Tarun is an experienced Supply Chain professional with rich knowledge about different facets of procurement including direct materials, indirect materials and procurement operations. He has worked for major CPG companies in India and SEA where he has managed spends ranging up to $150M and has delivered cost benefits to the organizations by deploying varied category management tools. He is passionate about driving strategic projects, delivering costs savings, collaborating with suppliers to deliver value to the organizations by using different procurement levers. He is also keen interest in supply chain financing and has implemented SCF solutions in the area of both direct and indirect procurement.

Ravindra is a supply chain professional with over 17 years of experience in international environment and across multiple industries like manufacturing, consulting and telecommunication. He specializes in driving transformation through Program Management, Business Process Re-engineering, Value Analysis, Cost Innovations and Budget Management. Ravindra is a Mechanical Engineering graduate with executive Master Business Administration and hold professional certifications like Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, International Diploma in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (IPSCM) from ITC Geneva.

Steven G. Cochrane, PhD, is Chief APAC Economist with Moody’s Analytics. He leads the Asia economic analysis and forecasting activities of the Moody’s Analytics research team, as well as the continual expansion of the company’s international, national and subnational forecast models. In addition, Steve directs consulting projects for clients to help them understand the effect of regional economic developments on their business under baseline forecasts and alternative scenarios. Steve’s expertise lies in providing clear insights into an area’s or region’s strengths, weaknesses and comparative advantages, relative to macro or global economic trends.

A highly-regarded speaker, Dr. Cochrane has provided economic insights at hundreds of engagements over the past 20 years and has been featured on Wall Street Radio, the PBS News Hour, C-SPAN and CNBC. Through his research and presentations, Steve dissects how various components of the macro and regional economies shape patterns of growth. Steve holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Penn Institute for Urban Research Scholar. He also holds master’s degree from the University of Colorado at Denver and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Davis. Dr. Cochrane is based out of Moody’s Analytics Singapore office.

As the head of corporate solutions – APAC & ME at Moody’s Analytics, Benny helps corporates utilize data and analytics to achieve critical initiatives in the area of risk management, data management and business transformation. Prior to this, he led the sales function of a credit origination and decisioning framework in APAC and North America in Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics company. 

Benny graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Engineering (EEE). He is a member of the Australian Institute of Credit Management.