Colin Lindsay

Colin Lindsay is a procurement management specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management with more than 20 years of experience conducting and teaching procurement. He has a reputation for communicating complex concepts clearly and with boundless energy. Colin recognized the importance of relationships in contracts after studying best practices in western and eastern contracting. He has designed and delivers the relational contracting curriculum at the School.

Colin has provided procurement advice to hundreds of clients. He leverages his experience and expertise to enable organizations to successfully procure complex goods and services. Colin supported projects ranging from revisioning aboriginal procurement, to building a dam in Afghanistan, to establishing multi-billion dollar defence contracts, and everything in between. Colin regularly advises senior management and is known for procurement solutions that are both innovative and mitigate risk.

Colin is a former combat systems engineering officer with the Royal Canadian Navy. He has graduate degrees from the University of Quebec’s School of Management, as well as the University of Victoria. Colin teaches at the University of Ottawa, Université du Québec, Tianjin University, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Guizhou University, and the Canada School of Public Service.