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