Andrii Teliupa was appointed Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine in August 2024. From January 2022 to August 2024, he was the Director of the Procurement Department at the National Bank of Ukraine. Under his leadership, more than 2,000 successful purchases worth more than UAH 2 billion were made, which allowed the NBU to achieve one of the best indicators among large customers in the Prozorro system in terms of competition and savings in 2022-2023. He developed the Procurement Armor system to ensure procurement continuity in a wartime environment and has fully automated procurement processes.

Prior to this time, he held a number of senior public and private sector procurement roles, including Director of the Procurement Transformation Office at JSC Ukrzaliznytsia. During this period, he monitored more than 11,000 procurements for a total amount of over UAH 33 billion, implemented better procurement practices and tools, ensured the transition from tender committees to authorized persons, and developed proposals for legislative changes in the field of public procurement.

Lindsay is the Deputy Director for Procurement Reform at the Cabinet Office.  She joined the Government Commercial Organisation in 2016, initially working as senior category leader for employment and labour market in DWP and subsequently as Head of Small Business Policy at Cabinet Office, working with all central government departments and SMEs to break down barriers to entry. Prior to joining the civil service, she gained 10+ commercial experience from the private sector, working in the Aerospace, property management and FMCG sectors for both large multinationals and SMEs, including spending 5 years abroad in Germany, Netherlands and Canada working on complex projects.

Dr. Lindle Hatton serves as Chief Executive Officer for the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO®). In his role as CEO, Dr. Hatton is responsible for strategic leadership of NASPO in conjunction with the Board of Directors, including overseeing the organization’s operations, programs, partnerships, and financial stability. Prior to being named NASPO’s first CEO in 2017, Dr. Hatton served as a consultant and advisor to the NASPO Board of Directors and NASPO ValuePoint® Management Board for five years and provided strategic guidance on organizational leadership, governance, Procurement U® and higher education initiatives.

Dr. Hatton managed a consulting group for 28 years that served the public, private, and non-profit sectors. He has provided consulting services to a wide range of private and public sector organizations, nonprofit associations, as well as international countries in developing their economies and business ventures.

In addition, he served as Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the California State University Sacramento, College of Business Administration. His scholarship focused on strategic leadership, corporate governance, change management, organization development, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. He has published numerous articles, monographs, and papers in various peer reviewed journals.

Andrea Patrucco is currently an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management in the Department of Marketing and Logistics at Florida International University College of Business. Andrea's main research expertise is in the area of buyer-supplier relationship management in both the private and public sectors.

Andrea is one of the academic leaders of the International Research Study on Public Procurement Research group and is included in the list of public procurement experts of the Publications Office of the European Union. In the United States, Andrea collaborates with the two most important public procurement organizations: NASPO - National Association of State Procurement Officers and NIGP: the institute for public procurement.

Since 2017 Sergiy has been working at Prozorro.Sale as CFO, and since July 2022, he has worked as the company's CEO.

From 2015 to 2017, he worked on a consulting project on business process optimization and automation for the Frankfurt office of Ernst and Young GmbH (one of the Big Four companies), where he was involved in implementing the data analysis process.

From 2004 to 2007, he worked as an external consultant on finance, financial accounting, accounting reporting, and business process optimization in the Kyiv and Donetsk offices of Ernst and Young GmbH.

He has experience in financial and operational management. Sergiy worked for eight years at Starlight Media Holding, including as Deputy CFO.

Jane is a Professor in Procurement for the Logistics and Operations Management (LOM) section of Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. Jane’s subject areas for research and teaching include innovation and social public procurement, supply chain management, and collaboration. Jane is the strategic lead for Procurement Labs in a WEFO funded project, Infuse (Innovation of Future Public Services). Jane is Programme Director for the UK Government funded 'Help to Grow Management' programme delivered at Cardiff Buisness School aimed at supporting SMEs with business growth. Additional Roles: Member of IRSPP (international research study on public procurement) Branch Chair of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) South Wales Associate Director (MICW) of Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW), Cymru.

Rick Grimm, CEO of NIGP (Institute for Public Procurement). NIGP promotes continuous learning and Rick has led major curriculum development to better support procurement professionals. NIGP has focused on its vision, mission and strategic planning process, and it has adopted public policy resolutions advocating the value of public procurement and has reached out to the supplier community through the NIGP Business Council. Rick will be joining Procurex Live online as NIGP are main sponsors of IRSPP (International Research Study on Public Procurement).

Crown Commercial Service are the biggest public procurement organisation in the UK. We use our commercial expertise to help buyers in central government and across the public and third sectors to purchase everything from locum doctors and laptops to police cars and electricity.

The collective purchasing power of our customers, plus our procurement knowledge, means we can get the best commercial deals in the interests of taxpayers.

CCS helps thousands of public and third sector buyers in the UK with billions of pounds of spending each year. We have a wide range of commercial agreements to help you buy what you need, when you need, saving you time and money.

Nikki has worked in a number of private and public sector senior procurement and programme management roles since graduating in 1990 with a BA(Hons) in Business Economics and Marketing. With IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Agilent she gained extensive experience in leading national and international procurement and system transformation programmes.

Since joining the Scottish Government in 2005 she has played a key role in driving and enabling public procurement reform in Scotland, with a particular focus on building Scottish Government’s Procurement, Commercial and Project Delivery skills. An FCIPS Chartered Procurement & Supply professional, Nikki currently sits on the CIPS Foundation Steering Group and is an ex-trustee of their Global Board of Trustees.

With specific interests in developing the capability of individuals, organisations, supply chains and our Procurement People of Tomorrow, Nikki also plays an active role in encouraging diversity (in all its forms) within senior procurement and supply chain roles.

Valerie Bollinger started her career in public procurement in 2012 after earning her law degree in 2010. She practiced law for two years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and then moved to Idaho where she accepted a position as a Buyer with the University of Idaho.

In 2014, Valerie joined the Division of Purchasing (DOP) as a Buyer before being promoted to State Purchasing Manager in 2016. She became the Administrator (CPO) in August 2020. Since joining DOP, Valerie has been an active participant in NASPO and currently serves on the NASPO and UPPCC Boards of Directors.

Her favourite aspect of public procurement is the opportunity to support the great work being done by all of Idaho’s agencies who serve the citizens of the state. She is passionate about working collaboratively, thinking innovatively, and elevating the public procurement profession to the highest possible standards.

Carl has a wealth of public procurement experience, having previously led the award-winning procurement team at one of Wales’ largest housing associations. Before joining Welsh Government, Carl worked for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), where he taught procurement and contract management best practice to public and private sector organisations across the globe.

Carl also played an important role in CIPS’ work post-Grenfell, and supported the work of Working Group 11 to agree specific procurement competence levels for people involved in the construction of new higher risk residential buildings. In his current role, Carl is responsible for developing Welsh Government’s wider Procurement Reform engagement activity, working closely with stakeholders across the Welsh public sector to ensure that they are ready to maximise the opportunities arising from procurement reform.

Deb Damore is the director of purchasing and contracting for the State of Vermont, Office of Purchasing and Contracting. As the State Chief Procurement Officer, she is responsible for overseeing the procurement and contracting processes for all state agencies, ensuring efficiency, transparency, and compliance with state and federal regulations.

Deb develops procurement policies, negotiates major contracts, and implements cost-effective purchasing strategies to optimize the use of state resources. She began her career in public procurement approximately twenty years. Deb also worked in the private sector procurement industry prior to public procurement. Deb is the current and a past president of the National Association of State Procurement Officials.

Dan Kruger is the Chief Strategy Officer for the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO). Dan supports a diverse team of NASPO Program Directors that provides all administrative support to the association of fifty state procurement offices, the District of Columbia, and the US Territories.

Part of his responsibilities includes overseeing and managing the partnership program, which involve cultivating relationships and coordinating collaboration projects with several national and international organizations that touch the public procurement profession. Prior to arriving at NASPO, Dan spent much of his career in higher education as a staff and faculty member and earned his M.Ed. in 2016.

During his time at NASPO, he also led Academic Affairs and brings an acute awareness of public procurement issues that impact the educational community.

Linda O’Hare is Assistant Director – Procurement, at Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS), in Northern Ireland (NI). PaLS is the sole provider of professional procurement and logistics services to all Health and Social Care (HSC) organisations in NI. BSO PaLS manages £1.3bn of expenditure per annum, has circa 420 staff, with procurement offices and warehouses situated across NI. BSO PaLS manages procurements and contracts across all categories of goods and services - clinical, non-clinical, social care and ICT. Linda has 23 years Public Procurement experience, in the Health Services in both Ireland and NI. Prior to this she headed up the purchasing department in the 5-star Merrion Hotel in Dublin, and in her early career held a number of management roles in the hospitality industry. In her spare time, Linda takes long walks in the countryside, spends time with family and friends and likes to travel extensively.

Lorraine leads STAR Procurement which is a very successful, high performing public sector shared service that is leading collaborative change and transformation through procurement and Social Value. STAR supports four Greater Manchester Councils and now two Liverpool City Region Councils that joined STAR in 2023. Lorraine has led STAR for almost seven years and in 22/23 they supported the retention of 78.9% local spend within Greater Manchester for her four partner Councils.

STAR have continued to improve the Social Value captured as added value through procurement securing 38.5% accumulatively of the collective contract value since April 2019. The National Social Value Taskforce is a ‘coalition of the willing’ of public, private and voluntary sector representatives who act as advocates and creators of this ‘Social Value Movement’. Lorraine has been part of this since its formation in 2017 as was appointed as Chair in June 2023.

Lorraine received a national award ‘Best Council to do Business With’ historically which she received at No.10 Downing St. She personally contributed to the improvement of Public Contract Regulations 2015 and Lord Young’s Reforms as she attended a Select Committee in the House of Commons to respond to a Public Procurement Review. Lorraine was also highly commended in Leadership at the National Social Value Conference 2020 and STAR won an award for embedding Social Value into the procurement processes in 2021.

Darren leads a team of twenty-three procurement staff responsible for all procurement activity at Durham County Council. In 2016 Darren was awarded the Cabinet Office’s first ever award for Social Value Leadership for an Organisation. He is Chair of the Local Government Association’s National Advisory Group for Local Government Procurement and is the Chair of the National Social Value Taskforce.

Laura is a EMCC accredited Executive and Leadership coach, with 10+ years' experience in leadership and management roles in Procurement & Supply Chain businesses, supporting Procurement teams to deliver value through employee engagement and change management initiatives. Laura has broad experience of working across global organisations in both the private and public sector, both in the UK and in Europe, gaining invaluable business, cultural and multilingual experience across large teams.

Laura delivers bespoke coaching & leadership development programmes for Procurement leaders & their teams, blending 1:1 and team approaches to support them in driving a greater strategic impact within their organisation. In her work, Laura holds a judgement-free and confidential space for CPOs and Procurement Leaders, partnering with them & their Procurement teams to increase their self-awareness, soft skills and confidence, so that they can increase their impact within their organisation in a way that supports their wellbeing.

Zuzanna Briant is the Director and Practice Lead for Contract and Commercial Management (CCM) at World Commerce & Contracting. In her role, she serves as an ambassador and advocate for efficient, effective contracting, focused on building high-performing, trusted business relationships. She joined WorldCC from Virgin Media, bringing extensive experience in procurement and leadership of commercial and contract management teams.

Her innovative thinking and strategic approach have delivered multi-million-dollar cost savings and revenue gains. Her earlier career spans the financial services and aviation sectors, and she holds a Master’s degree in Finance.

Ian Schollar is the Head of CIPS Business Study Centre at CIPS and has had a progressive career in procurement and commercial roles spanning over 30 years in both public and private sectors. He started his career with Mallory Batteries (Duracell) in 1983, before spending 15 years working within both central and local public sector organisations. He was responsible for procuring a diverse range of categories from breathing apparatus for fire fighters to high tech radar systems for air traffic controllers.

In 1998, Ian became a Senior Advisor for Crown Agents, an International Development Agency. He was project lead on numerous capacity building projects working in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe and headed up the procurement and supply chain training at their Training Centre. Ian has worked at CIPS since 2005 and has a particular passion for professional development. Ian is a Fellow of CIPS and holds a Master’s Degree in Management, Learning and Leadership from Lancaster University Management School.

whatimpact.com is a National Social Value Marketplace that enables suppliers to the public sector easily connect with hyper-local VCSEs (charities, social enterprises, and community groups) that meet specific social value criteria.
For private sector companies, our platform provides VCSE partnership tracking, validated impact reporting and a volunteering management system. For public sector organisations, whatimpact.com offers social value management and grant management systems tailored to procurement needs.
In addition, whatimpact serves as a think tank, conducting ongoing research into social value from multiple perspectives. Our company has published white papers, guides, and educational content to support its mission: reducing the cost of social value delivery while maximising its impact.
At our core, whatimpact champions equal opportunity, reflecting this in our platform design, hiring practices, and collaborative approach. By fostering diversity and cross-sector partnerships, whatimpact drives meaningful social and environmental change.

David is a globally recognised procurement leader specialising in using his experience of Digital-era methods to modernise public procurement. He is respected for his notable work applying agile ways of working to public procurement, AI procurement, moving from ‘spending’ to ‘investing' public money through public procurement and contracting and helping organisations improve their market engagement approaches ensuring contract exit is thought through from the start.

He has advised and led some of the most innovative digital and technology procurement activities of recent times in the UK Public Sector and overseas governments, centred around the needs of all users, being an expert on all Digital, Data and Technology commercial-procurement and public procurement’s link to the well-being of future generations.

As the National Head of Public Sector at Trowers & Hamlin, Amardeep is a recognised expert advising all levels of government, public bodies and UK and international businesses on transformation and business critical projects, including joint ventures, public/private partnerships, complex supply chain arrangements, regulatory matters and large-scale procurement exercises.

He has extensive experience across a range of sectors including digital technology, leisure, transport, health, logistics waste, major events, housing, education, outsourcing, regeneration and aviation.

With over a decade of sales and customer experience, Ashley is currently managing Customer Business Revenue and is Head of Members for Public Sector at Social Value Portal. His mission is to drive sustainable growth, leveraging his expertise in strategic account management, new business sales and client relationship building.

Dan Ebanks is a respected and recognised leader in Social Value.

Before creating the Social Value Exchange and the country’s leading Social Value brokerage platform, Match My Project, Dan had a 15 year career in management consultancy, advising clients in UK central, regional and local government.

Dan recognised that the Social Value Act represented a qualitative break with previous value for money public policy and saw an opportunity to disrupt traditional procurement processes with modern digital technologies.

In his present role Phil is responsible for supporting the FSB's volunteer activists and other small business members, and representing their policy positions and other interests in Merseyside and Cheshire. This includes chairing the Liverpool City Region Business Group of leading membership organisations and representing FSB in the media. He also project manages the development of the FSB's various activities. He has regularly represented the FSB on television and radio, notable appearances being the BBC’s Panorama, The One Show, Working Lunch, BBC News, Sky News and BBC Radio Four and Five.

Michael Page has five decades of expertise in professional services recruitment. We were established in London in 1976, and over this period we've grown organically to become one of the best-known and most respected consultancies, with an office network spanning six continents

John began his career as a laboratory assistant before becoming a qualified Master Brewer. Having spent 10 years in brewing production, John moved onto various procurement roles in the industry prior to spending 2 years in the food industry working for one of the country’s leading chilled food producers. In 2006, he joined the NHS being involved in the growth and development of two regional procurement organisations before joining Anchor 2 years ago in the role of Head of Procurement and Purchasing.

NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) is one of four national NHS procurement hubs serving the health community in London and beyond. Our members extend across the acute, community and mental health sectors, as well as primary care and clinical commissioning.

Dan Giannasi is a Detective Inspector seconded to the NWCRC, with 18 years of experience specialising in digital and cyber crime with Greater Manchester Police and the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU). Dan leads the North West Cyber Resilience Centre in its mission to build resilience in small and medium sized organisations across the North West and make it one of the safest places to do business.

The North West Cyber Resilience Centre is a police-led organisation, providing affordable, professional cyber security services to small businesses.

The NWCRC works with the business community to raise awareness, and offer free and paid memberships options to businesses. Members gain access to a range of cyber security guidance and resources online, alongside regular updates of emerging threats.

Mana is a public policy professional with over 9 years of experience supporting organisations in navigating complex challenges, with experience in establishing regulatory frameworks for new industries, advocating for policy and regulatory reform, and delivering meaningful results in corporate social responsibility.

Since September 2023, Mana has been Working Group Secretary at the IEEE Standards Association, contributing to the development of the P3119 Standard that establishes a uniform set of definitions and a process model for the procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Systems (ADS) through which government entities can address socio-technical and responsible innovation considerations to serve the public interest.

Sarah Cawthorne is an Assistant Director in the Competition Enforcement team within the Competition and Markets Authority. She is currently leading an investigation into conduct in the housebuilding sector, and has previously worked on a range of competition law cases involving digital and pharmaceutical markets.

Sarah joined the CMA in 2020, after completing a PhD at the University of York. She now works from the CMA’s Greater Manchester office in Salford, where she was one of the first members of staff. During her time at the CMA she has been involved in phases across the lifecycle of a regulatory investigation, including dawn raids, case launch, complex evidence reviews, issuing infringement decisions, accepting legally binding commitments, and successfully defending a CMA decision on appeal.

The Ministry of Defence protects the security, independence and interests of the United Kingdom at home and abroad. We work with our allies and partners whenever possible.

Our aim is to ensure that the UK’s Armed Forces have the training, equipment and support necessary for their work, and that we keep within budget.

Alison has a long background in corporate finance, policy and partnerships in Central Government and is currently Head of UK Government at Amazon Business. She is working with Central and Local Government organisations to support their purchasing strategies and is developing and deploying technology to deliver wider organisational goals through socially responsible purchasing.

Established in 1974 to aggregate the procurement spend of their owning local authorities, YPO continue to help drive efficiency savings through bulk buying power for product supplies and centralised contract services.

Today YPO offer an extensive range of thousands of products and public sector frameworks, covering everything from office supplies and furniture to energy and HR solutions, helping customers save time and money, delivering even better value.

YPO are 100% publicly owned and all profits are returned to their public sector customers.

Andrew Presly is a highly accomplished RICS-chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 11 years' experience in the construction industry. He is an industry-recognised construction commercial expert in the office fit-out sector who has delivered over 5 million sq.ft of office space to public and private sector clients across the UK, and has procured over £700m worth of construction, professional services and furniture in his career so far.

Andrew spent 8 years based in London at two large construction consultancy firms, advising large white collar organisations on how to maximise value through their procurement and contracting models, and was responsible for the procurement buy-out of all of HMRC's construction contracts for their estates transformation programme.

Having moved to Manchester in 2020, Andrew joined Government Property Agency (GPA) to continue his work with the public sector, providing commercial leadership to GPA's Capital Projects team in Northern England, with a potential construction value of £1.6bn. Andrew's commitment to apply his commercial expertise and extensive industry knowledge to maximise local economic benefits and value to the tax-payer's money makes him a trusted advisor in the fields of public and private sector construction.

UKUPC is a partnership between eight UK consortia who created a formal entity to support collaborative procurement within Higher and Further Education. All eight consortia work together to share knowledge and best practice, to support each other and our wider procurement community. The UKUPC Board is comprised of heads of the UK regional purchasing consortia (APUC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, SUPC), the head of TEC and the head of TUCO.

Starting his career in commodity trading and asset optimisation, Adam has over 20-years of UK Trading and Energy Management experience. Adam made the switch from Wholesale trading to Energy Retail in 2012, developing energy trading and risk management products for the I&C sector.

Through the last 6-years of his career with EDF, Adam has established the largest renewable offtake portfolio in the UK – including a number of notable Corporate PPAs.

In March 2022, Adam joined The Energy Consortium (TEC) as MD to lead the team in the development of a range of products and services which will enable the Higher Education and UK Museums sectors to achieve ambitious Net Zero targets.

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is the public body responsible for overseeing and improving the transport network across Greater Manchester. Working under the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), TfGM manages Metrolink, the UK’s largest tram network, coordinates bus services, and develops walking, cycling, and rail infrastructure. It plays a key role in delivering the Bee Network, an integrated, sustainable transport system. Committed to reducing congestion and emissions, TfGM supports economic growth and accessibility across the region. Through innovation and partnerships, TfGM aims to create a world-class, user-friendly transport network for Greater Manchester’s residents, businesses, and visitors.

Gemma Waring is a qualified bid writer, trainer, and coach. With an unwavering commitment to excellence, Gemma has worked in the sector for 20 years and her career has been marked by exceptional achievements due to her determination to succeed and her passion for empowering others.

A beacon of diligence and reliability, Gemma is recognised for setting and upholding high standards. Her enthusiasm for the procurement sector is infectious, propelling her to stay abreast of industry developments and generously share her knowledge, including being a key played in the roll out of the Procurement Act 2023. Gemma's dedication recently earned her the prestigious title of Runner Up in the APMP UK's annual awards in the Supplier of the Year category and seen her continuously develop her own skills as an advocate of life-long learning.

At the helm of G Waring Consulting Ltd since 2019, Gemma orchestrates success in public sector tendering and procurement projects – securing new business and successful outcomes across the board. Notable accomplishments include bid writing endeavours for blue-chip companies, securing multimillion pound contracts, working with Scottish Government on a national training campaign, and securing successful outcomes in complex multi supplier / multi lot frameworks and DPSs.

In her role as Lead Trainer and Skills Coach for the Bid Coordinator Apprenticeship, Gemma also runs multiple cohorts, shaping training content, and assessing learners for long term development and supporting new entrants to the sector to grow and flourish.

Gemma Waring is not just a consultant and trainer; she is a driving force behind transformative change, infusing every project with unmatched enthusiasm and expertise.

David has extensive experience across the UK public sector and manufacturing, delivering operational change, cost optimisation, procurement excellence and technology-led change programmes.

He has a history of delivering ambitious and successful change programmes that sustain and positively impact culture. In local government, he is passionate about the value procurement can bring through working with external partners to improve service quality, redesign models of care, increase local investment and manage cost pressures.

With over 10 years’ experience in public sector procurement, Keith has held various senior roles including Head of Category, Head of Commercial & Contract Advisory and currently, Deputy Director. He is on the management committee of the Central Buying Consortium and is a member of the LGA National Advisory Group.

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created in 2004 by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer.

Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England. Co-created with and for those who use them, our shared solutions are informed by big data and powered by cutting-edge technologies, delivering efficiency, effectiveness and resilience at levels unachievable for organisations working alone.

Our partnership approach to every project is underpinned by our teams’ expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence. We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, and our employees are empowered to question, test, and solve the challenges the NHS faces as it transforms to meet the needs of the 21st century.

Paul is Regional Procurement Manager for NPA (Northern Procurement Alliance), the Northern regional hub of the London Housing Consortium Procurement Group (LHC PG). A seasoned procurement professional, Paul is experienced in strategic procurement and shaping innovative solutions for public sector clients. Having worked across the LHC PG regional businesses, he possesses a wealth of knowledge and a clear understanding of the needs, demands and challenges of the modern procurement environment.

Paul is a firm believer in embedding social value at every stage of the procurement process. He is particularly passionate about ensuring even the lowest-value contracts contribute to tangible, deliverable outcomes for communities. By working in partnership with our Northern clients, Paul aims to support them in maximising the impact of their procurement strategies while delivering robust, compliant, and value-driven solutions.

CPC serves the North East, North West, and Yorkshire & Humberside, and provides access to LHC PG’s extensive range of innovative procurement frameworks. CPC delivers a simple core service. We bring buyers and suppliers together to build, refurbish and maintain social housing and public property more efficiently and cost effectively, and to benefit the local communities we work in. Our frameworks are procured in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and are free to use.

As co-founder of Impact Reporting, Reason Digital and MeasureUp, Matt is a self-described "social impact geek" based in Manchester. He brings a wealth of technical experience as well as a huge amount of thought leadership around using technology as a force to drive social good. He’s spent over 15 years supporting purpose-driven organisations and reached tens of thousands of people with his talks at national conferences on topics such as ethical AI and wellbeing. Matt was voted Digital Entrepreneur of the Year at the Digital Entrepreneur Awards. Matt is a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, having started Pride in Leadership and siting on numerous boards, including akt - the national LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity.

Nina works in the regeneration team at Salford City Council, leading on embedding place-based social value and impact. Over the last 15 years Nina has worked on a range of regeneration programmes, ensuring that local people benefit from development through making community and partner connections, developing policy and practice and employing a range of social value measurement tools alongside storytelling to drive impact for communities.

Nina has collaborated with colleagues and partners to ensure social value is embedded through the planning process in the city, moving social value beyond a procurement setting to lever private sector investment towards social purpose and maximise impact for places and communities through inclusive growth.

Joanna has been a driving force behind the creation and management of the social value function in London Borough of Waltham Forest, since its inception in 2020.

With over 20 years’ experience leading on various investment and regeneration initiatives that promote inclusive growth and community wealth building, under Joanna leadership the Council has transformed the way it maximises social impact through its contracts for services, regeneration, and construction works.

Carol has 12 years’ experience working in the public sector within the Procurement department at Solihull MBC. As the Council’s Social Value Programme Manager since May 2019 and being dedicated 100% to the Social Value programme, it is now embedded into the Procurement and Contract Management processes. Through development of a Social Value Policy, implementing TOMs in collaboration with Social Value Portal, and engaging with colleagues, partners and suppliers to raise awareness of Social Value, Solihull MBC are now starting to achieve the benefits that Social Value can bring to the local community within the Borough. In recognition of her work, Carol, on behalf of SMBC, received the award for “Embedding Social Value in Contract Management; Project award” at the National SV Awards in February 2021.

Carol is an active member of Social Value UK, a member of the Supply Chain Sustainability School, and has been a speaker at various Social Value Conferences. She is also the chair of the WM Regional Social Value Taskforce.

Rikesh Shah is a Head of Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre – IPEC at Connected Places Catapult since October 2023. Previously, Rikesh was an Open Innovation and Open Data expert at PA Consulting, and prior to that he was the Head of Open Innovation at Transport for London where he created the organisation’s first Innovation Hub, recognised as one of the best in the public sector in Europe, and he also oversaw the organisation’s world-renowned open data initiative bringing £130m worth of value per annum.

Rikesh is a guest lecturer at the Royal College of Arts and a Mobility Tech Innovator at Harvard University. He is a non-executive advisor at Cities Today, London Transport Museum and See.Sense. He also previously served on the Mayor of London’s Smart London Board, co-chaired the Data and Digital Board at the Institute of Civil Engineering.

Alison, a Partner and the head of Procurement at Muckle LLP, is a seasoned expert in public procurement. With a distinguished track record, she has actively participated in numerous high-profile procurement exercises, representing both the public sector and bidders alike. Alison's extensive experience encompasses advising on procurement for significant outsourcing initiatives, urban regeneration projects, and public/private partnering arrangements. Additionally, she provides valuable counsel on procurement challenges, contributing to a team that has effectively pursued and defended major procurement claims.

Blackhawk Network (BHN) delivers branded payment solutions through the prepaid products, technologies and network that connect brands and people. We collaborate with our partners to innovate, translating market trends in branded payments to increase reach, loyalty, and revenue, and we reliably execute security-minded solutions worldwide.

James is the Head of Procurement at Wythenshawe Community Housing Group. With 10+ Years Public Procurement experience in leadership roles across a variety of sectors, James brings extensive experience in strategic procurement initiatives, procurement transformation, sustainability and large scale procurement projects.

At WRAP, we want to tackle the causes of the climate crisis and give the planet a sustainable future.

We want to halt environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity and protect both our lives and the planet. In a thriving world in which climate change is no longer a problem, we will be able to provide for a growing population and raise people out of poverty.

WRAP is at the forefront of making the world a more sustainable place. By bringing people together, acting on facts, we will drive change and protect our planet.

The Go4Growth Programme is a fully funded service for small business enterprise (SME), voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises (VCSE)

It is designed to bridge the gap between SME/VCSE and the public sector. The programmes core purpose is to help smaller organisations who aspire to start out or grown in the public sector, to develop the skills, confidence and knowledge to be able to grow their business.

Sheri-Leigh is the co-founding director of NETpositive Futures Ltd and she has been catalysing leading-edge sustainability activity in the tertiary education sector (and beyond) for over 15 years. She is an established expert in stimulating engagement with sustainability and especially experienced at working alongside teams to deliver practical and meaningful change. She focuses on developing process and practice that demonstrates excellent practice with sustainability built into ‘business as usual’.

Oliver Kent is the Head of Customer Success at MHR, leading a team dedicated to delivering exceptional service and value. With over 18 years of experience in HR, Finance, and Customer Success across public and private sectors, Oliver is CIPD qualified and an expert in HR transformation, systems implementation, and change management.

Passionate about helping clients achieve strategic goals, Oliver has successfully led large-scale HR transformation projects for high-profile organisations, including DCMS and Serco. Known for strong leadership, conflict resolution, and mentoring, Oliver is committed to driving efficiency, quality, and innovation in HR processes.

Rebecca Fox is the Director of Membership at the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), formally known as HVAC. Rebecca is passionate about raising standards and delivering value for money in the built environment. Rebecca has an MBA from Manchester Business School.

Thrive is a flexible and intuitive software solution which enables organisations to better capture, manage and demonstrate their social value and corporate responsibility activities. Modules within the platform include Social Value Reporting, Employee Volunteer Management and Grants/Donations Management.

Our clients include a diverse range of public and private organisations, all of which are keenly focused on differentiating themselves to clients, employees and other stakeholders based upon their sustainability and community investment credentials; including the NHS, City of London, Tesco, L'Oreal, Kier, Avanti Trains, Yorkshire Water and many more.

Vistry Group is the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed tenure homes.

Our purpose as a responsible developer is to work in partnership to deliver sustainable homes, communities and social value, leaving a lasting legacy of places people love.

We are a young and dynamic business with a partnerships-led approach, delivered under our Countryside Partnerships brand, and an exciting timber-frame manufacturing operation called Vistry Works, running three factories and supporting our drive towards net zero.

Founded more than 30 years ago, NHC Procurement delivers an expert, compliant, and transparent procurement service for organisations bound by public sector contract regulations, including housing, healthcare, education, and blue light industries.

Formerly Consortium Procurement we will now be known as NHC Procurement, a positive step in our ambition to play an integral role in bettering housing, communities, and lives. We’re delighted to share this exciting change with you, and our continued commitment to supporting our national membership, our supplier partners, and the residents and communities we serve.

David leads on South East Consortium's partnership programmes – ensuring its Members are well-served and that the brand message and tone of voice is consistent every time. His team drives forward a range of initiatives on influencing solutions for the sectors future and shortening the skills gap.

Having spent 15 years in global buying roles in industrial distribution, Emma moved to the Housing sector 4 years ago to work for MTVH. Her experience means she has led multi-disciplinary, customer-focussed teams across multiple geographies, where her strengths have been establishing common goals and joint aspirations together with a strong team ethos and sense of purpose.

Emma is also vice-chair of the G15 Procurement Leadership Group, where they come together to share best-practice and explore opportunities for collaboration across London’s biggest Housing Associations.

Alan Heron is a procurement professional with over 20 years’ experience across both the private & public realms and multiple sectors including IT, automotive, healthcare, and public sector markets.

He has extensive experience of Public Procurement legislation, contract negotiation, and contract management. Recently awarded a fellowship to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, Alan is an established and recognised procurement expert.

He has been Director of Procurement with Places for People Group, one of the UK’s largest property management and Placemaking organisations since 2015.

A qualified translator, Jane has over 20 years’ experience in the language industry, supporting a diverse range of clients across a range of sectors and specialist markets. Having worked for some of the largest Language Services Providers, Jane has an excellent understanding of how to get the best out of the technologies and processes involved.

Tarun works with clients in the public and not for profit sectors, using his many years’ experience in the language services industry to help them manage their translation and interpreting needs and optimise their workflows, ensuring that social value is added throughout the process.

Grahame joined BiP Solutions in 2003 as Production Director with responsibility for the multi-disciplined media and production department, including Content, Research and Distribution. Prior to that, he worked in various senior editorial and publishing roles for the media company EMAP plc.

Grahame was appointed Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the BI Division in May 2012 and became Sales & Marketing Director in May 2016 with overall responsibility for driving revenues through private and public sector sales, marketing and events teams.

In January 2017, Grahame was appointed Managing Director of the Media and Marketing Solutions division of the BiP Group. In this role he assumed overall responsibility for two of BiP Group’s recent acquisitions – Pro Mark Media and Ingenium – as well as BiP Solutions’ events and training portfolio.

Following a restructure of BiP Group in April 2018, Grahame was appointed Sales and Marketing Director for the Business Intelligence and Public Sector business units, before subsequently being appointed Director of Public Policy, Research and Communications in 2023.

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