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Emma is Assistant Director of Finance – Procurement at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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 also 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.

David has been the Head of Procurement at UHL since 2017 and held Senior Category Manager roles at large Acute Teaching hospitals in the East Midlands. Before that David joined the NHS in 2009 working at the now NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC). Davids career has covered a variety of public procurement roles in the Ministry of Defence and Housing.

As a PSTP trainer, David is particularly keen on developing, promoting and retaining talent within NHS Procurement.

Davina is the Director of Procurement for the Peninsula Purchasing & Supply Alliance (PPSA) which is the collaborative procurement organisation covering the South West of England. 

Davina is a science graduate with a 2:1 BSc (Hons) in Pharmacology alongside a full MCIPS qualification as well as several leadership and management certifications. Davina initially worked in the private sector and then joined the public sector and has worked in various NHS procurement roles for over twenty years. She now leads the PPSA including procurement staff and cross functional teams across many NHS organisations for complex, collaborative product and services procurement.

She is also the South West representative for HCSA, Committee Member for the Women’s Network and Chair for SW Procurement Skills Development.
Davina is passionate about the value procurement can bring to organisations, especially through collaboration.

Joanne has enjoyed a fantastic 29 year career in NHS Procurement, working in a variety of roles and categories at local, regional and national level.

Joanne’s career began in 1990 at Mersey Regional Health Authority, opposite the Runcorn NHS Logistics Depot, as a part time procurement admin assistant, before moving through the ranks before accepting a secondment opportunity as Deputy Supplies Customer Service Manager in Salford.  She then went onto develop and lead a newly established procurement team at Salford Community Healthcare NHS Trust.  These roles provided an excellent insight into the daily challenges our members face.

Having a real passion for customer and patient focused procurement the ideal move into category management came in 2005 when Jo joined the Greater Manchester Collaborative Procurement Hub as Category Manager for Business Services, before then moving into roles with East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub, undertaking regional and national review of temporary staffing usage, and now North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, where Jo leads the HR & People Category team.

Joanne is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, chairs the HR & People Category Board, and several sub-regional temporary staffing clusters.

Experienced Senior Procurement Manager with a demonstrated history of managing large and complex procurement activity. Current areas of responsibility include Energy procurement, management of NHS Wales agency nursing and medical locums contracts and acting as the organisational lead in sustainable procurement.

Significant experience of working in the health care industry. Skilled in Procurement, Data Analysis, Public Procurement, European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), and Contract Law. Strong marketing professional with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) focused in Purchasing and Supply Chain management from University of South Wales.

Keir is also Chair of the HCSA Sustainability and Social Value Group.

Debbie is currently the Assistant Head of Sourcing for Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) within NHS Wales Shared Service partnership, with previous experience of working at a Trust/Health Board level.  I am experienced at delivering large complex procurements, with a special interest in non-clinical activities, specifically commissioning and professional services.  She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS) and in 2020 completed a MSc in Strategic Procurement Management. 

Debbie has a passion for sustainability and represents procurement in numerous groups.  Membership of these groups has provided a valuable insight into the complex pressures faced by Health Boards and how Procurement can lead the way in delivering the sustainability agenda. 

Harvy Sanghera is Head of Data Analytics, E-Commerce & Transactional Procurement at BSOL Procurement Collaborative University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

Harvy started her career in private sector Procurement in the automotive industry having also held various positions within Banking, Universities, Local Authority, Manufacturing, DVLA, Sales and Retail sectors before finally joining the NHS over 22 years ago.

Harvy has a wealth of knowledge within the NHS, across Theatres, Procurement and Acute Commissioning environments, gained primarily within large complex Acute NHS Trusts across the Midlands, North and London regions covering a variety of senior roles including Operational, Contracting, Performance Management, Capital, P2P Systems, and Strategic Procurement.

Harvy is passionate about EDI and supports the wider Trust agenda and is particularly interested in continuing to raise the profile of Procurement and supporting the HCSA as it promotes the work of Procurement and Supply Chain staff at all levels in Healthcare and is reminiscent of how such organisations/ individuals

supported her during the early years of her own career development and training needs.

Peter commenced his career in the Health Service in 1982 and has held positions at all levels in purchasing and supply. In May 2009, following Health and Social Care restructuring in Northern Ireland, he was appointed  Assistant Director at the Business Services Organisation with responsibility for the Procurement and Logistics Services.

In this role Peter is responsible for delivering strategic and operational procurement  and logistics services to all health and social care trusts, boards and agencies within Northern Ireland influencing procurement expenditure of circa £780M per annum growing to £1.2bn by 2021. He represents N.I. Health and Social Care on the N.I. Procurement Practitioners Group.

He has held posts as Director of Procurement at the Central Services Agency Regional Supplies Service (CSA RSS) restructuring purchasing and contracting services to create a category management structure. Prior to that he held posts as Assistant Director of Purchasing responsible for The Royal Hospitals Trust and the Belfast City Hospital Trust and Purchasing & Project Manager at the Ulster Hospital,

Peter holds a Masters Degree in Purchasing and Supply Management, is a graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and a past Treasurer of the N.I. branch of the Health Care Supplies Association.

Peter is married with two daughters, a son and a dog.

With over 30 years procurement & supply chain experience.  Simon began his career in the Royal Navy and has worked in senior Procurement/Supply Chain roles within the Pharmaceutical sector and Local Government, before starting his NHS career in the East of England at Basildon & Colchester.  Now working in Birmingham, he is responsible for all Procurement across the Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care System (ICS).

Tracey Cramond has worked in the NHS Procurement for over 8 years as a senior procurement professional and has gained experience of all aspects of Public Sector Procurement during that period whilst working in an Acute Trust. Whilst in the trust she was seconded onto the Scan4Safety programme to implement the adoption of GS1 and PEPPOL global standards. Tracey also took a lead for supplier engagement to the programme, hosting and facilitating large supplier/Trust events to share the programme requirements and stimulate engagement and programme uptake, also working with the Department of Health & Social Care on supplier adoption initiatives for Scan4Safety and PEPPOL.

She is currently seconded onto the DHSC Test & Trace programme offering supplier and contract management expertise and support to the Commercial Consumables, Reagents and Equipment category.

Tracey is also an Enterprise Adviser – working in partnership with the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (January 2019 to date). Her voluntary role as an Enterprise Adviser sees her work closely with Derwentside College to help shape the delivery of careers education and build a whole-school careers strategy, giving input as a business leader. This work is part of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership’s (North East LEP’s) North East Ambition programme, which works to support schools and colleges to meet the Good Career Guidance Benchmarks; a set of standards all schools must work towards achieving to help each and every pupil. Tracey has recently been appointed to the Board of Trustees at Derwentside.

In her spare time Tracey is an avid fund raiser for charity, working on exciting local projects to improve the palliative care pathway and the end of life patient experience. She has also been the Chair of the North East Branch Morris Minor Owners Club for the last 17 years, with a membership of over 60 paid up Northern lads and lasses. She enjoys the arts, classical music, musical theatre and is an artist in her own right using the oil medium.

Deputy Managing Director NHS London Procurement Partnership

Lee has over 20 years’ experience in strategic procurement across both the private and public sector.  He joined the NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) as Chief Operating Officer in 2016 before becoming Deputy Managing Director in 2020.  Earlier in his career Lee held Procurement Director positions at Health Trust Europe, General Electric (GE) and Unipart Automotive.  His specialist areas include workforce procurement and value analysis/value engineering.

Lee has an MBA in Chinese Negotiation Strategy, a PGDiP in E-Commerce and a BSc (hons) in American Management Science.  He is also married with one son and one daughter and is a keen Swansea City fan.

Angela is Head of Goods and Services for BSO Procurement and Logistics Service

Neil is Assistant Director – Procurement and Supply Chain, at NHS Highland

Paul started his procurement career at Westland Helicopters before joining the NHS in 2005 as a buyer in the Dorset and Somerset Procurement Confederation. He subsequently moved into the local Procurement team at Taunton, undertaking various roles before being appointed Head of Procurement at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in March 2017.

Sue is Associate Director of Procurement, Liverpool University Hospitals

Throughout my career as a procurement professional, I have witnessed first-hand the critical role that efficient procurement and supply chain management plays in delivering quality healthcare services to patients. 

Joining the HCSA as a Regional Coordinator for the North-West is a tremendous honour and privilege. I am excited to work alongside dedicated professionals and contribute my skills, knowledge, and passion to advance the association's goals for its members. I am a firm believer in the power of collaboration and knowledge sharing within the procurement community and I look forward to being an advocate to future generations.

Having moved out of retail buying early in her career, Val has worked within the NHS Procurement and Commissioning arena for almost 25 years. She is MCIPS qualified, holds the CMI Diploma in Management and has a Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Commissioning.

Val is currently Associate Director of Contracting and Procurement (Health) for NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, which is one of the largest single commissioning organisations nationally, with more than 4000 contracts covering over 2000 providers. She has experience in both the English and Welsh health systems and has worked at Associate Director level for both NHS Commissioner and NHS Provider organisations, but also spent more than 8 years at the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency.

Her personal interest is raising the profile of commissioning and particularly the procurement of healthcare services for the NHS, so that communities can share knowledge and expertise to support each other within the changing landscape of NHS Commissioning.

Val is married with 2 teenage children and a crazy labradoodle!

Dagmar is the Head of Procurement at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust and in post since March 2018, specialising in Digital Procurement Projects, Temporary Workforce and Sustainability. Experienced in delivering strategic complex procurements in private and public sector with over 20 years experience in procurement, worked at GLA as Procurement Lead for the London Mayor’s Elections in 2012 and experience in Aviation Industry and Defence Sector.

Passionate about skills and people development with a Masters in Psychology and Social Studies, and promoting Human Factors in the Healthcare Industry.

Dagmar is a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and implemented a dedicated procurement training team at her Trust, which has helped achieve compliance and improved efficiencies for all departments to deliver improved services for patients.

Caroline has worked in procurement since 1998, moving in the year 2000 from a manufacturing environment to the NHS, initially at the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. It was during this time that Caroline became CIPS qualified. In 2006 she joined the predecessor of the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) as Project Manager for the pilot project “Growing the Region’s Businesses with NHS Investment”, NOE CPC’s unique partnership with the Regional Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward. The project was shortlisted for two prestigious awards; the HSJ Awards and Government Opportunities (GO) Awards.

Since the successful completion of the Yorkshire Forward project, Caroline has worked in a number of roles at NOE CPC, including Procurement Training Specialist, delivering training to both businesses and NHS staff on public sector procurement, and as a Category Manager.

Caroline's current role as Head of Training, Events and New Business Development involves developing NOE CPC's relationships with both existing and new members, and delivering a programme of procurement training and other events for NOE CPC members and other NHS procurement professionals .

Imran, a seasoned professional with a profound commitment to public service, boasts a rich and diverse career spanning two decades. His journey has seen him navigate various roles at the local, regional, and national levels within the public sector, in roles within the local authority, higher education, and healthcare sector.

Graduating from Sheffield Hallam University marked the commencement of Imran's career in 2004. His initial role as a Technical Officer at Sheffield City Council laid the foundation for a remarkable ascent through the ranks, ultimately leading him to the prestigious position of Commercial Manager. Over the course of 16 years at Sheffield City Council honed his skills and expertise, solidifying his reputation as a capable and dynamic professional.

In a pivotal career move, Imran transitioned to the NHS and joined the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative in the role of Procurement Category Manager for the Estates, FM, and Business Services Category Area. Here, he played a pivotal role in developing and managing multiple successful national frameworks, widely adopted by contracting authorities across the United Kingdom.

Continuing his upward trajectory, Imran currently holds the position of Head of Procurement at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. His leadership and strategic acumen have been instrumental in shaping the procurement landscape within the trust.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Imran is an esteemed Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, reflecting his commitment to excellence in the field. Beyond the day job, he has dedicated eight years to serving as a school Governor at Broomhill Infant School, with his current role as Chair showcasing his dedication to educational governance. Additionally, Imran actively contributes to the community as a member of the Management Board at the Broomhall Community Centre in Sheffield.

Andrew Stradling, BSc., MB BS, MRCS (Eng.), FRCS (Ed.), FRCEM, FRSA

Andrew is Chief Medical Officer for NHS London Procurement Partnership, Medical Director for a Health and Care Partnership outside of London, and a practicing clinician, having trained as a surgeon and been a consultant in Emergency Medicine for over 15 years.

Andrew works with NHS organisations to bring improvements in efficiencies and effectiveness. He and his teams sit on regional and national boards and networks, influencing clinicians and non-clinicians in strategic and operational delivery, and improving the interface between healthcare delivery and procurement. He has advised on healthcare network delivery in the UK and abroad, and has significant experience in clinical engagement, change management, and leadership. He has held several advisory and/or leadership, SME, or KOL roles for large and small consultancy firms in the UK and abroad.

Hi, I am Thomas Crouch, a Procurement Specialist at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. 

I have been in this role for just over a year having previously trained as a professional chef & commercial vehicle salesperson (Ford Specialist) so food & vans. 

My professional goal is to punch into the Procurement world and develop & assist, where I can, as much as possible. Given my progression within a short window from procurement administrator – to procurement specialist and now a National Council role, I think this is on track. 

I have been lucky enough to travel the world and lived in New Zealand for three years. One of my personal highlights was seeing a Blue Whale on a boat trip in Kaikoura.

I am the joint ICS lead for Procurement in North Central London. 

I currently attend the London Procurement Steering Board, and the London and East Of England supply chain forum. I am also a member of the NHS Supply chain resilience group and attend the 4 nations supply disruption meetings. 

I am also working with the central commercial function on framework hosting accreditation work . NCL are doing some key work around our supply chain teams and won the Supply Chain Excellence award for the public sector and more recently received HCSA highly commended. We are working collaboratively in a number of areas we have seen some challenges in wider procurement schemes but we are undertaking lessons learnt and revisiting our strategy. I thought there was a great programme at this years HCSA conference and some inspirational speakers providing key messaging on leadership. Hearing more from our supply chain colleagues would be very welcome. Focus at the moment is on data and identifying more opportunity via collaboration. Training on the new regulations and supporting our teams with these changes.

Commercial Director - Bio to follow

Early career with Marks and Spencer which included a 2 year secondment to the Cabinet Office. Whilst there I led a review into NHS Procurement on behalf of the Treasury and Department of Health, the review led to the formation of PASA.

Non-Executive Director of Papworth (now Royal Papworth) Hospital for 10 years whilst plans for the new hospital were being finalised.

District Councillor for 12 years and Leader of the Council for 5.

Joined the East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub in 2007/8 and have been Managing Director for 5 years.

Married with children and grandchildren.