Man of Steele
13 September 2012
From electrical engineer to the "mother of all purchasing consultants", Paul Steele has transformed the training opportunities for purchasers. Alexis Nolan reports
Like a lot of what he says, chairman Paul Steele’s comments about the history of Purchasing and Materials Management Services Group (PMMS) are a mixture of fun and fact. On this occasion he sounds like the proverbial London cabbie. He doesn’t exactly say: “You know that Jon Hughes who set up ADR? He started here. And that Colin Maund and Ken Feasey at Achilles, I...