Supply Chain Innovation Zone
Early engagement between buyers and suppliers allows for the efficient and effective delivery of procurement services.
The Social Partnership and Public Procurement Act will have a significant impact on the procurement process and early engagement can help to prepare for the new requirements, reduce barriers and enable greater participation for SMEs.
Innovation within the supply chain will also be key to achieving the procurement ambitions of the Welsh Government.
The Supply Chain Innovation Zone will provide attendees with the opportunity to hear from Wales’ key procurement decision makers on how buyers and suppliers can engage effectively with each other, develop innovative and consistent processes, and enable more organisations to participate in the procurement process.
Supply Chain Innovation
Supply Chain Innovation Zone Speakers
Lesley Williams
Chief Executive Officer
Lesley is the CEO at ICE, joining the team after previous experience in the events industry, and running her own business. Lesley’s mission is to take #ICEonTour across the South Wales Valleys, with the vision of providing quality business support and role models from the Welsh ICE community, to ultimately encourage more startups and a confidence boost in the Valleys.
Kamal Rajput
Strategic Business Development Lead
Kamal Rajput has been with Tata Steel for 18 years having had various commercial roles in Sales and Business Development and has been involved in major energy and construction projects across Europe. A key element of his role now is to assess the commercial viability of growth sectors, with a particular focus on clean energy and renewables, to understand how the steel demand will change over the coming years, and what assets, products and services will be needed to support these emerging sectors. Kamal is passionate about driving change in the renewables sector to support UK manufacturing, and focus efforts for building local supply chains. Kamal is also chair of the UK Steel procurement committee which consists of the largest steel companies in the UK acting as a collective voice on procurement policy and other matters to UK, Welsh and Scottish Governments.
Tony Chatfield
Head of Supply Chain, Logistics and Transport
Tony Chatfield is NHS Wales Head of Supply Chain, Logistics and Transport, operating a team of 400 staff, delivering Supply Chain and Medical Logistical Support services to NHS Wales. Services include Supply Chain, Clinical Pathology, Medical Logistics, and also support to other Welsh NHS & Government functions, including non-patient fleet strategy, transport planning and specialist logistics (High Risk) service delivery for NHS Wales.
Tim Lawrence
Director of Digital Supply Chain
Tim is Director of Digital Supply Chain at Digital Catapult leading a £30m programme to build a Digital Supply Chain Hub to accelerating digital innovation in Supply Chains. Tim has extensive experience in improving global supply chains working within the Automotive, Consumer Goods, Aerospace, Defence, Construction, Life Science and Industrial Sectors. His experience includes 25 years in consultancy, leading companies to deliver transformation in supply chains from strategy to performance improvement and digital. An inspirational thought leader, Tim develops leading insights into global supply chain management and digital and speaks on these topics at conference platforms across Europe.
Catherine Proudlove
SME Lead, Defence Commercial
Catherine is the SME outreach and Policy Lead for the Ministry of Defence. Always keen to talk and hear about experiences first hand, Catherine is committed to supporting industry and government in overcoming barriers commonly experienced by micro, small and medium sized enterprises. In support of this work, Catherine has responsibility for helping suppliers to access opportunities in the supply chain through Doing Business with Defence. She is looking forward to meeting suppliers at the event and encourages you to drop into the MOD stand and make contact.
Elgan Richards
Tendering Advisor
Elgan is a Tendering Advisor for Business Wales, who has an array of knowledge on tendering. Business Wales is a free service that provides impartial, independent support and advice to people starting, running and growing a business in Wales. With regional centres across Wales, they offer a mixture of online and face-to-face support, as well as training workshops and individual advice.
David Stewart
Business Intelligence Consultant
Tristian Jones
Sell2Wales Programme Management Co-ordinator
Tristian Jones is the Sell2Wales Programme Management Co-ordinator. Sell2Wales is a free online service to help you find information about contracts and opportunities with the Welsh public service and Buyer-Contractors.