Thank you for attending HCSA 2021 Annual Conference and Exhibition.
We were delighted to finally meet up again at the HCSA Annual Conference and Exhibition on 24 and 25 November 2021. With over 500 attendees and a fully packed agenda across two days, the feedback so far has been very positive.
The next HCSA Annual Conference and Exhibition will take place in Manchester Central on 22 and 23 November 2022. Look out for details being announced in Spring 2022, however for any sponsorship or exhibition enquiries please contact the team today on [email protected]

Welcome from our Chief Officer Keith Rowley
This year marks the 61st Anniversary of HCSA.
Our 60th year was, of course, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic which hit the UK in early 2020 and brought with it enormous levels of stress, pressure and loss.
It would have been unthinkable when writing the opening address for our last live event in 2019 to have had the slightest inkling of what 2020 would bring. Thankfully, our first ever virtual Winter Conference last November was a huge success, and we are extremely grateful to everyone who contributed to its success by providing content, sponsoring or attending. Without you it would not have been the fabulous event it was.
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Sponsor - W.L. Gore and Associates

W.L. Gore and Associates
Founded more than 60 years ago by Bill and Vieve Gore, our award-winning enterprise makes industry-leading products while employing over 11,000 Associates worldwide.
Technology is at the center of Gore’s solutions, particularly expanded PTFE, a versatile polymer that we discovered. Learn how our technology works and why it’s so central to our products.
Built upon the principles of freedom, fairness, commitment and respect for the enterprise’s waterline, Gore has a distinctive company culture in which highly motivated people thrive.
Sponsor - NHS Workforce Alliance

NHS Workforce Alliance
Comprised of a team of health workforce experts from Crown Commercial Service and NHS Procurement in Partnership, nobody is better placed to meet NHS staffing challenges than NHS Workforce Alliance. As a part of the NHS ourselves, we’re committed to working in partnership with NHS organisations to deliver workforce solutions.
Sponsor - Cook Medical

Cook Medical
Since 1963, Cook Medical has worked with physicians to develop technologies.We invent, manufacture, and deliver a unique portfolio of medical devices to the healthcare systems of the world. Serving patients is a privilege, and we demand the highest standards of quality, ethics, and service in all that we do.
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Sponsor - AdviseInc Ltd

AdviseInc Ltd
AdviseInc is a leading HealthTech company, providing data analytics and insight to the healthcare market. AdviseInc’s Price Benchmarking platform is used UK wide by the NHS, assisting buyers to make sense of the billions of pounds that is spent each year. We continue to develop products that add value and efficiency into the wider healthcare sector.
Sponsor - Baxter

Baxter
Our more than 85-year heritage gives us distinct perspective on the needs of patients and caregivers. We lead today by putting those insights to work to deliver new, better healthcare solutions and access to care in the communities where we live and work.
Our forward-looking leadership team is a driving force in ensuring we meet the needs of all our stakeholders – every day and everywhere.
Nurturing a culture of innovation is critical to delivering on our mission to save and sustain lives. We partner with the healthcare community to continually find more efficient, smarter ways to help solve the world’s most pressing healthcare challenges.
Sponsor - B. Braun

B. Braun
B. Braun stands for over 180 years of innovative solutions in healthcare, with a passionate workforce of ambitious people who contribute to the company ethos of protecting and improving the health of people around the world.
Headquartered in Melsungen, Germany, B. Braun is one of the world’s leading providers and manufacturers of high quality product systems and service
Today, B. Braun is led by managers from the 6th family generation and employs more than 64,000 people in 64 countries. This long-term commitment ensures a high grade of reliability and safety for our partners and customers.
With its constantly growing portfolio of effective medical care solutions, B. Braun makes a substantial contribution towards protecting and improving people’s health.
In total, the B. Braun product range comprises 5,000 different products across 16 therapeutic areas, 95 percent of which are manufactured by the company. 2020 revenues totalled €7.4bn.
Employees are the ambassadors of B. Braun and the driving force for success. In each of the therapeutic areas, employees advise on the optimisation of whole therapies, finding innovative, efficient and sustainable solutions together with customers. B. Braun’s strategic partnership teams support the healthcare sector to address the challenges they currently face. From workforce and bed shortage to infection rates – focussing on reducing system costs and improving both patient outcomes and hospital provider efficiency.
The goal is to grow together in order to ensure that our company in the future continues to shape, not just deliver, to the healthcare market and add real value to our customers. For example, our partnerships and collaborative work alongside the NHS will play a significant role in improving patient outcomes for the long-term.
Sponsor - Capsticks Solicitors LLP

Capsticks Solicitors LLP
Aiming to be the firm of choice for organisations who work to make a difference, Capsticks has supported the NHS and wider healthcare sector for more than 40 years. Our lawyers are fully immersed in procurement law and the sector’s unique challenges, always committed to assist you with practical, market-driven solutions that reflect your day-to-day work. We can advise you on achieving the best possible outcome in everything from option appraisals, negotiation with suppliers to the implementation of complex procurement processes. We’ll help your team thrive by offering interactive workshops and training sessions, client care initiatives and bespoke financial arrangements. Talk to our experts today to find out more about how Capsticks can help.
Sponsor - Constellia

Constellia
Stand Number: 38
Talk to us about gaining control of your Professional Services spend. At Constellia, we are experts in professional services spend management, offering a Professional Services MSP solution, delivered by great people, enabled by great technology.
Established in 2007, we now influence over £1billion of spend across 200 subcategories – which is delivered by our dynamic marketplace of pre-vetted service providers.
Our goal is to enable clients to buy brilliantly, influencing and improving the way the world buys and manages professional services.
Sponsor - Cook Medical

Cook Medical
Since 1963, Cook Medical has worked with physicians to develop technologies.We invent, manufacture, and deliver a unique portfolio of medical devices to the healthcare systems of the world. Serving patients is a privilege, and we demand the highest standards of quality, ethics, and service in all that we do.
Sponsor - Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large district General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital. The Trust has almost 4,000 staff and provides a range of medical services to more than 445,000 patients per year from an areas covering Western Cheshire, Ellesmere Port, Neston and North Wales.
The Countess of Chester Hospital has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality patient care and is nationally accredited at the highest levels in many areas, in particular those relating to clinical outcomes and patient safety.
Our aim is to be the preferred hospital of choice for our traditional community, and a preferred hospital of choice for patients from a wider area, and to continue to provide a comprehensive, high quality, and accessible range of emergency and elective services to all our patients. We want our patients to be assured that they will receive their care as rapidly as possible in a first-class environment, be treated with courtesy and dignity, and be confident that the outcome of their clinical care will be of the highest standards and safety.
Sponsor - DNA Nudge

DNA Nudge
A Spin off from Imperial College London, DnaNudge is the pioneer of a genotyping technology that improves lifestyle and is also the creator of a world-leading COVID-19 diagnostics test.
DnaNudge provides an approachable and stylish way to understand your DNA and take action with informed choices, through technology that ensures consumer privacy.
In response to the current pandemic the technology has been adapted to detect the RNA of COVID-19. The ‘lab-on-a-chip’ DnaCartridge means that DnaNudge is the only company that can deliver a lab free and accurate diagnosis, at the point-of-care, sample to result in approximately 90 minutes.
Sponsor - Genesis

Genesis
Genesis Automation specialises in innovative, clinically focused traceability and analytical solutions which improve patient safety, while cutting costs and eliminating waste for healthcare providers. Genesis provides a unified modular based software platform which seamlessly integrates data from multiple systems, vendors and locations. By connecting vital healthcare data throughout the workflow process, we give NHS Trusts accurate information in real-time for better decision making, improved procedure cost, variance and income control.
Sponsor - HCI

HCI
Stand Number: 37
Health Contracts International (HCI) is provided by BiP Solutions. HCI has been designed to support you with precision tools that support early engagement, business growth and the insight you need to develop your strategy. With over 37 years’ experience, we’re a market leading provider of eSourcing services to the public sector including the NHS. Our unique relationship with more than 500 public sector bodies in the UK means we have access to more buyers and opportunities than any other services.
Sponsor - Ingenica Solutions

Ingenica Solutions
Ingenica Solutions has a proven track record in delivering focused IT solutions in the areas of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, patient/service/clinical pathway costing and the back-office; bringing significant benefits to both the NHS and suppliers to the challenging, fast-moving healthcare environment.Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Sponsor - Intellicentrics

Intellicentrics
IntelliCentrics UK helps hospitals reduce costs and mitigate risk by managing their commercial visitors – all at no charge to hospitals. Our customers include Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, NHS Tayside and many more.
We are part of a global organisation with an unrivalled track record of helping hospitals deliver best practice. Since its launch 10 years ago, IntelliCentrics now employs over 200 people in the US, Canada and the UK. It has over 550,000 registered users, looks after over 10,000 facilities, and has processed in excess of 10 million commercial visitor credential documents.
IntelliCentrics is part of Deview Electronics, a R&D focused, multi-national security corporation. VTC is represented around the globe by IntelliCentrics in Dallas, Texas, Montreal, Quebec, and Stockport, and deView International in Dallas, Texas and Shanghai
Sponsor - Lexmark

Lexmark
Lexmark’s solutions are designed to meet the “Paperless challenge” within the NHS. Few hospitals can make the “big bang” jump from current paper-based technologies to fully digital in one step, and technologies are needed which help make the transition more gradual, using adoption of “paper light” techniques and a modular approach through which hospitals can add incremental functionality in line with their ability to change
Sponsor - Lifecycle Management Group Ltd

Lifecycle Management Group Ltd
Supporting NHS Procurement for 30 years.
For 30 years we have helped NHS Trusts deliver more for less – on contracts, equipment, diagnostics and capacity.
To date, we have delivered more than £200m in savings for the NHS by helping Trusts plan, procure and manage their contracts more effectively.
Visit our stand the HCSA Annual Conference to find out how we can deliver savings and improve supplier performance for your Trust. Or call Jonathan Wickens on 01865 340800
Sponsor - NHS Workforce Alliance

NHS Workforce Alliance
Comprised of a team of health workforce experts from Crown Commercial Service and NHS Procurement in Partnership, nobody is better placed to meet NHS staffing challenges than NHS Workforce Alliance. As a part of the NHS ourselves, we’re committed to working in partnership with NHS organisations to deliver workforce solutions.
Sponsor - Pentax

Pentax
PENTAX Medical provides endoscopic imaging devices and solutions to the global medical community. Specialising in video and fibreoptic endoscopy equipment for diagnostic and therapeutic applications including Gastroenterology, ENT and Pulmonary medical fields, it offers a full range of products and services based on leading-edge R&D and manufacturing.
Sponsor - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Our staff at Salisbury District Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.
Everyone is entitled to receive safe patient care and treatment that is provided in a clean and comfortable environment. At Salisbury District Hospital we take time to consider the things that matter most to our patients.
Please remember that if you do not already receive your hospital care and treatment at Salisbury District Hospital you are now able to choose to come to Salisbury. If you need to see a specialist, your GP will be able to refer you when discussing the options that are available to you.
If you are referred to Salisbury District Hospital as an outpatient, or if you need urgent or non urgent treatment, our staff are here to look after you and to provide you with the best possible care and treatment.
Sponsor - W.L. Gore and Associates

W.L. Gore and Associates
Founded more than 60 years ago by Bill and Vieve Gore, our award-winning enterprise makes industry-leading products while employing over 11,000 Associates worldwide.
Technology is at the center of Gore’s solutions, particularly expanded PTFE, a versatile polymer that we discovered. Learn how our technology works and why it’s so central to our products.
Built upon the principles of freedom, fairness, commitment and respect for the enterprise’s waterline, Gore has a distinctive company culture in which highly motivated people thrive.
Confirmed Speakers
The HCSA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2021 Programme will bring together policy makers and thought leaders to present their views on the current and future landscape for NHS public sector procurement in the UK. Hear from leading experts who will discuss the latest policies which impact on purchasing within the public sector.
Liam Horkan
Head of Clinical Procurement
East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Hamish MacDonald
Customer Engagement Lead
NHS Workforce Alliance
Professor Chris Toumazou
Co-Founder & CEO
DNA Nudge
Jonathan Elsmore-Wickens
Commercial Director
Lifecycle Management Group
Glen Hodgson
Head of Healthcare
GS1 UK
Rob Houston
Managing Director
Wessex NHS Partnership
Mat Oram
CEO and Co-Founder
AdviseInc
Keith Rowley
and Managing Director, North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative
Chief Officer, HCSA
Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE
Chair Designate-Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, current Chair of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Melinda Johnson
Commercial Director
Department of Health and Social Care
Preeya Bailie
Director of Procurement Transformation and Commercial Delivery
NHS England & NHS Improvement
Emma James
Director of Procurement & Supply Chain at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, HCSA National Council East Midlands Joint Regional Lead
Nottingham University Hospitals
Nils van de Winkel
Head of Procurement Data & Performance Commercial Directorate
NHS England and NHS Improvement
Liam Horkan
Head of Clinical Procurement
East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Marcelle Tauber - Gilmore
Clinical Procurement Lead Nurse
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Clara Purnell
HCSA Deputy Chief Officer and Head of Procurement and Logistics
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Andy McMinn
Chief Procurement Officer
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Richard Evans
Health Economics and Value Strategy
WL Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd
Brian Mangan
Value Based Procurement Project Lead
NHS Supply Chain
Hans Bax, MBA
Senior Consultant Value- and Innovation-based Access
MedTech Europe
Chris Holmes
Supply Chain Director
NHS Supply Chain
Andrew Daly
Partner, Specialist Procurement Team
Hempsons
Michelle Walker
Senior Category Manger
NHS Workforce Alliance
Lucy Upton
Senior Category Lead Health Workforce
NHS Workforce Alliance
Chris Hopson
Chief Executive
NHS Providers
Sir Jim Mackey
Chair
National Customer Board, SCCL
Luella Trickett
Director Value & Access
ABHI
William Hewitt
Head of Procurement,
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Chris Slater
Director Of Commercial & Procurement
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mark Roscrow MBE
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
HCSA Chair of Trustees
Rt. Hon Lord Philip Hunt Of Kings Heath OBE PC
President
HCSA
Karen Conway
Vice President, Healthcare Value
Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX)
Professor Heather Tierney-Moore OBE
Chair
NHS Supply Chain
Andrew New
Chief Executive Officer
NHS Supply Chain
Simon Bennett
Business Improvement Engineer
Lancashire Procurement Cluster
Ian Britcliffe
Director of Customer Engagement
Ingenica Solutions
Ann Cole
Evolving Health Manager
Baxter Healthcare Ltd
Mary Mundy
Partner
Capsticks Solicitors LLP
Clare Nash RN MSc
Head of Clinical Products Management
Black Country Alliance (BCA)
Rachel Naylon
Procurement Director
NHS Workforce Alliance
Nicola Arcos
Managing Director
IntelliCentrics
Andrew O’Connor
Director
Commercial Procurement Services
Louise Wall
Healthcare Industry Consultant
e18 Consulting
Sarah Holliehead
Head of Procurement
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Adrian Hill
Head of Procurement Services
NHS Shared Business Services
Marc Ibbotson
HCSA Learning and Development Lead
HCSA
Paul Pilgrem
Assistant Director PPS and currently seconded to North Central London ICS covering Supply Chain
North Central London ICS
Heather Appleby
Senior Programme Manager
North Central London CCG
Peter Hogarth
Corporate Account Executive, UK & Ireland, BusinessCare Integration
Cook Medical
Dawn Cooper
Lead Medical Science Liaison
B Braun Medical
Rachael Ellis
Scan4Safety Programme Director
Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Dan Gilpin
Consultant Anaesthetist and Chair of Sustainable Theatres Group
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Rob Levene
CEO
Constellia
Will Laing
Operations Director
NHS Workforce Alliance
David Downey
Head of Workforce
NHS Workforce Alliance
Speakers - Liam Horkan
Liam Horkan
East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Title: Head of Clinical Procurement Company: East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
iam Horkan is the Head of Clinical Procurement and a Senior Nurse at East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
He is passionate about the impact that procurement activity has on the quality, safety and outcomes of care delivery and has been involved in a number of national programmes including the creation of the DHSC clinical evaluation team (CET) and supported the RCN on their Small changes, Big Differences campaign to promote the unique contribution that nursing staff can bring to decisions about procurement.
Liam has been a member of the Clinical Procurement Specialist Network since 2005 and was Chair from 2008-2010, he remains an executive member of the network.
Presentation Title: Recognising the Value of Clinical Procurement in Action
• An overview of the Clinical Procurement Journey through Procurement reforms
• An introduction to the Clinical Procurement Specialist network
• A view on how clinical leadership in procurement is essential in the new ICS Procurement Landscape
Speakers - Hamish MacDonald

Hamish MacDonald
NHS Workforce Alliance Title: Customer Engagement Lead Company: NHS Workforce Alliance
Lead to focus time on supporting our NHS customers to build and maintain a sustainable workforce. Having previously worked for 23 years for global Medtech suppliers in a number of strategic and commercial roles Hamish brings a wealth of experience and understanding of the NHS market. As engagement lead Hamish is involved in the design and delivery of our customer engagement strategy supported by a newly formed team of regional account managers.
Speakers - Professor Chris Toumazou

Professor Chris Toumazou
DNA Nudge Title: Co-Founder & CEO Company: DNA Nudge
Chris Toumazou FRS is a multi-award winning inventor, innovator and tech entrepreneur with over 80 granted patents in the field of consumer healthcare and microchip technology. He is London’s first Regius (Royal) Professor of Engineering and founder of the Imperial College Institute of Biomedical Engineering.
Speakers - Jonathan Elsmore-Wickens

Jonathan Elsmore-Wickens
Lifecycle Management Group Title: Commercial Director Company: Lifecycle Management Group
Jonathan has over 20 years’ experience working with NHS procurement teams, delivering services to minimise the whole life cost of assets and services, and implementing effective contract management.
Speakers - Glen Hodgson

Glen Hodgson
GS1 UK Title: Head of Healthcare Company: GS1 UK
Glen Hodgson is Head of Healthcare at GS1 UK. He is charged with supporting the NHS and the healthcare industry to deliver greater efficiency and a more robust approach to patient safety. With over 20 years of national and international experience, Glen has served at board level in a variety of operational and commercial roles within complex organisational structures inside the pharmaceutical/healthcare arena.
Speakers - Rob Houston

Rob Houston
Wessex NHS Partnership Title: Managing Director Company: Wessex NHS Partnership
Over 30 years experience of Procurement at a senior level, in a wide variety of industries, including Automotive, Retail, Construction, Electrical Engineering, Consultancy and Healthcare.
Speakers - Mat Oram

Mat Oram
AdviseInc Title: CEO and Co-Founder Company: AdviseInc
Mat Oram, CEO & Co-founder of AdviseInc, is on a mission to help Health and Social Care #MakeSense of their spend data. Creator of the first UK-wide NHS provider product price comparison service and more recently led the team that implemented StockWatch, the PPE forecasting and tracking platform for Health and Social care during Covid19.
Mat is an advisory board member of Octopus Ventures Healthcare team (formerly TenX Healthcare), a Venture Capital fund to back the acceleration of technology into the NHS and other global health systems. Mat is also a core member of All4Healthcare (formerly Tech4CV19), a group of like-minded entrepreneurs and digital health experts that helped organisations across the country battle through the peak of the Covid19 pandemic.
Mat led the development and implementation of the UK’s first national product price benchmarking solution as part of Lord Carter’s commercial variation programme. It was recognised by Lord Carter as a shining example of collaboration and a world-first that quickly became a business as usual tool for over 210 NHS procurement teams. Analysing over £17bn of spend across 1m+ products, it’s been used to deliver hundreds of millions in benefit for the healthcare sector. Mat’s team has gone on to develop analytic solutions that support more effective catalogue management and opportunity identification and is now leading the development of ICS Procurement Analytics with a number of ICS in our latest solution, Control Tower.
Speakers - Keith Rowley

Keith Rowley
Chief Officer, HCSA Title: and Managing Director, North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative Company: Chief Officer, HCSA
Keith Rowley has been Managing Director of NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) NOE CPC, a wholly owned part of Leeds and York Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) since 2012. Through NOE CPC Keith is responsible for a range of services including the Collaborative Procurement Hub, the Hotel Services Category Tower and the shared Procurement and Logistics services delivered to LYPFT and Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust (LCH). Prior to joining NOE CPC, Keith worked in the IT Services Sector for 14 years, where he covered a wide spectrum of roles including procurement, sales, marketing, and operations. Most recently Keith has been appointed Chief Officer of Health Care Supply Association (HCSA). Keith is particularly interested in ensuring the role of Procurement is valued and developed to ensure it continues to underpin the success of the NHS.
Speakers - Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE

Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE
Title: Chair Designate-Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, current Chair of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Sir David Nicholson’s career in NHS management spanned more than 30 years and included the most senior posts in the service. He was Chief Executive of the NHS for seven years from 2006-2013 and then, following a major national restructure, became the first Chief Executive of the organisation now known as NHS England from 2013-2014.
Since his retirement from the NHS in 2014, he has taken on a number of international roles providing advice and guidance to governments and organisations focused on improving population health and universal healthcare coverage.
He has worked in China, Brazil, the USA, Europe and the Middle East, independently, and in association with the World Health Organisation, and World Bank. Sir David chaired the State Health Services organisation of the Republic of Cyprus and until recently was also the Chair of the Metropolitan Group of Hospitals, Nairobi.
Sir David is Chair of the Universal Health Coverage Forum of the World Innovation Summit for Health. Other roles include adjunct Professor of Global Health at the Institute of Global Health Imperial College, Advisor to the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and Lancet Commissioner to Global Surgery.
Sir David’s contribution to healthcare was recognised by the award of the CBE in 2008, and he was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen in 2010. He lives in Worcestershire with his wife and two children.
Speakers - Melinda Johnson

Melinda Johnson
Department of Health and Social Care Title: Commercial Director Company: Department of Health and Social Care
Melinda Johnson joined the Department of Health and Social Care in June 2017 as Commercial Director following a period of 5 years as Group Commercial Director at the Department for Transport. Whilst at Transport Melinda was also Director of Property, Digital, Security and Information. Melinda joined the Civil Service in 2005 to be a Deputy Director in Commercial at the Department for Education where she held various commercial roles.
Melinda is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) and a Chartered Procurement Professional, joining the Institute in 1988 whilst on the procurement graduate programme at British Telecom. Melinda’s early buying career was in IT procurement in organisations such as National Power. Melinda has worked in the wider public sector as well as being Head of Policy at CIPS for 3 years. An advocate of CIPS, Melinda completed 4 years on the CIPS Board, following her role on CIPS Council, and was Chair of CIPS Congress.
Melinda holds a MBA, a BSc Hons in Psychology and has a post graduate qualification in Marketing. She is a non executive director of the British Quality Foundation and the NHS SCCL (Supply Chain Coordination Limited).
Melinda is married and lives near Stamford in Lincolnshire.
Speakers - Preeya Bailie

Preeya Bailie
NHS England & NHS Improvement Title: Director of Procurement Transformation and Commercial Delivery Company: NHS England & NHS Improvement
Preeya Bailie joined NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) in July 2018 as Chief Procurement Officer. A year later she became Director of Procurement Transformation and Commercial Delivery, bringing together procurement oversight of both primary and secondary care.
Over the past 2 years Preeya has led the Procurement Target Operating Model (PTOM) programme, which is focused on the transforming the way the NHS purchases goods and services to drive value from every pound spent to deliver better patient outcomes.
Preeya has a breadth of public sector procurement experience, spanning local authorities and procurement partnerships, including the establishment of frameworks, outsourcing of services, setting up of joint ventures and programmes for income generation.
Preeya led the procurement team for the London Nightingale hospital, which saw the transformation of the London Excel conference venue into a state-of-the-art hospital in just 9 days, fully equipped to receive patients suffering with coronavirus.
As the NHS is one of the UK’s largest buyer of goods and services, procurement can be a powerful tool in driving positive environmental and social value. Preeya works with the NHS supply chain to help deliver the NHS commitment to have a net zero, fair and transparent supply chain free of modern slavery by 2045.
Speakers - Emma James

Emma James
Nottingham University Hospitals Title: Director of Procurement & Supply Chain at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, HCSA National Council East Midlands Joint Regional Lead Company: Nottingham University Hospitals
Emma is a dynamic forward thinking procurement leader who continually strives to improve and deliver procurement and supply chain professionalism within the NHS. Emma is currently leading a large procurement team at one of the major acute teaching hospitals in the Midlands as Director of Procurement & Supply Chain at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
In recognition of Emma’s leadership style and success she was awarded ‘Procurement Professional of the Year’ at the HCSA Awards in November 2018 and in addition, the Strategic Procurement Team (which she headed up) was also awarded Procurement ‘Team of the Year’ at the same event.
Emma is an ambassador of the procurement and supply profession and has received the honour of becoming a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply in recognition of her dedication and contribution in supporting the procurement and supply chain profession.
Emma holds a Master’s in Public Procurement Law & Policy and is currently studying towards an Executive MBA in Leadership & Management.
Emma has over 13 years’ experience in procurement and supply chain within the Public Sector. She has experience of working in purchasing consortia’s in Local Government and Healthcare and has undertaken many roles across procurement and supply chain gaining a wide-ranging knowledge base
Speakers - Nils van de Winkel

Nils van de Winkel
NHS England and NHS Improvement Title: Head of Procurement Data & Performance Commercial Directorate Company: NHS England and NHS Improvement
Nils joined NHS England & NHS Improvement’s Commercial Directorate in March 2021 to establish a team that will enable improved commercial and procurement outcomes by implementing and running analytical and insights services, technology and data governance. As part of the Procurement Target Operating Model programme he has a specific focus on non-clinical spend categories.
Previous to joining the NHS, Nils worked with public and private sector organisations to transform their operating models with a heavy focus on system automation and enablement.
Speakers - Liam Horkan

Liam Horkan
East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Title: Head of Clinical Procurement Company: East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Liam Horkan is the Head of Clinical Procurement and a Senior Nurse at East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
He is passionate about the impact that procurement activity has on the quality, safety and outcomes of care delivery and has been involved in a number of national programmes including the creation of the DHSC clinical evaluation team (CET) and supported the RCN on their Small changes, Big Differences campaign to promote the unique contribution that nursing staff can bring to decisions about procurement.
Liam has been a member of the Clinical Procurement Specialist Network since 2005 and was Chair from 2008-2010, he remains an executive member of the network.
Speakers - Marcelle Tauber - Gilmore

Marcelle Tauber - Gilmore
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Title: Clinical Procurement Lead Nurse Company: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Marcelle Tauber-Gilmore is a registered general nurse and clinical procurement specialist at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust.
Her professional background includes traditional nursing leadership roles and exploring healthcare work that does not traditionally have nursing involvement.
Passionate about value in relation to safe and effective patient care, staff experience, and making procured good and services match local and national policy.
Outside of nursing, Marcelle is a wife and mother, developing runner and loves cheese (a bit too much).
Speakers - Clara Purnell

Clara Purnell
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Title: HCSA Deputy Chief Officer and Head of Procurement and Logistics Company: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Clara has held various Procurement leadership roles within the private and public Healthcare sector, leading teams through major transformation programmes, delivering significant commercial benefits as well as changing the perception of Procurement, and the value it can deliver to Healthcare organisations; supporting best in class patient care and pathways.
She was named a Deputy Chief Officer at HCSA in October.
Speakers - Andy McMinn

Andy McMinn
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Title: Chief Procurement Officer Company: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Andy joined the NHS in 2007 after more than twenty years spent in engineering in the marine and manufacturing sectors. It was in manufacturing that Andy specialised in international supply chain management and business improvement, working for a 1st tier OEM to blue chip consumer electronics giants HP, Dell and IBM. Having learned experience of Six Sigma and Lean, Andy has a particular interest in healthcare supply chain improvement, GS1 Standards, inventory management and the use of guided analytics to inform better Procurement and Trust strategic and operational decision making. In addition to his Trust and regional procurement roles, Andy joined NHS England and Improvement in 2017 with responsibility for the Secretary of State commissioned NHS Nationally Contracted Products programme and more recently as lead for the development of NHS Spend Comparison, an NHS wide price benchmarking solution.
Speakers - Richard Evans

Richard Evans
WL Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd Title: Health Economics and Value Strategy Company: WL Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd
For much of my time working for Gore, spanning over 20 years, I have been involved with commerce within Public and Private procurement, both in the UK and abroad. I currently engage with numerous NHS departments including Trusts, NHS Supply Chain, SCCL, NHS England, NICE and the HCSA.
An advocate of personal development, I have a postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, graduate of Health Economics from the University of York, Wharton (leadership), MIT Sloan and Wharton Business School (strategy) Ashridge (coaching) and Harvard (negotiation).
As well as commerce, I have worked in Learning and Development for Sales, Marketing and Leadership internationally. My current responsibilities include a focus on Value Strategy within the Gore Provider Solutions Team, customer relationships and engagement with healthcare policy for medical devices.
Speakers - Brian Mangan

Brian Mangan
NHS Supply Chain Title: Value Based Procurement Project Lead Company: NHS Supply Chain
Brian has a wealth of experience within Healthcare Procurement at both an operational and strategic level. He is passionate about the role procurement has to offer in meeting the global challenges of delivering better outcomes, set against diminishing financial resources. In his current assignment, as Value Based Procurement (VBP) Project Lead for NHS Supply Chain, he is actively leading, promoting and supporting the development of VBP; with the vision of facilitating a paradigm shift from traditional adversarial buyer supplier relationships, to a position where healthcare and industry operate in an environment based on trust, aligned objectives, mutual benefits and success
Speakers - Hans Bax, MBA

Hans Bax, MBA
MedTech Europe Title: Senior Consultant Value- and Innovation-based Access Company: MedTech Europe
Over 20 years of international experience on procurement and supply chain management in healthcare
Started in the aviation industry and subsequently moved to healthcare
Acted as Procurement Director of the University Medical Center in Groningen (NL) for over 15 years
Subsequently joined GDEKK, a Germany-based Group Procurement Organization, serving hospitals in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands
From 2019 acting as a self-employed consultant in healthcare procurement on the development and adoption of Value Based Procurement. Working together with both the medtech industry, MedTech Europe as well as healthcare provider organisations.
Part time lecturer on public procurement and tender management at NEVI, the Dutch National Association for Purchasing Management
Speakers - Chris Holmes

Chris Holmes
NHS Supply Chain Title: Supply Chain Director Company: NHS Supply Chain
Chris has worked within the NHS for over 20 years in a variety of senior procurement and supply chain roles, this has included the management of the procurement and customer related activities undertaken by NHS Supply Chain.
Prior to joining the NHS Chris spent nine years in private industry, working for retail clients in the manufacturing sector.
Chris has a Master’s degree in Business Administration that focuses on business and supply chain strategy and a post graduate professional diploma in management.
Chris is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS).
Speakers - Andrew Daly

Andrew Daly
Hempsons Title: Partner, Specialist Procurement Team Company: Hempsons
Andrew Daly is a partner in Hempsons’ specialist procurement team. He has 12 years’ experience of working with the NHS and specialises in procurement law, acting for both contracting authorities and bidders.
Andrew utilises the knowledge gained from acting for clients on both sides of the fence to provide pragmatic advice on running defensible procurement processes/defending procurement law challenges, and also to advise bidders on improving their chances of success/challenging defective processes.
Speakers - Michelle Walker

Michelle Walker
NHS Workforce Alliance Title: Senior Category Manger Company: NHS Workforce Alliance
Michelle manages the Healthcare Services and Pharmacy Category as Senior Category Manager at NOE CPC, having worked there for 13 years. Michelle has over 20 years’ experience in public procurement, primarily within the NHS. In addition to leading the category, she is involved in the design and delivery of procurement training across the NHS, to procurement and non-procurement colleagues. Michelle has a Business Management degree, is MCIPS qualified, has a post graduate qualification in Public Procurement Law and Policy, and feels passionately about all things procurement and the benefits it brings to the public sector.
Speakers - Lucy Upton

Lucy Upton
NHS Workforce Alliance Title: Senior Category Lead Health Workforce Company: NHS Workforce Alliance
Lucy Upton is a Senior Category Lead for Health Workforce at Crown Commercial Service and has worked for Crown Commercial Service for over 6 years. During her time at Crown Commercial Service Lucy has been a part of strategic framework procurements across both the legal services and health workforce category. Prior to joining Crown Commercial Service Lucy spent 11 years at the Legal Aid Agency managing large operational teams delivering legal aid services across the mental health, mental capacity, immigration and criminal categories. As well as leading the health workforce category, Lucy is a Management Board member of the NHS Workforce Alliance collaborative procurement partnership and has helped shape the partnership since its inception. Lucy has a degree in law, and postgraduate legal practice certificate.
Speakers - Chris Hopson

Chris Hopson
NHS Providers Title: Chief Executive Company: NHS Providers
Chris Hopson joined NHS Providers in September 2012 as Chief Executive following a career spanning the public, private and voluntary sectors. NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the 217 NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance trusts that account for £80bn of annual public expenditure and employ over 800,000 staff. NHS Providers has 100% of the sector in voluntary membership.
Speakers - Sir Jim Mackey

Sir Jim Mackey
National Customer Board, SCCL Title: Chair Company: National Customer Board, SCCL
Sir James returned to his role as Chief Executive of Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT in November 2017 after a two-year secondment in a national role as Chief Executive of NHS Improvement. He was knighted in 2018 for services to healthcare and has been at the forefront of the region’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw his Trust set up its own factory to make PPE. Sir James has recently been appointment by NHS Supply Chain as Chair of the NHS Customer Board for Procurement and Supply.
Speakers - Luella Trickett

Luella Trickett
ABHI Title: Director Value & Access Company: ABHI
Luella joined ABHI in 2019, with over 25 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and HealthTech industries. Her career has seen her hold numerous specialist manufacturing and commercial roles at Baxter Healthcare, with responsibility for a range of product portfolios across the HealthTech spectrum within the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
In 2012, Luella was seconded to the Department of Health for nine months as the Industry Liaison for the NHS Procurement Review, a role which saw her engage with government and the wider Life Sciences sector to facilitate the sharing of ideas and best practice.
From 2015, Luella led Baxter Healthcare’s Government Affairs and Public Policy agenda, where she was tasked with managing key policies impacting the HealthTech sector and the NHS – supporting change that enabled the adoption and spread of innovations that deliver whole-system value across healthcare settings.
Before joining ABHI, Luella Chaired the Association’s Public Affairs Policy Group, and has been a Director of the Board at the British Specialist Nutrition Association.
Speakers - William Hewitt
William Hewitt
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Title: Head of Procurement, Company: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Speakers - Chris Slater

Chris Slater
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Title: Director Of Commercial & Procurement Company: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Chris has worked at Leeds for the past 18 years during which he has developed the procurement and supplies function at Leeds to become one of the most respected teams in the NHS. The team now provide a crucial supply chain function and provide advanced inventory management solutions throughout the hospitals.
Whilst at Leeds Chris implemented the Scan4Safety project utilising the GS1 standards and is now advising on a wider West Yorkshire roll out. Currently the ICS procurement lead for West Yorkshire.
Prior to joining the NHS he worked in telecoms in the private sector and prior to that local government all within the procurement functions.
Speakers - Mark Roscrow MBE

Mark Roscrow MBE
HCSA Chair of Trustees Title: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Company: HCSA Chair of Trustees
Mark joined the National Health Service in 1978 and worked for the Mid Glamorgan Health Authority Supplies Department, later moving to WHTSO (which became the Welsh Health Common Services Authority).
In 1980, he joined the North West Regional Health Authority as a purchaser at Trafford Park Hospital. Following a move back to Wales as Head of Purchasing in East Dyfed Health Authority, he returned to WHCSA as Director of Materials Management with the creation of the Procurement Group in Wales. In 1996, he served as Director of Welsh Health Supplies following the market testing of the Contracting and Supply Chain services.
In 2011, Mark was appointed as the Director of the Procurement Division of the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership. The Division has over 500 staff across locations the length and breadth of Wales covering Sourcing, Supply Chain, Accounts Payable, Purchasing and Capital. Mark also has the responsibility for the Health Courier Service, following its transfer into NWSSP from Welsh Ambulance Service. Mark retired from this post in 2019 to take up the role of Programme Director focusing initially on Brexit and latterly the COVID Pandemic.
In 2012, Mark was honoured for a lifetime of outstanding achievement at the National Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards. He was recognised for his part in driving forward public procurement and making a real difference within the profession over an extended period of time and in 2017 he was awarded with a MBE.
Mark is Chair of Trustees for the HCSA and also a Trustee of the Wales Quality Centre.
Speakers - Rt. Hon Lord Philip Hunt Of Kings Heath OBE PC

Rt. Hon Lord Philip Hunt Of Kings Heath OBE PC
HCSA Title: President Company: HCSA
Philip Hunt has been a member of the House of Lords since 1997. He also speaks for the Opposition on Health, Cabinet Office and Lords reform.
He is President of the Royal Society of Public Health, GS1 and the Health Care Supply Association. He is Treasurer of the Associate Parliamentary Health Group; Secretary of the All-Party Group on the Constitution. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Parliamentary House Magazine.
He served for 10 years in the 1997-2010 Labour Government. He resigned in 2003 over the Iraq War and returned at the 2005 general election.
He was Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2008-2010. He also served as a Minister in the Department of Health, Department of Work and Pensions, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Justice.
He was responsible for piloting changes to the law in the Lords to allow for embryonic stem cell research. He recently won a vote to ban the smoking of cigarettes in cars when children are present.
He was the first Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, and previously Director of the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts (NAHAT) from its formation in 1990. He ran its predecessor organisation, the National Association of Health Authorities (NAHA) from 1984 until 1990. He also served as a member of the Council of the International Hospital Federation from 1986-1991.
He was President of the Family Planning Association 1997-1998 and co-chaired the Association for Public Health from 1994-1998. From 1980-1982 he was a member of Birmingham City Council and a member of Oxford City Council from 1973-1979. From 2011 -2014, he chaired the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.
Philip Hunt was made a Privy Counsellor in 2009. He holds Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Aston, Birmingham and Birmingham City. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons. He was awarded the OBE in June 1993.
Philip Hunt lives in Birmingham. He is a keen supporter of Birmingham City FC and Warwickshire County Cricket Club.
Speakers - Karen Conway

Karen Conway
Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) Title: Vice President, Healthcare Value Company: Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX)
A healthcare delivery scientist, Karen Conway is a passionate advocate for supply chain as a critical enabler of a value-based healthcare system that optimizes the cost and quality of care, while improving both equity and sustainability in the delivery of care. She applies extensive knowledge of supply chain operations and systems thinking to align processes and data to generate evidence on what improves health of people and populations as well as the performance of organizations upon which an effective healthcare system depends., Conway facilitates collaborative discussions among diverse stakeholders to support patient access to both the clinical therapies and the social, economic and environmental determinants of health that advance population health and reduce health disparities.
Conway’s work to align stakeholders extends to her role as an internationally recognized expert on unique device identification (UDI) regulation. She completed a Capstone research project for the U.S FDA on the systems and process changes required to achieve the intended value of the regulation and was a founder of the AHRMM Learning UDI Community, which serves as a model for collaborative community development by global regulators seeking to enact UDI regulation.
In 2020, Conway delivered closing remarks on sustainability in the health sector at the 3rd Annual Saving Lives Sustainably Global Forum, a G20 Summit pre-event, and led the supply chain curriculum at the 2021 national summit on health equity. Conway is a former national chair of AHRMM, the supply chain association for the American Hospital Association. She currently serves as board secretary for Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) and a member of the GS1 Global Healthcare Leadership Team and the healthcare advisory board for CAPS Research. She co-wrote a best-selling book on global leadership, Leading from the Edge, published by ATD, and was a contributing author to the Springer publication eBusiness in Healthcare. Her monthly column in Healthcare Purchasing News has been among the magazine’s most well read for more than a decade. Conway holds a masters in the Science of Healthcare Delivery from Arizona State University and a bachelors degree from The Colorado College.
Speakers - Professor Heather Tierney-Moore OBE

Professor Heather Tierney-Moore OBE
NHS Supply Chain Title: Chair Company: NHS Supply Chain
Heather was appointed interim non-executive Chair on 1 October 2021.
Heather has worked in healthcare for over 30 years, initially training as a registered general nurse.
Most recently, Heather was Chief Executive of Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, retiring in March 2019 after 10 years in post. She has extensive clinical experience and has held a wide range of clinical leadership roles, including Chief Nurse at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Nurse Director of Lothian NHS Board. Heather has held a number of non-executive director roles over the last 10 years across a range of national organisations.
Heather was made Officer of the British Empire for servicers to Healthcare by the Queen in December 2001.
Speakers - Andrew New

Andrew New
NHS Supply Chain Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: NHS Supply Chain
Andrew joined SCCL as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in September 2021.
Prior to joining SCCL, Andrew was the Executive Director for Procurement and Supply Chain at JCB where he was responsible for the Supply Chain globally. Andrew has also held senior roles at Magnox Ltd (now a subsidiary to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority) and Babcock International Group PLC and brings experience across Retail, Leisure, Engineering and Property sectors.
Andrew has extensive experience in business transformation programme leadership, total lifecycle cost management, customer and supplier engagement and deploying technology to optimise business operational performance.
He also holds a Master’s in Business Administration and BSc in Chemical Physics from the University of Bristol.
Speakers - Simon Bennett

Simon Bennett
Lancashire Procurement Cluster Title: Business Improvement Engineer Company: Lancashire Procurement Cluster
Simon Bennett, Logistics and Supply Chain Business Improvement Engineer, is an experienced NHS professional who has worked at all levels within the NHS Supply chain functions at numerous Trusts. Has a wealth of internal NHS knowledge, as well as experience of previous inventory management implementation projects within the NHS.
Speakers - Ian Britcliffe

Ian Britcliffe
Ingenica Solutions Title: Director of Customer Engagement Company: Ingenica Solutions
Ian Britcliffe, Director of Customer Engagement with Ingenica Solutions Ltd – Focusing on the successful delivery of projects and great customer relationships. With 30 years of NHS procurement and supply chain experience including as Head of Supply Chain & Logistics at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where he successfully led the implementation of Ingenica 360 inventory management solution trust wide.
Speakers - Ann Cole

Ann Cole
Baxter Healthcare Ltd Title: Evolving Health Manager Company: Baxter Healthcare Ltd
Ann is a senior healthcare leader of over 25 years’ experience in the Pharmaceutical and MedTech Industry. She has a strong history of developing partnerships and driving transformation in multiple settings. She is passionate about bringing real change to health with broad experience in establishing trusted relationships to develop innovative solutions
Speakers - Mary Mundy

Mary Mundy
Capsticks Solicitors LLP Title: Partner Company: Capsticks Solicitors LLP
The session will be delivered by Mary Mundy, Partner at the law firm, Capsticks. Mary is an experienced public procurement lawyer and has advised a number of NHS organisations on complex procurement processes and procurement challenges.
Speakers - Clare Nash RN MSc

Clare Nash RN MSc
Black Country Alliance (BCA) Title: Head of Clinical Products Management Company: Black Country Alliance (BCA)
Clare Nash is Head of Clinical Products Management for the Black Country Alliance covering Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust and Dudley Group of Hospitals Foundation Trust.
She is a member of the NHS England and Improvement Sustainable Procurement Group and is working with The Royal College of Nursing to develop resources to support nurses in delivering greener healthcare. She has recently authored a paper entitled “Time to act: what nurses can do to reduce the environmental burden of PPE” and will speak about the positive impact clinical staff can have on moving towards net zero and a greener NHS.
Speakers - Rachel Naylon
Rachel Naylon
NHS Workforce Alliance Title: Procurement Director Company: NHS Workforce Alliance
Speakers - Nicola Arcos

Nicola Arcos
IntelliCentrics Title: Managing Director Company: IntelliCentrics
Nicola Arcos has proven herself in the UK credentialing market. She was the founder of Who Are You Ltd which was acquired by IntelliCentrics in 2019. Nicola has extensive knowledge of the UK market across both the NHS and private sector. She brings insight and direction to the global commercial team, with a focus of bringing the IntelliCentrics Ethos to new markets globally. With over 20 years sales experience over various sectors, her adventurous and tenacious approach to making things happen brings an air of excitement to all IntelliCentrics projects.
Speakers - Andrew O’Connor

Andrew O’Connor
Commercial Procurement Services Title: Director Company: Commercial Procurement Services
Andy has 21 years of experience leading public sector Procurement organisations in the fields of health and law enforcement, which includes leading NHS National Procurement as adviser to Lord Carter of Coles. Prior to his public sector work, he spent 13 years in private sector healthcare Procurement, being parachuted in as a trouble-shooter to turn around previously failing private hospital procurement functions.
He has always relished the opportunity to provide solutions to thorny issues; recently scoping the Cheshire and Merseyside Covid-19 Procurement and Supply Chain response whilst also leading as Gold Command for Cheshire’s Supply Chain Covid Cell and leading the Collaboration at Scale procurement workstream for Cheshire. In amongst this, he is the Director of Countess of Chester Commercial Procurement Services which he set up in 2014.
A father to two happy and busy teenagers, he is a keen skier, offshore yacht racer, petrol head, and motorcycle collector.
Speakers - Louise Wall

Louise Wall
e18 Consulting Title: Healthcare Industry Consultant Company: e18 Consulting
Louise is the owner and founder of E18 Consulting, an experienced consultancy business specialising in the Public Sector, working to help maximise the value of new technological solutions. Louise works to deliver sustainable solutions to the NHS and has been supporting Lexmark for over 6 years as a key sustainable supplier. Lexmark is committed to carbon neutrality by 2035 and has several ways in which they can help the NHS achieve their net zero targets.
Speakers - Sarah Holliehead

Sarah Holliehead
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Title: Head of Procurement Company: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Sarah is an experienced and MCIPS qualified procurement professional with over 12 years of experience in NHS Procurement.
Sarah’s first procurement role was within the East Midlands Procurement Hub (NHS resource) gaining strategic and collaborative experience at a regional level. In 2010 she moved to LPT as a Contracts Manager, progressing to Deputy Head of Procurement and finally Head of Procurement in 2015, gaining the contracting and operational experience that is required at Trust level.
Sarah loves her current role in a large mental health and community Trust and is developing herself further by studying a Masters in Leadership at Leicester DE Montfort University.
Speakers - Adrian Hill
Adrian Hill
NHS Shared Business Services Title: Head of Procurement Services Company: NHS Shared Business Services
Speakers - Marc Ibbotson

Marc Ibbotson
HCSA Title: HCSA Learning and Development Lead Company: HCSA
Marc enjoyed a 22 year career in the NHS working at local, Regional and National levels mainly in the Yorkshire and Humber region. In 2007 Marc left the NHS to develop his own business, delivering procurement consultancy but specialising in training and teaching in all areas of supply chain. Marc has over the last 6 years has facilitated the Procurement Development Programme which is recognised as the only course of its type for NHS Procurement staff and has redesigned and run the courses offered to the NHS through the Procurement Skills Development network. He became a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply in 1994 and holds both a Masters in Business Administration and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education Marc is Managing Director of MIPS Ltd a consultancy ‘ Delivering Procurement Solutions’ He is Learning and Development Lead and a member of the Executive Team
Speakers - Paul Pilgrem

Paul Pilgrem
North Central London ICS Title: Assistant Director PPS and currently seconded to North Central London ICS covering Supply Chain Company: North Central London ICS
Paul has worked in Senior complex Supply Chain roles for many Blue Chip companies and 3PLs for over 25 years now. Before joining the NHS team in June 2020 Paul was on secondment from DHL for 18months and prior to this with his role with DHL looked after the Transport delivery Network for all NHSSC deliveries including HDS and the trunking network across the UK reporting into SCCL
Speakers - Heather Appleby

Heather Appleby
North Central London CCG Title: Senior Programme Manager Company: North Central London CCG
Heather has worked within the NHS for over 25 years, starting as an Occupational Therapist specialising in acute services before moving in to change management. Over the last 9 years, Heather has primarily worked on procurement and supply chain projects and has recently joined North Central London ICS to provide programme management leadership on their Non Pay Programme.
Speakers - Peter Hogarth

Peter Hogarth
Cook Medical Title: Corporate Account Executive, UK & Ireland, BusinessCare Integration Company: Cook Medical
Pete is Cook Medical’s Corporate Account Executive for UK & Ireland. He has been working in Healthcare since 1986; 11 years NHS followed by 24 years in medical devices. Pete has been with Cook Medical total 19 years, interspaced with roles in NHS Supply Chain, Rehab and Sports Orthopaedics, then Recruitment & Training with medtec suppliers. 2010 he re-joined Cook in the global BusinessCare Integration team, a role gluing many functions and teams together, including the MedSurg & Vascular Divisions, working toward a common goal of patient and customer focus right across Clinical, Commercial and Supply Chain. Key areas of Focus are solutions in the Supply Chain, CSR / Sustainability and driving and supporting continuous process improvements.
Speakers - Dawn Cooper

Dawn Cooper
B Braun Medical Title: Lead Medical Science Liaison Company: B Braun Medical
Dr Dawn Michelle Cooper is the Lead Medical Science Liaison at B Braun and is Visiting Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University, sitting on the Pharmaceutical and Biosciences Sector Forum within the university. She obtained her BSc in Cellular and Molecular Pathology from Bristol University, then completed her PhD at Newcastle University in nutritional biosciences and bowel cancer, before moving into the pharmaceutical and MedTech industry 15 years ago.
For the last 8 years, Dawn has collaborated with healthcare professionals to complete healthcare evaluations, gain real world evidence and understand the value of implementing new technologies into the NHS. She works as the value lead at B Braun, designing cases for value based procurement as well as providing health technology appraisal submissions to NICE to support strategic business plans. In order to support this focus on health outcomes Dawn is currently undertaking an MSc in Evaluation of Health Care Interventions and outcomes at LSE.
As B Braun has one of the broadest MedTech portfolio’s, spanning nearly all of the Category Towers, Dawn is well positioned to discuss the challenges and opportunities that VBP will bring in 2022 and beyond.
Speakers - Rachael Ellis

Rachael Ellis
Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Title: Scan4Safety Programme Director Company: Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Rachael Ellis worked within the NHS in senior procurement roles before becoming the UK’s first Scan4Safety programme director.
Ms. Ellis is passionate about creating exceptional patient care, and ensuring patients’ respective care journeys are transparent. Her goal is to make patient information readily available for clinicians and nursing staff, to ensure the best possible care and decisions are made for patients.
Before joining the NHS, Ms. Ellis worked in both the education and private sectors, all within procurement and large-scale project delivery programmes.
Speakers - Dan Gilpin

Dan Gilpin
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Title: Consultant Anaesthetist and Chair of Sustainable Theatres Group Company: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
I am a Consultant Anaesthetist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the Chair of our Sustainable Theatres Group. This is a group working alongside Estates & Facilities, with the aim to become the Greenest Operating Theatres in the country. We are working to reduce waste and the decrease the carbon footprint of our procedures. I am also currently a Topol Digital Fellow with HEE, developing digital innovation within the NHS and am always looking for ways that digitalisation can improve sustainability.
Speakers - Rob Levene

Rob Levene
Constellia Title: CEO Company: Constellia
Speakers - Will Laing
Will Laing
NHS Workforce Alliance Title: Operations Director Company: NHS Workforce Alliance
Will Laing is the Operations Director for the NHS Workforce Alliance, jointly reporting to the senior management of all five partner organisations, and responsible for the overall success of the Alliance in driving positive outcomes across all areas of workforce management for the NHS.
Previously, Will was the Account Director – Department of Health and Social Care for Crown Commercial Service, during a period where the engagement between the health sector grew significantly.
Will has an extensive background in NHS procurement since taking his first role with NHS Supplies North West division in 1995. From 2000 to 2010, Will worked in various commercial and managerial roles in the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA), which has given him insight into the challenges and opportunities in the NHS. Will led several categories in the 2004 NHS Supply Chain Excellence programme, introduced the first national agreement for Agency Nurses in 2007, and in 2008-10 represented the NHS in leadership roles in the OGC’s collaborative category management in energy and fleet.
Speakers - David Downey
David Downey
NHS Workforce Alliance Title: Head of Workforce Company: NHS Workforce Alliance
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