Procurement is at the heart of blending business and technology. Source-to-pay is underexploited so we help focus on a combination of control, efficiency and effectiveness to unlock value and growth.

Hamish McKechnie-Sharma

Partner, Supply Chain, Ernst & Young LLP

Fanatical about procurement fused with technology. Excited by innovation. Passionate about growing people. Husband to a cake decorator. Father of two. Optimistic golfer. Die-hard football fan.

Hamish is an partner for EY UK, leading the commercial and procurement capability with a focus on leveraging end-to-end source-to-pay technology.

He is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in operating model deployment as well as category and sourcing services, helping businesses to generate supply advantage and drive supply optimisation.

Hamish is also focused on extracting value from contract management and procurement automation to create smart sourcing and buying through technologies including robotic process automation, machine learning and blockchain.

As part of his role, Hamish brings together business and technology consulting as well as tax capabilities. 

With over 25 years’ experience in procurement, with more than 10 years at EY, he has lived and worked in most continents and most industries to realise business and technology programme transformation.

Hamish holds a BA (Hons) degree in Accounting and Information Technology.

How Hamish is building a better working world

“I am passionate about developing our people in the most inclusive way possible, nothing is more important to me personally. The richness of experience, values and beliefs provides my teams with multiple perspectives that ultimately benefit our clients. This makes me extremely proud.

Secondly, I believe in leaving titles at the door when working with clients. My purpose is to leave tangible outcomes at the end of a project that they can take forward in a sustainable way.” 

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