Confirmed LGPE Speakers
We are delighted to be welcoming the following speakers this November.
Lindsay Maguire
Deputy Director - Procurement Reform
Guy Battle
CEO
Mana Sadeghipour
Working Group Secretary
Darren Knowd
Chief Executive
Jennifer Pallister
Head of Commercial Implementation - Procurement Reform
Andrew Presly
Head of Commercial (Associate Commercial Specialist) - Capital Projects North
Michelle Walker
Head of Procurement Services
Andrew van Doorn OBE
Chief Executive
Andrew is the Chief Executive of HACT. HACT partners with organisations across the housing sector to drive value for residents and communities through insight-led products and services which encourage innovation and foster collaboration. HACT helps them measure their social value, better understand the communities they serve, broker collaborations with the NHS, and connect with like-minded organisations. Andrew has worked for HACT for 21 years and in housing, homelessness, supported housing, community development and wider social policy and practice for over 30 years. He is a Non-Executive Director at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. Andrew was awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours List 2023 for services to housing.
Nick McDonald
Corporate Services & ICT Specialist
Sean McNabb
Director - Competition Enforcement
Sean McNabb is currently a Director in the CMA’s Competition enforcement team. His background is as a fraud investigator and he has been involved in cartel enforcement for over 20 years, having previously worked at the Office of Fair Trading. He has worked on a number of successful criminal and civil cartel investigations involving a diverse range of industries ranging from airlines, estate agents, furniture products and various sectors of the construction industry, including leading the largest ever cartel investigation in the UK which resulted in fines totalling £63.6million being issued to 103 construction firms found to have engaged in bid rigging with competitors on building contracts, including many for the public sector. Sean was also Project Director for the recent CMA investigation into bid-rigging in the demolition sector which resulted in 10 companies being fined £60 million.
Lisa Bliss
Head of London Construction Programme and Dynamic Markets
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).
Rikesh Shah
Head of Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre
Esther Beaumont
Head of Category Management
Moira Skinner
Founder & Director
Moira Skinner is the Founder and Director of ProcureCo – a new digital platform directly connecting buyers and suppliers in the public sector and social housing markets to share knowledge and conduct meaningful preliminary market engagements. Moira has worked across public and private sectors and has extensive experience on both the buyer and supplier sides of public sector procurement. In roles focused on delivering SME engagement and social value, including as a local authority economic programme director, Moira has collaborated with large corporations, SMEs and microbusinesses. As Managing Director of community interest company 3D Change, Moira has led key programmes including the London Jobs Fairs and Procurement Opportunities in Social Housing (POSH). Working alongside procurement professionals and industry leaders across multiple organisations, divisions and departments, Moira has developed ProcureCo, a digital solution for contracting organisations seeking to carry out preliminary market engagements and for suppliers looking to provide goods and services to the public sector.
Benjamin Taylor
Chief Executive
Helen Sharp
Director
Julian Blake
Partner
Matt Jarratt
Director of Operations
Matt Jarratt is the Director of Operations at Procure Plus leading the team responsible for the procurement and delivery of over £200m of investment works and services per year across the housing and public sector. His team of specialists utilise the collective volume and knowledge of their customers to understand the market and drive continuous improvement from their activity and exposure to it. Matt is a chartered building surveyor and prior to joining Procure Plus in April 2010 he worked in a range of construction and development roles across the public and private sectors.
Joanna Dahlgren
Head of Social Vale & SROI
Adam Sargent
Director of Procurement
Clare Tetlow
Procurement Lead
Shamayne Harris
Head of Procurement
Adam Sanford
Operations Lead
Kingsley Clarke
Operations Lead, South West
Kingsley heads the SCF team in the South West region, is the Chair of CESW, a regional representative of NACF (National Association of Construction Frameworks) and a Director on the JCT Board (representing the Local Government Association). In his role with SCF he’s accountable for generating and overseeing the successful delivery of the South West pipeline of work, helping public sector clients to deliver projects which have ranged from c£500k to £256 million. Having supported over £4billion of construction procurement Kingsley has industry leading experience delivering capital construction and maintenance projects for the public sector including central Government, local authorities, and higher education institutions.
Mark Tugwell
Deputy Director of Estates
Simon Crosby
Group Director