Thank you to our 2026 speakers
David Skinner
Director - Customer Experience
Government Commercial Agency
Colin Morrow OBE
Principal Commercial Director
Government Commercial Agency
Ben Farrell MBE
Global CEO
CIPS
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 Purchasing Consortia (UKUPC)
Don Bowman
Director - LUPC
UK Universities Purchasing Consortia (UKUPC)
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
Director of Medical Technology & Innovation
Department for Health & Social Care
Emily Woodley
Transformation Lead
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Michael Crook
Head of Strategic Procurement
STAR Procurement
Lisa Bliss
Head of London Construction Programme
Haringey Council
Stephen Sercombe
Procurement Director
NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative
Ursula Hardwick
Chief Delivery Officer
NHS London Procurement Partnership
Stephen Seki
Motivational Speaker
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Siobhan Goss
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
Matrix
James George
Chief Sustainability Strategist
The Vyne Group
Darar Apiri
Senior Sustainable Procurement Specialist
WRAP
Tiia Sammallahti
CEO & Founder
whatimpact
Andy Paul
Founder
Voyce AI
Bev Thomas
Adviser – Procurement and Commissioning
Local Government Association (LGA)
Phill Evens
CEO
RDB Concepts Ltd
Debbie Howe
Social Value Officer
Durham County Council
Richard Brown
Assistant Director - Cartels Enforcement Team
Competition and Markets Authority
Sarah Stone
Founder & Director
Samtaler Ltd
Warren Smith
Director of Insight, Innovation & Impact
Posterity Global
Nilton Melo
Pharmacy & Medicines Procurement Category Lead
NHS London Procurement Partnership
Alan Heron
Managing Director
Procurement Hub
Emma Briggs
Director of Procurement
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
Michael Murray
Partnerships & Commercial Manager
NEPO
Laura Summerell
Head of Procurement
Paradigm Housing Group
Darren Holloway
Head of Procurement & Fleet
Selwood Housing
Ceri D'Mello
Deputy Director - Get Help Buying
Department for Education
Dan Ebanks
Co-Founder & CEO
Match My Project
Clare Murdoch
Procurement Manager
South Yorkshire Housing Association (SHYA)
Richard Dickins
Managing Director
Social Value Quality Mark
Clare Riley
Special Projects Lead
SUPC
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