Bill Tipping

Bill Tipping

Lecturer in Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
The Claude Littner Business School
bill.tipping@uwl.ac.uk

Bill works on Supply Chain Masters Programmes at the Royal Institute of Management Bhutan and has done so for the last ten years. RIM is the main public sector University in Bhutan. He was made a visiting professor to RIM in March 2019.

He was Head of Procurement and Head of Procurement Profession for the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (DTI/BIS a Major UK Government Ministry) from 2003-2007.

Bill is a question author for CIPS new exams and a senior assessor CIPS. In addition, he is a question author for subjects across the PD (L6) level. Bill has delivered procurement training and consulted on strategic procurement all over the world.

  • Qualifications

    MSc Strategic Procurement (Univ of Glamorgan), DMS (Univ West London)

  • Memberships

    Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
    CIPS Assessor
    MCIPS-Chart Inst of Procurement and Supply
    CMILT-Chart Inst of logistics and transport
    FCIB-Chart Inst of Bankers

Teaching

Bill is a senior CIPS Assessor and has delivered educational programmes for CIPS to nine developing countries. He has responsibility for CIPS examinations taken by members of CIPS in China.