, product owners and stakeholders at first hands.
As an Agile Enterprise Coach, he enjoys the collaboration with persons from all levels, industries and company sizes.
Mirko is a serial entrepreneur having created WAIoBLUE, flowdays and LAP Alliance. As a certified trainer he gives master classes in Lean-Agile Procurement and Scrum at Scale.
He was named in "The procurement magazine", received the CIPS Awards 2018 and a speaker on int. agile & procurement conferences in NYC, Moscow, London, Berlin, Zurich, ..
He loves to lecture at the EIPM, support the Business Agility Institute NY & advise the CIPS Switzerland Committee.
He is currently working on topics like: De-Scaled Business Agility, Adaptive Partner Ecosystem & the question "What if we create our own money?"

Jason is a Partner at KPMG Australia who leads the Legal Operations Transformation Services team. He is a recognised commercial, technology and outsourcing lawyer and has extensive experience in new legal delivery models. Working at top tier law firms, inhouse legal teams, legal start-ups and the Big Four across Australia, the UK and South Africa has given Jason a unique and holistic perspective on how to best resource legal needs in today’s environment. He has worked with major global corporates in media, FMCG, financial services, logistics, technology and other industries to assess and redesign target operating models, implement legal technology, and set-up and deliver managed legal services.

Robert Zafft’s introduction to business came in 1990s Russia, when bankers were getting blown up on Main Street at rush hour. The author of The Right Way to Win: Making Business Ethics Work in the Real World, Robert serves as a Forbes Contributor and WorldCC Fellow. He graduated from Harvard Law School and has served as a McKinsey & Company consultant, global law-firm partner, and Senior Expert for the OECD. He currently teaches at Olin Business School and practices law, Of Counsel, for Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, PC.

Charles is the General Counsel of NSW Treasury and heads up the Office of the General Counsel (OGC). NSW Treasury is the NSW Government’s principal whole-of-government financial and economic adviser. Treasury provides advice to inform budget decision-making; manages the State’s principal financial assets and liabilities; monitors the performance of its commercial agencies; advises on performance and financial management policies; and supports the development of policy advice and implementation of programs focused on energy, climate-change mitigation and adaptation, and the transformation to a new low-cost, clean-energy economy.

The OGC provides the Treasurer, other Cluster Ministers and NSW Treasury with strategic legal advice and a ‘legal lens’ on its policies and programs.

Prior to joining Treasury Charles was in private practice at a leading international law firm for nearly two decades focusing on general corporate, M&A, financial services, procurement, information technology and commissioning and outsourcing matters.

He has been listed as a leading Australian lawyer in Best Lawyer and also nominated in Doyle’s Guide, Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Australasian Lawyer In-House Leaders.

The Treasury OGC is a multi-award winning team having been awarded both the Government Team of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Corporate Counsel Awards and the Australian In-House Team of the year at the Australasian Law Awards.

Renée Giarrusso is an award-winning communication, leadership, and mindset expert dedicated to helping leaders and teams achieve their potential. As the CEO and founder of RG Dynamics and Limitless Leadership, she brings over 30 years of leadership experience across 24 industries, spanning sectors such as construction, FMCG, real estate, and government. Renée’s expertise in leadership, communication, and behavioural transformation has earned her accolades, including the 2024 Leadership Coach of the Year and the 2023 Most Transformational Corporate Leadership Consultant Award.

A Professional Certified Coach (PCC), master facilitator, and sought-after speaker, Renée inspires organisations to enhance collaboration, performance, and workplace culture. Her mission is to make workplaces exceptional by fostering limitless potential and growth. Known for her relatable and energetic approach, she works closely with clients to develop high-performing teams and sustainable organisational cultures.

Renée is the author of three acclaimed books, including Limitless Leadership and Gift Mindset, the latter earning international recognition with four awards including the USA Living Now Silver Medal. The book is currently being translated for publication in Vietnam, India, and the Middle East. She also co-created the innovative 2 Sides IN 2 Minutes Team Communication Game to enhance team dynamics.

She is a regular columnist for CEO World Magazine and host of The Limitless Leaders Podcast. Passionate about inspiring others, Renée’s programs are tailored to the client and are transformational, not transactional. She energises individuals and teams to unlock their full potential, believing everyone is limitless. Her interactive and thought-provoking sessions leave clients inspired, re-energised, and equipped with actionable strategies to drive success.

Organisations seeking to elevate performance and live their legacy trust Renée and her team to deliver exceptional results.