Akbar Azwir

Steve is the author of, and chief examiner for, the APM Group’s Managing Benefits™ and Managing Portfolios™. He is also co-author of the OGC/Axelos, Management of Portfolios and he was Chief Examiner for MoP® from 2011-2015. Steve gained extensive management experience as a member of the UK Senior Civil Service and was described by the UK Government CIO as the, 'rottweiler of benefits management'. Since leaving the UK government Steve has provided independent portfolio and benefits management advice and training to a range of organizations in both the public and private sectors – in the UK, but mostly abroad. He also develops and delivers Masters and Executive-level courses for the Graduate Business School at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Steve is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences, trainer and writer on the subjects of project portfolio and benefits management. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, holds an MBA, and Masters of Studies degree from Cambridge University.

International Project Portfolio Management Executive ➤ Mining ➤ Smelting ➤ Recycling ➤ Minerals ➤ Metals ➤ Chemicals ➤ Battery Technology ➤ Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of experience in successfully delivering international portfolios, programs, and projects across the full business life cycle. A wealth of professional experience in international project management including successful brownfield and greenfield project delivery in mining, smelting, chemicals, mineral processing, and recycling operations across Australia, Southeast Asia, South America, and Europe. Passionate about creating and delivering value through effective stakeholder alignment, business case emphasis, and applying a growth learning mindset to focus people on achieving exceptional results. I enjoy the challenge of managing people by appreciating their strengths and intrinsic motivators to enable a disciplined and accountability-driven performance culture.

Sachin Melwani gets problems solved through his ‘disruptive creativity’. Leveraging his strong knowledge of ERP transformation from the Client, Prime Integrator and Tier Supplier perspectives, through DADA he now aims to bring genuine innovation to the traditional consultancy model by offering a unique “Consultancy as a Subscription” service. The advantage over a traditional consultancy is that DADA provides an economical and responsive way to support any project by offering a “Consulting Service at Contractor prices”.