Speakers
Eddie Regan
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 Society of Procurement Officers in Local Government (SOPO) and 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.
Stephen Dickinson
Prior to joining the South West London Procurement Alliance, Stephen was the Head of Purchasing for Kingston Hospital NHS Trust since 1991. He was a member of, and secretary to, the former NHS Trusts Federation’s Standing Committee on Supplies and Purchasing since its formation. He is a member of the Healthcare Technical Committee of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and an officer of the Health Care Supply Association.
Florence Gregg
Florence has over 25 years’ procurement experience gained in the health service and higher education sector. She was Head of Purchasing at Queen's University Belfast from January 1998 to May 2004,where she managed change, implemented procurement solutions and developed a proactive, supportive procurement function working with the institution's decentralised part time buyers.
Julie Harmer
Julie has worked in the public sector for almost 40 years and currently holds a senior procurement position in local government. She has also held similar positions in the NHS, higher education and central government. She also has experience working in the private sector. She was part of the team which set up the first use of off-shore data capture by a government agency and she has been involved in the implementation of a number of R2P systems, Purchasing Card solutions and the development and implementation of various procurement training solutions. She has also been a CIPS assessor for a number of years.
Brian Shipton
Brian worked in central government for 12 years as Head of Procurement and Contract Management for the Training and Development Agency for Schools, where he developed the procurement function for a newly formed NDPB and delivered workshops aimed at developing the intelligent internal customer. An accredited Gateway Reviewer, he has taken part in many medium and high risk reviews, including for the MOD.
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