Thank you to our 2026 speakers

David Skinner

Director - Customer Experience

Government Commercial Agency

Ben Farrell MBE

Global CEO

CIPS

Colin Morrow OBE

Principal Commercial Director

Government Commercial Agency

Preeya Bailie

Managing Director

King's Facilities Management

Victoria Cope

Commercial Director - Defence Digital

Ministry of Defence

John Coyne

Director Commercial & Procurement

Birmingham City Council

Laura Sellers

Executive & Leadership Coach

Coaching for Procurement Ltd

James Peach

Keynote Speaker

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Amman Boughan

CEO

Pagabo Group

Susan Walsh

Founder & Managing Director

The Classification Guru Ltd

James Meads

Founder

Entrepreneurial Procurement

Annalisha Noel

Founder & CEO

AchieverOS

Chris Robinson

Co-Host

A Procurement Podcast - The Reform Rundown

Fleur Summers

Co-Host

A Procurement Podcast - The Reform Rundown

David Kershaw

Founder & Managing Director

Posterity Global

Jane Lynch

Director - Centre of Public Value Procurement

Cardiff Business School

Phil McCabe

Merseyside and Cheshire Development Manager

Federation of Small Businesses

Joanna Dahlgren

Head of Social Value & SROI

London Borough of Waltham Forest

Dr. Ian Brotherston

Deputy Director of Innovation Funding

Innovate UK

Danni Aberg

Head of Social Value & Consulting

Thrive

John Wallace

Director of Procurement

Clarion Housing Group

Caroline Brash

Principal Procurement Consultant

YPO

Amardeep Gill

National Head of Public Sector

Trowers & Hamlins

Dr. Clare Westcott

Social Value Researcher

University of Liverpool

DI Dan Gianassi

Head of Cyber & Innovation

Cyber Resilience Centre for the North West

Rebecca Baxter

Managing Director & Chair

UK Universities Procurement Consortia (UKUPC)

Don Bowman

Director - LUPC

UK Universities Procurement Consortia (UKUPC)

Laura Savage

Director of Partner and Social Value Services

PeoplePlus UK

Stacey Speakman

Head of Procurement Operations (Get Help Buying for Schools)

Department for Education

Kevin Draisey

Head of Schools Commercial Partnerships

Department for Education

Jim Morris

Head of Engagement & Adoption Policy

Department for Health & Social Care

Lisa Bliss

Head of London Construction Programme

Haringey Council

Michael Crook

Head of Strategic Procurement

STAR Procurement

Charlene-Elise Anderson

Head of UK Government

Amazon Business

Lewis Sinkala

Head of Procurement

Leeds City Council

Debbie Howe

Social Value Officer

Durham County Council

Bryan Simmons

Head of Procurement & Ethical Commissioning Practice

Wigan Council

Hywyn Pritchard

Head of Procurement

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority

Ursula Hardwick

Chief Delivery Officer

NHS London Procurement Partnership

Stephen Sercombe

Procurement Director

NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative

Stephen Seki

Motivational Speaker

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Siobhan Goss

Head of Corporate Social Responsibility

Matrix

James George

Chief Sustainability Strategist

The Vyne Group

Charlie Hobson

Senior Associate

Faithorn Farrell Timms

Adam Stanley

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Isoler Limited

Tiia Sammallahti

CEO & Founder

whatimpact

Darar Apiri

Senior Sustainable Procurement Specialist

WRAP

Richard Brown

Assistant Director - Cartels Enforcement Team

Competition and Markets Authority

Bev Thomas

Adviser – Procurement and Commissioning

Local Government Association (LGA)

Ceri D'Mello

Deputy Director - Get Help Buying

Department for Education

Warren Smith

Director of Insight, Innovation & Impact

Posterity Global

Emma Briggs

Director of Procurement

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

Alan Heron

Managing Director

Procurement Hub

Clare Murdoch

Procurement Manager

South Yorkshire Housing Association (SHYA)

Laura Summerell

Head of Procurement

Paradigm Housing Group

Nilton Melo

Pharmacy & Medicines Procurement Category Lead

NHS London Procurement Partnership

Sarah Stone

Founder & Director

Samtaler Ltd

Michael Murray

Partnerships & Commercial Manager

NEPO

Lucy Bridge

Social Responsibility Lead

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Phill Evans

CEO

RDB Concepts Ltd

Clare Riley

Special Projects Lead

SUPC

Andy Paul

Founder

Voyce AI

Richard Dickins

Managing Director

Social Value Quality Mark

Emma Grigson

Bid Partnerships & Social Value Director

PeoplePlus UK

Dan Ebanks

Co-Founder & CEO

Match My Project

Simon Thomas

Global ESG Lead

Ikonic Technology Ltd

Kevin Lewis

Sales Manager

Delta eSourcing and Supply Chain

Dawn MacTaggart

Key Account Manager

Tracker

Fraser Neilson

Business Development Manager

Delta eSourcing and Supply Chain

Darren Holloway

Head of Procurement & Fleet

Selwood Housing