Michael QuayleMichael Quayle is Directorate Advisor Business & Industry and Robert Bosch Professor (Chair) in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management at the University of Glamorgan, UK. Before entering academia, he gained significant procurement and project managemen experience in European electronics and defence industries. An adviser to the UK Office of Government Commerce (OGC) & the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), Michael is a registered purchasing and supply management specialist and a senior consultant to the United Nations (UNCTAD) International Trade Centre (ITC). He has been published extensively in the fields of management development, purchasing, procurement, supply chain management, materials management and logistics His primary research and consultancy interests are leadership, development of procurement expertise in the emerging nations, development of smaller organisation’s procurement expertise, sustainable supply chains and the use of public sector procurement to drive the economic development agenda. He is a member of the Wales Management Council and is also the UK Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Ambassador to Wales. Read More Read Less