Speakers

Plenary Speaker

  • Dr. Andrew Larner, Managing Director: Improvement and Efficiency South East
     
    Dr Andrew Larner is the Managing Director of Improvement and Efficiency South East (IESE), the improvement and efficiency partnership for local government in the south east of England. The aim of IESE is to generate a minimum of £5 in savings via local councils for every £1 invested.

    Prior to IESE, Andrew founded and ran the Local Government Information House, a body that procured and licensed data and information services on behalf of all councils in Great Britain. Prior to LGIH Andrew has also worked in the private sector, academia and the community sector in the UK and a number of other countries.

    Andrew is passionate about making a meaningful impact on local services.
  • John Collington, Head of Procurement: Efficiency and Reform Group
     
    John Collington was appointed as the Head of Procurement in the government’s Efficiency and Reform Group within the Cabinet Office, on 11th August 2010. He is leading the work on centralising commodity procurement through government centres of excellence.

    The Centralised Category Procurement’s main objective is to develop and implement a plan to significantly reduce category spend through aggregation, standardisation and rationalisation by operating a new Targeting Operating Model. This will directly contribute to the Government’s costs reduction targets as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review and will contribute to £6.2bn savings in 10/11.

    Prior to this John spent over 3 years in the Home Office as Group Commercial Director with responsibility for transforming how the Department manages its £2.4bn expenditure p.a. on goods and services. He made significant progress and achieved results through clear business plans, upgraded e-Procurement technology, strengthened resources and the creation of a leading edge Procurement Centre of Excellence.

    Before joining the Home Office John spent 23 years in the Private Sector, latterly as a Senior Executive with Accenture, where he spent 11 years in a number of senior commercial and supply chain roles on a global basis.
  • John Kirkpatrick, Director of Studies: Audit Commission
     
    John Kirkpatrick is the Director of Studies and Policy. Prior to his appointment in December 2006, he was an Inquiry Director at the Competition Commission, responsible for merger inquiries and market investigations. His previous career included spells as a civil servant at the Departments of Employment and Education and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co, where he advised clients in the commercial and non-profit sectors.
  • Michael Hawdon, Public Procurement Partner: PwC
     
    Michael Hawdon, partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, has over 16 years of international business consulting leadership experience and has successfully delivered strategic change, performance improvement and system enabled transformation programmes with many leading global and multinational enterprises.

    Michael's recent focus has been on the delivery of UK public sector efficiency improvements, specifically through improved commercial practices and supply chain effectiveness.

Work Session Speaker

  • Richard Barraclough, Head of Spend Analysis: @UK PLC
     
    Richard is the Head of Spend Analysis for @UK plc, and is responsible for the commercialisation of @UK plc’s spend analysis software. After a long academic career in mathematics and computer science, Richard was instrumental in the development of the SpendInsight software and its companion carbon analysis system, GreenInsight. He has overseen the development from research project through to commercially viable product. Richard holds a Ph. D. in pure mathematics from The University of Birmingham.
  • Grant Cawte, Contract Development Manager: Oxfordshire County Council
     
    Formerly in the Prison Service, Grant Cawte moved to Oxfordshire County Council, joining their procurement team in 2006. After working on a wide range of projects he transferred to the Transport division to lead on the re-tendering of their highway maintenance and engineering consultancy services, which was awarded in April this year.
  • Jeff Dandridge, Group CEO: Valueworks
     
    Jeff co-founded e-Commerce software company Valueworks in 2000 with Group Director Iain Walsh. Valueworks provide unique e-Commerce and e-Marketplace solutions to over six hundred public and private sector organisations across a range of sectors including Social Care, Construction and Social Housing, identifying and delivering procurement efficiencies in excess of £200m.
    As the driving force behind shop4support, Valueworks’ e-Marketplace for the Social Care sector, Jeff has worked closely with local authorities and has an in-depth knowledge of public sector procurement and the challenges facing organisations in the current economic climate.
  • Ronald Duncan, Chairman: @UK PLC
     
    Ronald co-founded @UK in 1999. Prior to @UK, he spent ten years running his own computer software consultancy, servicing projects using a range of languages and platforms. Ronald studied Physics at Cambridge and is a Chartered Physicist and Member of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers. He is a former UK downhill ski champion who competed internationally for ten years, including at two Olympics.

  • Matthew Griffin, Head of Business Services: Department for Work and Pensions
     
    Matthew Griffin has overall responsibility for the Department for Work and Pension’s Business Services, which includes the Business Travel Category. He oversees and leads the direction of the category’s strategy development and policy implementation. A high profile role with a remit across the department which undertakes 100m miles travelled per annum and provides travel services to the department’s 100,000 employees. Ongoing this category continues to have board level interest to drive future savings and VFM solutions.

    Matthew has 14 years supply chain experience in both the private and public sectors working in Consultancy, Manufacturing, Utility and now public sector, which positions him uniquely to address the challenges facing Business Travel.

    Matthew is a keen football fan and in his spare time referees at local club level. He is married with 4 children.
  • Barbara Hocking, Deputy Programme Director: Oxford Brookes University Business School
     
  • Peter Livesley, Government Sector Leader: Dun & Bradstreet
     
  • Graham Martin, Assistant Head of Transport: Atkins Plc
     
    Graham is a qualified Engineer with over nineteen years experience in highways and transportation including both public and private sectors.

    His recent experience includes managing integrated service contracts from the initial bid phase through to full operation.

    He led the successful Atkins team through the competitive dialogue bid process including a cultural fit test for the Oxfordshire County Council Highways and Transport Contract.

    Graham is now part of the Oxfordshire County Council Transport Leadership Team with responsibility for delivery of design, construction and maintenance activities.
  • Niel McLean, Executive Director Schools and Families: BECTA
     
  • Michael Mousdale: Trowers & Hamlins LLP
     
    Mike is a recognised leading local government and projects lawyer specialising in all aspects of local government law and public procurement. Mike has led major PFI/PPP projects in all sectors, including waste, schools and police accommodation.
    Mike is recognised by the legal directories as a leading individual in projects and more particularly by Chambers for his public procurement expertise. The 2010 edition praises him for leading a team which is "highly skilled at running a procurement from start to finish" and for being able "to cut to the chase quickly".
    Mike has a strong track record of advising in relation to strategic partnerships between the public and private sectors, including the landmark Kier Sheffield LLP scheme, as well as all aspects of shared services and joint arrangements between authorities. Mike is currently assisting a number of authorities in looking at new models of service delivery to assist in the delivery of efficiencies in this age of austerity.
  • Marcus Puddy: Lex Autolease
     
    Marcus has worked for Lloyds Banking Group for over 20 years. He started in the vehicle fleet industry over 12 years ago when he was asked to manage the Lloyds company car fleet. After radically reducing the cost of operating the fleet, Marcus moved into Lex Autolease where, for the last six years, he has been building up the Fleet Management, Implementation and Consultancy team to be one of the market leaders.

    Marcus is married with two lovely daugters and lives in Somerset.
  • Paul Seddon, Consultant: Expense Reduction Analysts
     
    Paul leads the UK Public Sector group within Expense Reduction Analysts. He has worked with public bodies as both consultant and partner since 1980, at first with one of the predecessor firms of PwC and independently since 1987. Paul is a graduate of Oxford University and the London School of Economics whose career has been divided between management consultancy; start-up venture capital; and running development-stage businesses. In his (very scarce) spare time he directs opera and musical theatre
  • Luke Spikes, CEO: Spikes Cavell
     
    Luke Spikes is the founder and CEO of Spikes Cavell – the leading provider of spend analysis and spend management solutions that, to date, have underpinned the efforts of more than 800 public sector bodies to deliver cash savings, measure progress and manage compliance. Known for his informative, entertaining and occasionally provocative presentations he is able to bring to bear the results of Spikes Cavell's analysis of more than £180bn of public sector expenditure.
  • Nigel Turner: Carlson Wagonlit Travel
     
    Nigel Turner’s career in travel spans 30 years. He started as a travel consultant, joining Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) in 1985 as a Branch and Implant Manager. He has worked his way through Account Management, progressing to senior roles and managing a team of Account Managers in 2002. In May 2005, Nigel joined the Executive Committee as Director of Account Management. In 2006 Nigel was appointed as Director of Public Sector to lead the large growth in Government and Public Sector business in the UK.

    In August 2008, Nigel additionally took on the role of Industry Affairs, encompassing Supplier Management as well as CWT UK’s key representative on the GTMC and other industry forums.
  • Justin Vroone, Head of Sales: IMServ
     
  • Iain Walsh, Group Director: Valueworks
     
    Iain co-founded e-Commerce software company Valueworks in 2000 with Chief Executive Jeff Dandridge. Valueworks provide unique e-Commerce services that enable clients to reduce their procurement costs and manage their spending more efficiently. Having held senior purchasing and supply chain roles during the last 20 years within Coca-Cola, Danone and Whitbread, Iain plays a major role in facilitating the delivery of indirect and direct efficiencies for Valueworks’ clients. Iain’s vast knowledge of collaborative procurement has led him to oversee all of Valueworks’ activities within the Construction and Social Housing sectors.