Andrew brings experience of over 30 years in commercial, procurement and supply chain management to the role of GCCO as he leads the cross-government commercial community to deliver the Plan for Change.

Focusing over 6,000 commercial professionals who are directly managing and influencing £176 billion of central UK Government procurement spend on vital goods and services, ensuring every pound spent of taxpayer money delivers for the public.

Andrew was previously the Director General Commercial at the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and prior to joining the MOD in 2017 he was the Chief Commercial Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Lindsay is the Head of Engagement for Procurement Team 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.

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.

Nicola joined Commercial Services Group in 2023 as Divisional CEO following a successful career in local government. A highly regarded executive leader with exceptional skills in public sector strategy and management, Nicola’s role is to deliver outstanding commercial growth across our Energy & Environment and Procurement & Partnerships divisions, ensuring the Group’s customer, people and social value ambitions are achieved along the way.

Shirley is a successful business leader and entrepreneur with extensive experience gained in delivering first-class financial, commercial, and operational leadership across the Private and Public Sectors. She is a former Chair and President of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), her legacy as President was to create The Fellowship as it is today with over 1000 Fellows globally and is the first Chair of Fellows.

The Small Business Crown Representative is one of a network of Crown Representatives focused on helping the government in its engagement with specific sectors. The main aim of the role is to lead on the overall relationship between the government and small businesses, making sure the government gets the best value from small business and small businesses have the best possible opportunity to work with the government.

Kieran is a consultant solicitor and legal trainer, specialising in public procurement law. He advises clients on public procurement, commercial contracts, grant funding, and subsidy control (previously State aid). For most of the past decade he has worked in-house within local government legal teams. Since June 2023 he has been operating as a consultant solicitor.

Kieran also sits on the executive committee of the Procurement Lawyers' Association (PLA), a membership body for procurement lawyers across the UK. He was previously the National Lead for Procurement Law within a membership body for local government lawyers.

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 Dec 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.

Over the past four years, the collaborative efforts of the Council and its supply chain have yielded over £50 million in delivered social value, laying the foundation for a substantial pipeline of future benefits.

Ian Sears OBE is a Deputy Director and Commercial Specialist within the Commercial Policy Team. Ian supports contracting authorities on their use of the new Competitive Flexible Procedure. Ian also advises on driving innovation through procurement. Ian was previously a member of the Complex Transactions Team, where he supported numerous complex commercial programmes across the majority of central government departments.

Emilia is the Head of Communities of Practice for the Cabinet Office Transforming Public Procurement Programme.

Emilia focusses in creating empathetic commercial communities of practice where public professionals can share best practice, identify common challenges and foster collaborative learning.

Ben is a researcher working with the Institute for Government's general election team. Before joining the Institute, Ben studied medicine at university and continues to practice as an NHS doctor, and has also published research in a number of medical journals.

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.

Steven has extensive public procurement experience advising central government, local government, other contracting authorities, utilities and suppliers at all stages of the procurement lifecycle including designing procurement strategies, advising throughout the procurement process into contract management and in relation to procurement challenges.

Having spent time both in private practice and as general counsel in an innovative defence contractor, Steven has a unique procurement skillset and is able to appreciate the perspectives of both contracting authorities and suppliers. Steven has a particular specialism in framework agreements having recently completed a PhD in public procurement law on this topic. Steven is ranked in Chambers UK for public procurement law.

He has published various articles in leading public procurement journals and his research on frameworks is about to be published in a forthcoming book co-authored with Professor Luke Butler, "The marketisation of framework agreements in the UK: practice, regulation and reform". Steven is a member of the Procurement Lawyers Association and the prestigious Public Procurement Research Group at the University of Nottingham.

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.

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.

Lisa has been involved in the development of the UK public procurement transparency policy as well as the legislation relating to it and associated guidance. She was also heavily involved in the development of the Central Digital Platform for UK public procurement, and is leading on the policy conversation about public procurement data under the new regime. She has a deep interest in the strategic potential of international public procurement transparency and data.

Tarryn launched Procurement Services in 2015, having been with Commercial Services Group leading in procurement roles for KCS since 1987. Now Managing Director of Procurement Services, Tarryn’s role is to lead and deliver ambitious procurement and commercial plans across the Procurement Services portfolio of businesses, whilst ensuring the public sector is provided with compliant, innovative solutions that can better achieve outcomes for organisations and the communities they serve.

Simon joined Procurement Services in 2024 as Associate Director of Procurement, having held senior procurement and commercial positions across both the public and private sectors. A highly experienced procurement expert, Simon is responsible for leading strategic procurement delivery across framework management, managed procurement services and contract management. He is committed to positioning procurement as a true enabler of organisational success through a strategic, collaborative and future-focused approach.

Léyoh is a commercial leader working with organisations to prove their value based on their values. Currently VP of Sales at the Social Value Portal, Léyoh has experience in using technology to prioritise sustainable business, responsible sourcing, and social value.

Kimberley Rice is currently working as a Commercial lead within HMRC, having previously worked within Cabinet Office within the Transforming Public Procurement programme. Kimberley brings nearly 20 years of procurement experience across the public sector and specialised in procurement and supply chain management as part of her Business Degree and went on to complete a Master’s in Procurement.

Jasbinder (Bindi) Sandhu is responsible for the management of the contracting team and tendering activity at LUPC.

Bindi has over 20 years’ experience in procurement, having worked for the international section of British Red Cross, in private education and in the HE sector for over ten years. Prior to joining LUPC, she was Head of Procurement at LUPC member, the University of the Arts London (UAL).

Bindi has experience of working both within and outside the procurement regulations which has given her a good understanding of the benefits and constraints for organisations. She has worked across a variety of category areas and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS Chartered).

Gemma joined SUMS Group as the Head of Procurement in 2023 and in 2024 was appointed as Head of SUPC. Previously Gemma spent four years working as a Senior Procurement Manager at Sovereign Housing Association a registered Charity, where she worked managed a team of 5 Category Managers looking after Property Services and Development Stakeholder requirements with over £100m per annum addressable spend. She delivered procurement initiatives to the business, which contribute to achieving the strategic goals including but not limited to Category Management, Contract Management, Sourcing and SRM.

Before this Gemma worked for Vodafone, ING Direct and Thames Water as a category manager for Indirect areas including Technology and HR Services. Gemma brings over 20 years focused experience in procurement including Financial Services, Technology and Public Sector experience in Social Housing and Utilities. Gemma is passionate about strategic sourcing and Procurement transformation and looks forward to driving improvements for SUPC’s Frameworks and adding value to our members through Procurement Business Partnering.

Louise is a subject matter expert for the Cabinet Office Transforming Public Procurement Programme. She worked closely with policy and legal colleagues to develop the content for the Knowledge Drops, E-learning and Deep Dives.

Louise has over two decades experience as a procurement practitioner in both the public and private sectors.

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 in the construction sector, and has been coordinating the CMA’s preparations for the new exclusion and debarment regime in the Procurement Act.

She works closely with CMA data analysts and intelligence specialists to uncover illegal cartel activity and until recently led 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.

Richard was formally a senior policy adviser on the Act, and is now back working for his primary department, the Crown Commercial Service, as Head of Contracting Policy, where he is supporting CCS in utilising the flexibilities of the Act for the benefit of their customers.

Richard's focus in the Act was on the commercial tools, KPIs, intra UK procurements and the transitional arrangements.

Richard has worked previously in the Cabinet Office, in a number of roles, including in spend controls, as well as HMT, what is now the IPA (originally MPA), as well as CCS’ predecessor organisations.

25 years industry experience in HR, Early Career, Learning and Development and Talent across the Financial Services, Legal and Education sectors implementing workforce planning and people development strategy and solutions.

Responsible for horizon scanning to identify how global shifts are impacting emerging and future skills and linking those to today’s increasingly nonlinear and dynamic career paths.

Supports organisations including the Public sector and NHS to better understand the capability needs of today and tomorrow.

Carolyn has over 28 years of experience in bid submissions, proposals and solution architecture across the public and private sector, successfully securing contracts in excess of £150m.

Carolyn started her career within the Manufacturing industry, working across Quality, Operations, Procurement and Sales, before moving organically into the training and education sector.

Carolyn has worked within apprenticeships and further education for over 8 years, to provide employers with solution based bids and tenders to employers including the Cabinet Office and Civil Service departments, local government, the NHS and the commercial sector.

Bahar is a transformational procurement leader, and the Go Awards 2025 winner in both the Team and Individual categories—recognising his outstanding contributions to public procurement. As Director of Procurement at Queen Mary University of London, Bahar has defined the role of procurement as a strategic enabler of value, innovation, and impact. With early career experience in finance, Bahar entered the procurement field in 2007.

Since joining Queen Mary in 2012, he has delivered significant savings and recognised multi million in social value, while embedding ethical, sustainable, and social priorities into procurement practices. Bahar also contributes as an Executive Committee member of the London Universities Purchasing Consortium and a leader in several sector-wide working groups.

Annie is a policy specialist within the Cyber Digital Technology team at the Local Government Association (LGA). Her role focuses on the intersection of cyber security, digital transformation, and new and emerging technologies, with a particular specialism in AI ethics. Annie's career has been rooted in local government, spanning roles from home-to-school transport to the LGA's national graduate development programme to leading on equalities policy in a London borough.

Mike is an award-winning chartered construction manager with over two decades of experience in the construction sector, particularly in procurement, project management, contract administration, and sustainability.

He is the national sustainability lead for the National Association of Construction Frameworks, and as YORhub's Performance and Improvement Manager he specialises in working with public sector organisations on their procurement of construction works and services, advising on procurement solutions and the administration of NEC contracts.

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.

Amardeep is a Partner at international law firm Trowers & Hamlins.

He is the firm's National Head of Public Sector and advises government, public bodies and SMEs on transformation or business critical projects.

He is nationally ranked as an expert in his chosen field (Chambers UK) and has also been recognised for his market-leading expertise by legal research experts, Acritas, who have designated him as an 'Acritas star'.
Amardeep has extensive experience across a range of sectors including digital technology, leisure, transport, health, education, outsourcing, regeneration and aviation. He advises on complex procurements and the ethical issues arising from the adoption of AI across businesses and the public sector.

Tiia Sammallahti is the CEO & founder of whatimpact.com, the UK’s leading social value matchmaking & management platform. whatimpact.com increases efficiency in social value partnerships between VCSEs and companies by reducing the cost and time spent on administrating locally relevant, tangible and contract specific social value. whatimpact offers also public sector social value brokerage and reporting solutions for procurement related social value. Addition running whatimpact tech startup, she is an active content writer and collaboration initiator in social value industry.

NEPO undertakes high-value procurement in major strategic areas of spend (such as construction, energy, and facilities management) on behalf of North East local authorities and a range of associate members from the wider UK public sector.

At every step of our procurement journey, we collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that their needs are understood and met. So whether you are a public sector colleague, a supplier interested in doing business with us, or an end-user using the goods and services we procure, you can rest assured that we are procuring for you.

Claire has in-depth expertise in the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998, and currently leads the Commission’s compliance work on AI. She regularly contributes to the work of others, including the Alan Turing Institute’s AI Fairness in Practice workbook, which supports public sector organisations to identify and manage unfair bias across the AI lifecycle, and the Local Government Association’s Responsibly buying AI guide which helps councils consider equality and data protection when procuring AI. She also authored a 10-step guide to help public bodies and contractors think through the equality implications of their policies and decisions, including when these relate to digitalisation and AI deployment.

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.

Dan is also a Big Issue Changemaker, a mentor on Sky’s F100 Growth Fund and a Future Vision alumni.

He lives in London with his wife and two children. Dan is a keen Arsenal fan, vinyl collector and runner.

Victoria is an award winning information governance professional with more than 20 years local government experience. As Pan-London Information Governance Lead she shapes the way London approaches information governance for city-wide collaboration projects on subjects ranging from rough sleeping, retrofit and safeguarding. She also authors guidance for London and nationally on information governance matters, including as a lead author on the LGA Guidance Responsibly Buying AI.

OffPloy is a UK-based organisation that supports people at risk of offending or with convictions to access employment and personal development opportunities. They focus on tangible opportunities, such as skills development and access to resources, and tackle the mindset and self-belief challenges that individuals face. Additionally, OffPloy strive to change societal views, fostering an environment in which employers and organisations recognise the potential in every person, regardless of their past.

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.

Catherine Manning is Head of Impact Practice at Impact Reporting and the Programme Director and driving force behind the game-changing social valuation tool, MeasureUp. Her passion is improving social value processes. She has over a decade of deep expertise and has worked tirelessly to understand how current practices are failing communities. She joined Impact Reporting from leading industry body, The Institute of Social Value (formerly Social Value UK), where she remains a trustee.

Laura is the Director of Partner and Social Value Services at PeoplePlus, part of the Staffline Group, bringing over 25 years of expertise in Education, Employer Engagement, Recruitment, and Social Impact. She specialises in helping businesses and partners recruit, retain, and develop individuals disadvantaged in the labour market, including those affected by Worklessness. Laura leads the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group, a network of 150+ employers, specialist partners, and individuals with lived experience, advancing Social Recruitment and Retention initiatives.

Laura collaborates with major organisations such as G4S, Sodexo, AMEY, Lidl, M Group, Milestone Infrastructure, and NHS Employers to integrate social responsibility into business operations. Laura is also adept at guiding organisations to leverage government-funded recruitment, employability, and skills programs to meet their Social Value and ESG objectives and is leading on the launch of the Social Recruitment Covenant, set for 2024.

PeoplePlus is one of the UK’s leading employability and prison education providers, and the founder of the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group (#SRAG). The SRAG has driven the establishment of the Social Recruitment Covenant, which launched at Westminster in November 2024.

PeoplePlus has a 30 year track record in employability, social recruitment, prison education, vocational training, self-employment support and health & social care services.

Andy is Senior Consultant at Scotwork, a leading negotiation training and coaching company bringing over 50 years’ experience of working globally with organisations large and small across all sectors.

Scotwork specialises in helping businesses, partners and individuals negotiate more effectively and consistently by providing the required structure and skills to manage the process of reaching negotiated agreements. Andy’s expertise includes working with public sector organisations to negotiate better value agreements more consistently, and meet their Social Value and ESG objectives.

Danni Aberg is Head of Social Value at Thrive, having joined the team in 2024 from BAM UK and Ireland, where she led the generation of £260 million verified Social Value in 2023.

Danni brings 19 years of social sustainability experience across multiple sectors to Thrive, including stints at her own strategic consultancy, CITB, WEPCO, the establishment of the award-winning “Women into Construction” programme - and more.

A regular event speaker and contributor to publications, Danni is a highly-regarded social sustainability thought leader.

Daniel Fujiwara is an internationally recognised expert in social impact, wellbeing research, and policy evaluation.

His work has significantly shaped national and international approaches to impact measurement, particularly through his co-authoring of the HM Treasury’s Green Book and the Wellbeing Guidance for Appraisal.

He was previously the founder of Simetrica Jacobs, the largest social value consultancy in the UK.

Lisa has been with Haringey Council for 19 years, bringing extensive procurement experience across various sectors, including care, supplies and services, and construction. Since 2018, she has successfully established and led a dedicated team responsible for managing the Council's extensive portfolio of DPS systems and frameworks, ensuring seamless engagement with stakeholders and suppliers.

In addition, Lisa leads the London Construction Programme (LCP), a virtual organisation hosted by Haringey Council, serving as a one-stop shop for public sector construction procurement. The LCP facilitates the procurement of a wide range of projects, from Professional Services to Minor and Major Works schemes across London and the Home Counties.

Now, over 50 public sector organisations are benefitting from efficient, compliant procurement processes that the LCP offers. Lisa has been instrumental in leading innovation in end-to-end procurement practices which has recently been demonstrated in the launch of LCP’s Housing Framework, which takes a unique approach to Social Value, Supporting SME’s, and bringing together the Golden Thread that runs through the Gold Standard, Construction Playbook and the Framework Alliance Contract (FAC-1).

Steve Janeway-Smith is the Operations Director for Mulalley Planned Maintenance. Steve has been with Mulalley for the past 4 years and in the construction industry for the past 25 years.

Steve is a qualified operations director with a Level 7 NVQ Diploma in Construction Senior Management.

Glenn is a degree-qualified Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Construction Manager, and proud Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building. With over 27 years of experience in the construction industry, including 16 years at Mulalley.

Lucy is a Partner in the Corporate Commercial Team. Lucy has 22 years’ experience delivering innovative solutions for local government and public sector clients, bringing together her vast knowledge of the political and governance framework within which those clients operate.

Lucy specialises in procurement, commercial contracts, grant funding, vires and subsidy control law as well as forming part of the wider team to ensure client projects are delivered on time and in budget, fielding a team of relevant experts from across the firm.

Johnny has led a number of PUBLIC's government consulting and advisory projects, including working with the Dutch government to design a GovTech strategy, and the Cabinet Office on its civil service reform programme. With expertise in procurement of technology and innovation, he sits on the UK government procurement advisory panel, and has led procurement transformation projects with a number of European governments. Before PUBLIC, he worked with a number of universities on behavioural science and startup-related projects.

Darren Knowd has over 30-years’ experience of senior Procurement and Social Value roles in both the global private sector and public sector.

Darren commenced his career at General Motors Ltd in Liverpool as a graduate commercial apprentice before moving to Nissan Motor Manufacturing in Sunderland and became the Purchasing Manager at Nissan Europe and held senior roles in Barcelona, Paris offices and the European vehicle design company in Cranfield in the UK.

He studied a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) at Durham University Business School before leading five local government district Councils and merging eight Council procurement teams into a centralised team at the new unitary Durham County Council.

In 2021 he became Head of Procurement, Sales and Business Services and led a team of 700 employees consisting of £700 million of procurement spend, £25 million of commercial sales, and £15 million of people resources providing business administration and project services to the Council.

He initiated and led a collaborative place-based social value project “The County Durham Pound” working collaboratively with ten County Durham based organisations and won a national social value award as the “Best Public Sector Social Project” in 2023.

He became Chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) National Advisory Group (NAG) in 2020 and led procurement nationally during the pandemic working together with national colleagues and several central government departments, and as LGA NAG Chair he contributed to Cabinet Office Procurement Policy, the National Procurement Policy Statement and the new Procurement Act 2023.

Darren was also the LGA nominated Chair of the National Social Value Task Force from 2017 to 2023 and working together with the incredibly talented Social Value Portal https://socialvalueportal.com the group launched the National TOMS (Themes, Outcomes and Measures) to provide social value definitions and values to allow social value to be objectively included in procurement projects.

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. 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.

Mark has been working with BiP for over 7 years and is one of the Business Development Managers in the Delta eSourcing team. He is responsible for both promoting the Delta platform to prospective new customers, and supporting current customers within the public, private and third sector across the UK.

These include central government, NDPBs, local government, education, NHS, charities and private entities.

Luke R.A. Butler is Director of the UK's only Executive Programme in Public Procurement Law and Policy, head of the UK Procurement Unit within the Public Procurement Research Group (Nottingham) and joint General Editor of the globally renowned Public Procurement Law Review. Professor Butler is an international authority on defence and security and procurement regulation and works as a consultant to Ministries of Defence, international organisations, and industry in this highly specialised field.

His international publications include many books and articles which include most notably Transatlantic Defence Procurement: EU and US Defence Procurement Regulation in the Transatlantic Defence Market (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Domestically, he is a leading expert on defence contract pricing regulation. More generally, Professor Butler maintains an interest in UK public procurement regulation and publishes widely in this area. Professor Butler was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2009 (currently non-practising).