Aaron D. Dent is Chief Procurement Officer for Tishman Speyer, one of the leading owners, developers, operators and fund managers of first-class real estate worldwide. He is responsible for optimizing the firm’s worldwide spending with its suppliers. Prior to joining the company, he served as Vice President of Global Procurement for Merck & Co., Inc.

Mr. Dent is the former Vice President of Supply Chain Management for Delta Air Lines, where he led the procurement and management of $9 billion of assets, goods, and services acquired annually by the company. He was responsible for the development of comprehensive sourcing strategies, management of supplier relationships, development of supply chain capabilities, and leadership of Delta’s supplier diversity initiatives. Mr. Dent has over 25 years of financial experience and has served in leadership positions at prominent multinational corporations including Honda, BMW Manufacturing, John Deere and Insight-DRB, LLC, both domestically and abroad. Mr. Dent has served on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), the Board of Directors of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), the Board of Trustees for the Center for Strategic Supply Leadership (CSSL), as well as Chairman of the Clark Atlanta University Supply Chain Management Advisory Board. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Mr. Dent holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Michigan State University and an MBA from the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University.