Eskom Procurement Book 2015

ABOUT THE EDITORS AND PRODUCTION EDITORS

Lew Roberts is President and founder of L.Roberts & Associates Inc., a USA based firm that provides professional consulting and management development services, aimed at improving business performance, with an emphasis on the field of supply chain management. His consulting and management development career has included working numerous major firms worldwide. Lew has taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology on the Executive Masters in International Logistics (EMIL) Program and at The National University of Singapore on ‘Developing aWorld Class Supply Chain Management Strategy’. He has written numerous articles and is co-author of a book with Robert Trent. Robert Trent is the chair of the management department at Lehigh University. He also serves as the co-director of the Center for Value Chain Research and as the supply chain management program director. Prior to his return to academia, Dr Trent worked for the Chrysler Corporation. He has worked on numerous special industry projects and has consulted with or provided training services to over 40 government agencies and corporations and has worked extensively with companies during research visits and projects. He has authored or co-authored dozens of articles and numerous books and textbooks. Sanjeev Bisnath holds Diplomas in Electrical Engineering (Durban University of Technology), Engineering Business Management (University of Warwick) and Project Management (School of Project Management). He has been responsible for the development of all 13 books in the Power Series and is currently managing several other volumes in the series. He is employed as a Senior Advisor by Innovative Circuit, a section within Eskom R&D. He is a registered Professional Technician with ECSA and a member of the SAIEE. Pierre Esterhuyzen holds a BComm(Hons)(Business Management) and an LLB from the University of South Africa. His career at Eskom started in the Generation Division at Lethabo Power station where he held various positions in the Maintenance Department before pursuing a career in procurement. He is currently appointed as a Senior Manager in Group Commercial and Technology, Project Sourcing, where he is responsible for overseeing the procurement function of Medupi, Kusile and a number of Return-to-Service/Refurbishment projects of existing Fossil Fuel Power Stations.

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