As Scotland continues to lead the way for excellence in public procurement, we are delighted to return once again for the highlight in Scotland’s annual public procurement calendar.
Held over a single day, Procurex Scotland and the Scottish Government 15th National Procurement Conference are set to welcome over 1500 key decision makers, representing Scotland’s public procurement community. Officially supported by Scottish Government and the centres of expertise, this event is designed to bring together buyers and suppliers for a day of networking, learning and collaboration.
Join Scotland’s procurement community this October.
Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy
Scottish Government
Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy
Scottish Government
Kate Forbes MSP is from Dingwall, although she spent part of her upbringing in Glasgow and India. Until she was elected as MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Kate was employed as an accountant in the banking industry. Prior to that she studied History at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh with a focus on human migration. As a backbencher, she has served on the Scottish Parliament’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, the Health and Sport Committee and the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee. She also served as Parliamentary Liaison Officer for Finance and the Constitution. As well as leading a campaign to ban plastic straws, Kate has participated in several cross party groups at Holyrood including Crofting, Gaelic, Human Trafficking, Palliative Care and Rural Policy. A fluent Gaelic speaker, Kate made history earlier this year by becoming the first female MSP to give a plenary speech entirely in Gaelic in the current Scottish Parliament chamber. On 27 June 2018 she was appointed as Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy.
Presenter and Journalist
Scotland Tonight
Presenter and Journalist
Scotland Tonight
Rona Dougall hosts the Scottish news programme Scotland Tonight. Formerly the Scotland reporter for Sky News, Rona applied for the Scotland Tonight job when co-host John MacKay posted a Facebook message about a new STV current affairs programme. After enquiring whether they were looking for a reporter, Rona was surprised to be offered the anchoring role on Scotland's leading news programme. As well as news presenting, Rona also writes for The Scotsman.
Deputy Director of Procurement Development and Construction
Scottish Government
Deputy Director of Procurement Development and Construction
Scottish Government
Scott is Deputy Director of Procurement Development and Construction at the Scottish government. The division is responsible for delivering the eCommerce Shared Service, Procurement and Supplier Journeys, Construction Procurement and Commercial Policy and coordinating development activity across the public procurement landscape in Scotland. Scott’s procurement career started with the outsourcing of manufacturing processes. He spent 12 years in various roles with two large multi-national electronics companies, ultimately as Global Sourcing Manager for semi-conductor products. Scott has been a Civil Servant in the Scottish Government for over ten years, during which time he has been focussed on the deployment of procurement and commercial practice to deliver wider policy outcomes. With a mix of engineering and commercial experience, Scott has an interest in how system wide thinking can be harnessed to deliver economic and social value..
Head of Community Development
Scottish Football Association
Head of Community Development
Scottish Football Association
Paul McNeill is the Head of Community for the Scottish with the responsibility of managing the regional staff and projects for the association. Paul has worked for over 20 years in Scottish Football in a variety of roles both within the Association and at a number of clubs. As passionate Scot he firmly believe in the power of football and sport to help change and save lives and is incredibly proud of the outstanding work carried out in community development and engagement, both on and off the pitch by Scottish clubs. Last year Paul was involved in supporting the Scottish FA ‘Football Saved my Life’ campaign which has been very successful in highlighting the importance of football to the wider community
Group CEO
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
Group CEO
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
Malcolm joined Mars in 1982 as a management trainee after graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He has a broad international experience in consumer facing companies in both general management and global functional roles, particularly Procurement. In his early career he worked in Production, Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, and HR with Mars Confectionery, Pedigree Petfoods and Bass. In 1993, he was appointed Purchasing Director of Bass Brewers where he established their first Purchasing function. From 1996 he was CEO of Bass Brewer’s UK Midlands free trade business before joining the Board of Britvic Soft Drinks in 1999 as Operations Director. From 2000 he created and led global Procurement for Interbrew, participating in the acquisition and integration of several brewers – in Europe, Asia and Latin America - including AmBev in 2004; he was subsequently Chief Procurement Officer of InBev. In 2006 Malcolm joined Nestlé SA in Switzerland as Chief Procurement Officer responsible for the largest FMCG procurement spend in the world (CHF 60 Bn across 80 countries), heavily focused on global agricultural commodities; he brought a real focus to building the capability of the function and led a step-change in involvement of the procurement function with the Nestlé businesses. He joined the Executive Committee of Rexam plc, the FTSE 100 consumer packaging company, in 2010 as CEO of the global Plastic Packaging division (turnover of £ 1.3 Bn with 45 factories located in 9 countries) serving customers in Healthcare, Cosmetics and FMCG businesses. After leading its successful disposal, he worked in beverage cans during 2013 and his responsibilities included global IT, Environment Health & Safety and Global Procurement where managing the exposure to volatile Plastics and Metal prices was a key responsibility. In 2015, Malcolm joined the Cabinet Office of Her Majesty’s Government where he held the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Crown Commercial Service, overseeing an annual spend of more than £13 Bn on common goods and services across the UK public sector. He also had responsibility for UK Public Sector Procurement Policy and for supporting the UK Government’s initiatives with SMEs. In July 2018 he joined The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) as Group CEO. Malcolm lives in the UK and has previously spent in total more than 12 years living in West Africa, France, Belgium and Switzerland as part of his professional career.
Procurement Adviser
Transport Scotland
Procurement Adviser
Transport Scotland
Profile coming soon.
Associate Director
Scottish Futures Trust
Associate Director
Scottish Futures Trust
Colin is a chartered civil engineer and has over 40 years experience in the construction industry, 30 of which have been in project management in the property sector. He is a Member of the Association for Project Management and has successfully managed and delivered projects from £12,000 to £230 million working both in the UK and internationally. He joined SFT in 2015 as a Territory Support Director in the hub programme and took up the role leading the Construction Quality Assurance Initiative in July 2018.
Commercial Sustainability Manager
AkzoNobel
Commercial Sustainability Manager
AkzoNobel
Duncan has worked in a variety of roles focused on Coatings Manufacture and the Commercial Decorating Sector over the last 25 years. His interest, and role, has moved more recently to improving the sustainability profile of painting and decorating to secure a long term future for the industry. He is passionate about providing innovative solutions to overcome the challenges faced by those involved with the Construction Industry - reducing our impact on the environment and positively impacting society.
Principal Consultant
PASS
Principal Consultant
PASS
Eddie is BiP Solutions' Senior Procurement Consultant. Working alongside the Client Services team, he frequently assists public sector organisations with clarification and interpretation of EU Directives and a wide variety of legislative issues. Eddie is lead consultant on BiP's PASS Mark Health Check, an evaluation technique that helps identify how organisations in both the public and private sectors can develop more effective processes in respect of all aspects of public sector contracting. A member of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA), Eddie is also the senior adviser on BiP's unique Tender Support Helpline team, which provides advice on contracting matters to hundreds of clients. For the last 13 years Eddie has lectured regularly on procurement policy and processes at conferences and events, both on behalf of BiP and for a variety of other organisations including the Institute of Directors. He also provides in-house training on the tendering process – law and practice – to personnel in both the public and private sectors, including several multinational organisations.
Senior Consultant
PASS
Senior Consultant
PASS
Phil regularly provides advice and support to both public and private sector clients, handling a wide variety of procurement and tendering-related questions and challenges. Phil has delivered presentations on procurement regulation, policy and processes at numerous public sector tendering and training events covering a diverse range of procurement-related topics, on behalf of both BiP Solutions and other organisations including the Scottish Government, the Supplier Development Programme and the Higher Education Procurement Academy. During a two-year secondment to the Scottish Government’s procurement policy team Phil supported the transposition of the new procurement legislation, created and delivered a comprehensive training programme on the legislative changes and also delivered support to the Government’s Single Point of Enquiry and their European Structural Funds Team. Before joining PASS, Phil spent three years as Interoperability Manager for the UK Government’s Supply2.gov.uk service. During this time he worked with public sector organisations to increase the number of opportunities available to SMEs through the portal, and with business support organisations and trade associations to help the SME community take advantage of this resource. More recently, Phil has delivered a wide variety of procurement projects both in the UK and internationally, including providing UK defence exporters with a comprehensive guide to supplying the Japanese Ministry of Defence and wider defence sector (a Foreign and Commonwealth Office project); and delivery of a tailored procurement function to a UK contracting authority (including knowledge transfer, handbook and ongoing procurement support). He is currently writing a Foundation Course on public procurement for the Caribbean region.
Category Manager
NHS National Services Scotland
Category Manager
NHS National Services Scotland
Gavin joined NHS Scotland in 2009 following 13 years working in the retail sector in a variety of buying, merchandising, strategic and commercial roles. Along with his team of 7, currently manages the portfolio of national non medical contracts which cover a very wide range of products and services. This necessitates the ability to work efficiently and effectively across a very large and diverse group of customers, markets, suppliers and stakeholders to find the appropriate blend of procurement, commercial and customer solutions. The non medical portfolio has been a key area in further development of the key aspects of procurement reform and sustainable procurement: ethical sourcing, fair work practice, community benefits and the development and support for SMEs and supported businesses.
NHS National Services Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland
Profile coming soon
Commercial Policy Delivery and Disputes
Crown Commercial Service
Commercial Policy Delivery and Disputes
Crown Commercial Service
Profile coming soon
Senior Key Account Manager
Tracker
Senior Key Account Manager
Tracker
Representation Manager
CIPS
Representation Manager
CIPS
Profile coming soon
Category Manager
Scotland Excel
Category Manager
Scotland Excel
Profile coming soon.
Construction Policy Officer
Scottish Government
Construction Policy Officer
Scottish Government
Profile coming soon.
Category Manager
NHS National Services Scotland
Category Manager
NHS National Services Scotland
John joined National Procurement in October 2005 with extensive experience in procurement, logistics and supply chain management gained in the aerospace, aluminium and robotics industries. As a category manager with National Procurement he is responsible for placing medical, surgical, and staff services contract while working in partnership with NHS Scotland Health Boards. He has a Degree in Mechanical Engineering a Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Administration and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
Chief Executive
ScotlandIS
Chief Executive
ScotlandIS
A focused, energetic and innovative CEO, Jane has a strong track record in digital transformation. Jane is passionate about the international opportunities for ScotlandIS members, creating 'one window' to the Scottish digital technology industries and opening up global channels to market. Jane will lead ScotlandIS through its next phase of development and evolution, building on the strong foundations in place and continuing to focus on what our members want.
Head of Public Sector Cyber Resilience
Scottish Government – Cyber Resilience Unit
Head of Public Sector Cyber Resilience
Scottish Government – Cyber Resilience Unit
Profile coming soon
NHS National Services Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland
Profile coming soon
Fund Manager
Can DO Innovation Challenge Fund
Fund Manager
Can DO Innovation Challenge Fund
Terry heads up Scotland’s Can Do Innovation Challenge Fund, a national support programme which is focused on utilising the demand for improved service delivery from public sector to stimulate and support supply innovation and economic development. Terry has over 20 years experience in innovation and new technology development in the private and public sectors and has BEng, MSc and MPhil engineering degrees from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Development Manager
Scottish Fair Trade Forum
Development Manager
Scottish Fair Trade Forum
Profile coming soon
Procurement Officer - Professional Services
University of Edinburgh
Procurement Officer - Professional Services
University of Edinburgh
Profile coming soon.
Strategic Project Manager
Scotland Excel
Strategic Project Manager
Scotland Excel
Profile coming soon.
Director
Scotland's Bravest Manufacturing Company
Director
Scotland's Bravest Manufacturing Company
Profile coming soon.
