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.

Deborah Wilkie is a Director in the CMA’s Competition Enforcement team. She has led numerous cartel enforcement cases across a variety of sectors, including those affecting public sector bodies and cases in the construction sector, and is currently working on the CMA’s preparations for the new exclusion and debarment regime in the Procurement Act. She also leads the CMA’s leniency team, handling applications from businesses and individuals who realise they have taken part in illegal cartel activity and report this to the CMA, cooperating with any investigation in return for a reduction in financial penalties and protection from criminal prosecution and director disqualification.

Prior to joining the CMA, Deborah was a Senior Associate at the international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, where she represented clients in large-scale commercial disputes in a variety of sectors, including private competition actions before the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Rebecca Rees is a Partner and the Head of Public Procurement at the international law firm, Trowers & Hamlins. Rebecca is a leading national expert in public procurement law and has significant experience in advising clients in the public, private and third sectors on public procurement, subsidy control and building safety strategy issues. She advises clients on procurement strategy and structures, how to conduct flexible and compliant procurement procedures and compile objective and transparent evaluation models and guidance.

With particular interests in value-led procurement, social value and building safety, Rebecca is a member of the Working Group 11 for Procurement Competency, DLUHC’s Procurement Advisory Group, and HACT’s National Social Value in Housing Taskforce. Rebecca is also a Visiting Fellow at the Centre of Construction Law at Dickson Poon School of Law at Kings College London and is currently undertaking a PhD in public procurement, focusing on price evaluation models at the University of Nottingham.

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 Business 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.