Cabinet Secretary confirmed for Procurex Wales
Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Mark became the Assembly Member for Cardiff West in May 2011. He was Chair of the Assembly’s Health and Social Care Committee from July 2011 - March 2013 and of the All-Wales Programme Monitoring Committee for European funds from July 2011 – March 2013. He was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services in March 2013. He was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government in May 2016. Mark was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance on 3 November 2017. On 12 December 2018 Mark was appointed First Minister of Wales and became a member of the Privy Council on 13 February 2019. Mark was appointed First Minister on 13 May 2021.
Mark became the Assembly Member for Cardiff West in May 2011. He was Chair of the Assembly’s Health and Social Care Committee from July 2011 – March 2013 and of the All-Wales Programme Monitoring Committee for European funds from July 2011 – March 2013. He was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services in March 2013. He was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government in May 2016. Mark was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance on 3 November 2017. On 12 December 2018 Mark was appointed First Minister of Wales and became a member of the Privy Council on 13 February 2019. Mark was appointed First Minister on 13 May 2021.
Connecting buyers and suppliers across Wales' public sector
Procurex Wales is an annual event, dedicated to helping procurement professionals to achieve better outcomes for their organisations, at the same time as having a positive impact on people and communities right across Wales.
Delivered in association with the Welsh Government and held at Wales’ newest conference and exhibition venue, the 2024 event will showcase opportunities for businesses that are already working with the public sector, and those that are looking to break into new sectors or service areas.
Expert speakers will deliver a series of presentations and interactive workshops covering a range of topics, from driving efficiencies through the use of new technologies and AI, to delivering procurements and contracts that deliver better wellbeing outcomes.
The conference programme runs alongside an exhibition, featuring leading suppliers and service providers from a range of sectors, with a track record of delivering value for public sector organisations.
On 28th October 2024, the changes set out in the Procurement Act 2023 will come into force. Attend Procurex Wales 2024 to find out exactly what this means for you as a procurement professional, or an organisation looking to improve the way you sell products and services into public sector organisations.
Confirmed Speakers Include
Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Mark became the Assembly Member for Cardiff West in May 2011. He was Chair of the Assembly’s Health and Social Care Committee from July 2011 - March 2013 and of the All-Wales Programme Monitoring Committee for European funds from July 2011 – March 2013. He was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services in March 2013. He was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government in May 2016. Mark was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance on 3 November 2017. On 12 December 2018 Mark was appointed First Minister of Wales and became a member of the Privy Council on 13 February 2019. Mark was appointed First Minister on 13 May 2021.
Sian Lloyd
Journalist and Presenter
Sian Lloyd is an experienced journalist and presenter and a well known face to TV audiences. She began her career in Wales before joining the national BBC News team as a senior correspondent and presenter, and has covered some of the most important stories of the past two decades. Sian has now embarked on a freelance career and presents TV and Radio programmes in Welsh and English.
Zoe Scaman
Founder
Zoe is the founder of Bodacious, a strategy studio focused on illuminating and navigating the new frontiers of innovation and emerging technologies within the worlds of brands and entertainment. Her client roster includes Nike, Netflix, EA Games, Lego, Snapchat and many more. She crafts ground-breaking strategies combining rigorous business intelligence, with 20+ years of brand strategy know-how and a futurist lens. Prior to Bodacious, she spent her career moving between trailblazing creative agencies; such as Droga5. Best-in-class entertainment companies, like Ridley Scott Creative Group and 77X, the sports x youth culture studio, founded by NBA superstar Luka Dončić. Forward-thinking innovation consultancies such as Undercurrent. And world famous celebrities such as Enrique Iglesias and DJ Khaled.
Huw Lloyd
Business Account and Project Delivery Manager
Richard Selby
National Chair
Richard from Pontypool and is Managing Director of Pro Steel Engineering and National Chair of the Institute of Directors. In addition to his patronage of the Prince's Trust, Richard also holds a key role as Chair of The Prince’s Trust Cymru Development Committee, was appointed Deputy Lieutenant in Gwent in November 2021 and has co-established the Torfaen Strategic Economic Forum. He has earned significant respect and recognition as an influential figure within the business community in Wales. Furthermore, Richard extends his influence as newly appointed Co-Chair of Cwmbran Futures Board which aims to identify how the UK Government’s £20m Long-Term Plan for Towns grant for Cwmbran should be spent.
Julian Baker
Managing Consultant
Most recently Director of National Collaborative Commissioning, having led transformational work for the Commissioning of Welsh Ambulance Services; Welsh Emergency Departments and the Welsh Access Model which was part of the National Urgent and Emergency Care Programme, Julian is the Creator of the innovative made in Wales commissioning methodology CAREMORE® and previously Finance Director across NHS Wales (Acute & Community NHS Trust; Ambulance NHS Trust; Local Health Board). Julian believes in bringing together planning and clinical leadership to collaborate in the co-production of future health services. Transforming health care, putting policy into practice, and improving the patient experience.
Rhian Rogers
Commercial & Procurement Directorate
Jonathan Irvine
Director of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics & Transport
I have been working in NHS procurement for over 30 years with the majority of my career spent in Northern Ireland Health and Social Care national procurement organisations. In recent years I have worked at a senior level in Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and my present role in leading Procurement Services within NHS Wales. I hope my experience over many years of working within different political and operational environments in the NHS has allowed me to develop a keen sense of what works well (and not so well). I look forward to continuing the work with my procurement colleagues across Wales and beyond to help meet the many current and emerging challenges where our profession can make a real difference for our patient population and wider society.
Catherine Lund
Procurement Director
Sue Hurrell
Head of Fair Work Procurement
Warren Smith
Partner
Carl Thomas
Procurement Reform Stakeholder & Policy Lead
Professor Jane Lynch
Centre of Public Value Procurement
Tristian Jones
Sell2Wales Programme Management Co-ordinator
Richard Dooner
Programme Manager
WLGA’s lead officer for procurement. Richard came into public procurement “From a background of Logistics, Branch Management and B2B Sales in the private sector.” Initially as one of Cardiff Councils operational procurement team where he ran the County Supplies Catalogue and a delegated suite of procurement frameworks; then to a joint Welsh Government & WLGA initiative, the Welsh Local Government Procurement Support Unit; from there to the WLGA core team. A champion of social value and the wellbeing of future generations; he's taking a pivotal role in central/local government relations, coordinating the National Procurement Network for councils in Wales and much more. Army of one and fiercely loyal to his procurement officer network, he is coordinating local government responses to consultation and participating in the Government's reform programme. In 2021 Richard initiated the NPN Market Intelligence Expert Group and currently acts as researcher, editor, publisher. He says that he’s just a middleman; the value comes from the people on the group and the knowledge they have; but that’s what Richard does, he brings the good from the people he’s with. Richard has been speaking on the National stage, at the National Local Government Procurement Expo about Procurement in Difficult Times, about the Local Government Showcase at the National Social Value Conference and about Digital Transformation in a Gov News Masterclass. Wales representative to LGA's National Advisory Group for procurement, he's providing a weekly bulletin to an extended network of 114 procurement stakeholders and is credited in the Social Value Roadmap 2023, an important document nationally. So far, in 22/23 he's appeared in 10 separate external (non-WLGA) searchable and public facing digital media events. There were at last count 21 separate live events online featuring interviews, presentations, keynotes and reports where Richard is recorded or credited as a contributor.
Ian Schollar
Head of Teaching and Learning
Skills Development Zones
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Welsh Government
Partner
Stand Number: Welsh Government Procurement Pavilion
The Welsh Government is the devolved government for Wales. Led by the First Minister, it works across devolved areas that include key areas of public life such as health, education and the environment.
NHS Wales Shared Service Partnership
Stand Number: Welsh Government Procurement Pavilion
NWSSP delivers a wide range of high quality, professional, technical and administrative services to NHS Wales.
Business Wales
Partner
Stand Number: Welsh Government Procurement Pavilion
The Business Wales services provides specialist advice and guidance which is fully funded to support people in Wales that are starting, running and growing businesses.
Sell2Wales
Partner
Stand Number: Welsh Government Procurement Pavilion
The new Sell2Wales website is an information source and procurement portal set up by the Welsh Government. We aim to help; - businesses win contracts with the public sector across Wales - public sector buyers to advertise and manage tender opportunities - businesses promote their services - businesses find contract opportunities
Business News Wales
Official Media Partner
Stand Number: 14
Bio coming soon
Cyd
Stand Number: Welsh Government Procurement Pavilion
Bio coming soon
Cardiff University
Stand Number: Government Procurement Pavilion
Bio coming soon
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Stand Number: Welsh Government Procurement Pavilion
Bio coming soon
Welsh Local Government Association
Partner
Stand Number: 68
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) represents the interests of local government and promotes local democracy in Wales. Its primary purposes are to promote better local government, to promote its reputation and to support authorities in the development of policies and priorities which will improve public services and democracy.
Crown Commercial Service (FW)
Partner
Stand Number: 1
Every buying decision you make has the power to help Wales build back better, fairer and greener. Crown Commercial Service is the UK’s biggest public procurement organisation. We use our commercial expertise to help buyers in central government and across the public and third sectors to purchase everything from locum doctors and laptops to police cars and electricity. Our strategic partnerships with organisations across Wales ensure we collaborate effectively to benefit our Welsh customers
Ministry of Defence
Partner
Stand Number: 42
The MOD’s Doing Business with Defence team facilitates the entry of new innovative and non traditional businesses into the defence supply chain. The team provide advice and guidance to companies on how to become a defence supplier and access MOD tender and contract opportunities through a variety of channels: – Helpdesk facility -Attendance at trade exhibitions across the UK where they will deliver presentations on request -Webinars -Publication of various sources of useful information via the supplier portal hosted on Defence Contracts Online and their Twitter account @defenceproc
WRAP
Partner
Stand Number: 7
WRAP is one of the globe's leading sustainability charities. Based in the UK, we work with businesses, governments, citizens, and charities to make the planet a healthier, safer place. In Wales, our work includes supporting public bodies to embed sustainable procurement to achieve positive environmental, economic, and social outcomes, and to maximise contributions to Wales’ Well-being Goals.
Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
Partner
Stand Number: Rhif y stondin: 15
CIPS, the global membership organisation for procurement and supply. With 60,000 members spanning 156 countries and offices across the world, we’re building a global network to power our profession. We lead in education and training. We provide information and tools. And we help build capability within organisations. Through all our work, we are the voice and standard.
Supply2Gov
Partner
At Supply2Gov, we have one goal – to make business growth simpler for sole traders, micro and small businesses. Powered by the UK and Republic of Ireland’s largest database of public sector contract notices and awards, combined with our daily email alerts sent straight to your inbox, we’ve made it as easy as possible for you to find relevant opportunities as soon as they become available – giving you more time to focus on putting your bids together and growing your business. You can register for a free local area of your choice or take advantage of our flexible monthly payment options – giving you a no risk, scalable, cost effective contract alerts service option.
Tracker
Partner
Tracker is the only end-to-end business development solution with the unique intelligence you need to find, bid for and win more business. With access to Europe’s largest database of opportunities and competitive insights – you can engage earlier to sell more effectively and win more business. And Tracker’s just got even better – now you can also upload opportunity documents and manage your bid responses all in the one place. Focus on winning business – not looking for it.
PASS Procurement
Partner
PASS procurement consultants present at over one hundred conferences and events each year as well as delivering in-house training and consultancy for both public and private sector clients. Our training sessions are designed to cover the legal requirements of public procurement in a non-legalistic manner, using real life examples to help simplify the rules. Thousands of organisations, public and private, have already benefited from PASS best practice tendering/procurement events and advice. Whether you work within public sector procurement or tender for public sector contracts, PASS can help you improve your efficiency and effectiveness.
Cadence Marketing
At Cadence Marketing, we understand the importance of data in the public sector and have built a comprehensive database of over 200,000 contacts across 31,600 organisations, including Central Government, Local Government, NHS, Education, MOD, and Emergency Services. We love helping businesses connect with public sector buyers through targeted marketing solutions. Whether you’re looking to boost your email campaigns, do some market research, host a webinar, or create some killer content, we’ve got you covered. Reach the right people, stay up-to-date, make informed decisions and improve your win rate.
Delta
Stand Number: Market Engagement Hub
Delta eSourcing enables efficient, effective and compliant procurement. Utilised by thousands of public sector buyers every day, its Buyer Portal, Tender Manager, Supplier Manager, Contract Manager and eAuctions services can be used independently or else combined to form a comprehensive and effective end-to-end procurement solution. In challenging times, Delta eSourcing delivers transparency, compliance and value for money.