confirmed speakers

Ivan McKee MSP

Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Reform

Scottish Government

Rona Dougall

Journalist

Scotland Tonight

Nick Ford

Director of Procurement & Property

Scottish Government

Chris Sanderson

Director of National Procurement

Public Services Delivery Scotland

Nikki Archer

Deputy Director - Head of Procurement & Commercial Policy & Strategy

Scottish Government

Paul Kellett

Commercial Director

Department for Business & Trade, UK Government

Simon Brindle

Director of Commercial & Procurement

Welsh Government

Valerie Bollinger, J.D., CPPO, CPPB

Director, Major Account Management - New York

SOVRA

Kevin Mills

Director & Senior Procurement Consultant

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Laura Muir

Strategic Procurement Manager

Scotland Excel

Simon Mollart

Head of Strategic Sourcing & Commercial

PSD Scotland

Gillian Cameron

Programme Manager

Supplier Development Programme

Jamie Lawson

Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Lead

Social Enterprise Scotland

Margaret McSporran

Head of Community Wealth Building

Highlands & Islands Enterprise

Ian Schollar

Head of Teaching & Learning

CIPS

Bridget Lambert

Head of Commercial & Procurement Services

The City of Edinburgh Council

Kris Lindsay

Head of Strategic Sourcing & Strategy

PSD Scotland

Rhonda Mckay

Head of Procurement

Abertay University

Alistair Kerr

Head of Partnerships & Development and Chair of the Community Wealth Advocacy Group

PeoplePlus Scotland

Barbara Mills

Deputy Programme Director

CivTech Scotland

George Tarvit

Director

Sustainable Scotland Network

Clare Paterson

Principal Construction Policy Adviser

Scottish Government

Laura Skinner

Senior Category Manager

The City of Edinburgh Council

Lee Rutherford

Head of Digital Commercial Strategy, Digital Commercial Service

The Scottish Government

Margaret Riddell

Procurement Portfolio Manager

Social Security Scotland

Paula McKellar

Scottish Procurement Framework Lead

HP

Thomas Paterson

Director of Product & Systems

Considerate Constructors Scheme

Sarah Cawthorne

Assistant Director, Competition Enforcement

Competition and Markets Authority

Kirsty Lynch

Head of Young People Learning UK

Social Enterprise Academy

Leanne Lyons

National Procurement Programme Manager

PSD Scotland

Alexis Lui

Co-Founder & CEO

Supply25

Lisa Goldie

Head of Construction Procurement Policy Unit

Scottish Government