Speakers

Learn more about our speakers for the Social Value Conference 2024

Michael Amos

Managing Director, Waste to Wonder Worldwide

  • Michael Amos, Managing Director of Waste to Wonder, leads Europe's largest office furniture ethical reuse Social Enterprise. Under his guidance, Waste to Wonder has formed global partnerships with major corporations and public sector entities, transforming redundant office furniture into valuable community resources. With over 20 years in ESG, Michael champions sustainability, social impact procurement, and practical solutions aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. His initiatives have diverted nearly 3,000 tonnes of equipment annually, donating over £36m worth of equipment to charities, impacting 1,400 schools in 40 countries.

Remi Banjo

Associate Business Director, NHS London Procurement Partnership

  • Bio coming soon!


  • Chris has spent two and a half years at SVP in the research and development team contributing to the development and implementation of the TOM System and other Social Value measurement tools. Chris has also worked with Transport for London (TfL) and Cheshire & Merseyside NHS to embed and enhance Social Value within their procurement operations, driving meaningful change. Chris has a keen interest in the connection between Social Value and environmental sustainability.

Chris Barson

Research Application Manager, Social Value Portal

Colin Bates

Strategic Category Lead - Corporate Services, Worcestershire County Council

  • Colin Bates has led Procurement teams across the wider public sector in Higher Education, Housing and most recently Local Government. Colin champions social value personally and professionally and promotes best practice through his sourcing of goods, services and works. Most recently Colin has contributed to the Council’s ambitious planting of 150,000 trees in Worcestershire by influencing a number of suppliers to provide the trees, other suppliers have re-directed their own tree planting programmes into Worcestershire, buying the trees and whips from local suppliers and encouraging local volunteers, service users, sports teams and businesses to come and plant the trees.

  • United By 2022 Charity is the official legacy charity of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Shah leads on their work to support the private and public sector in the West Midlands to understand and embed social value in their organisations, and their procurement processes. Shah's work also involves building capacity in the local VCSE sector, giving grassroots organisations the tools and opportunities to work alongside regional investors. Ask Shah about how their framework can help you, and their mission to make the West Midlands a centre of excellence for placed based social value.

Shah Begum

Head of Outreach & Social Value, United By 2022 Charity

Sophya Bonsu

Researcher, Social Value Portal

  • After completing her Master’s in Economics at SOAS, Sophya moved into Macroeconomic Development in the Deputy Secretary General’s office at the Commonwealth Secretariat. There, her work focused on macroeconomic research, capacity building, and impact investment projects aimed at achieving positive social and environmental impacts for society alongside financial returns for investors. Over the course of her career, Sophya has worked in Economic Research and Policy teams across multiple subject areas and geographies. For the past three years, Sophya has worked for Social Value Portal, supporting the continuous development of the Social Value TOM System™ and lead its comprehensive 2024 update.

  • Jimmy is the co-founding director of NETpositive Futures and has worked on sustainability issues for over 25 years, helping a wide range of private and public sector organisations to integrate environmental and social considerations into business models and activities. Working with over 32 universities Jimmy has developed carbon assessment and calculation tools and guidance to support over 750 business of all sizes. He delivers training and expertise on delivering Net Zero and support the universities engage with their supply chain to reduce the Scope 3 emissions.

Jimmy Brannigan

Co-founding Director, NETPositive Futures

  • Steve is CEO at Neighbourly and a business leader with a proven track record in delivering growth for B2B technology companies. As well as day to day ownership of the strategy at Neighbourly, he is on the front line of business development and is involved with a number of influential industry groups. Steve is passionate about helping to redefine the role of business in building happy, healthy and long-term sustainable communities.

Steve Butterworth

CEO, Neighbourly

Ben Carpenter

CEO, Social Value International

  • Ben Carpenter is the CEO of Social Value International, the global network focused on social value and impact management. With a passion for social change, Ben has been instrumental in promoting the principles and practices of social value to organizations around the world. He brings a wealth of experience in impact measurement and management, ensuring that businesses and nonprofits alike can better account for and optimise their social impact. Under his leadership, Social Value International has grown in scale and influence. Ben leads the strategic direction of the network and facilitates collaboration with key partners and is co-chair of the Value Commission.


Tim Byford

Commercial Director HM Courts and Tribunal Service, Ministry of Justice UK

  • Tim Byford is the Commercial Director at HMCTs, ALBs, and MoJ Core Services. Tim has two main priorities in his role. The first is to ensure that the commercial function supports the ambitions of  HMCTS including the HMCTS reform programme. The second is the support the development of an ALB and Core Services Team.

Sally Caughey

Head of Social Impact, Capgemini

  • Sally is currently Head of Social Impact for Capgemini UK and has been a member of its Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability leadership team since 2018. She is responsible for pioneering the company’s approach to social value, which principally focuses on delivering long-term digital inclusion initiatives that encourage the sharing of expertise and skills to ensure everyone can benefit from the digital revolution. In addition, Sally has responsibility for NGO partnerships and works closely with partners including Code Your Future, The Prince’s Trust and Digital Unite to help address the digital divide.


Richard Carroll

Chief Procurement Officer, Durham County Council

  • Richard Carroll is the Chief Procurement Officer at Durham County Council. He leads on the strategic direction and delivery of procurement at Durham with a spend portfolio for goods, works and services of over £800m. Richard is a member of the National LGA Construction Steering Group and represents Durham at both Regional and National level across a range of activities. A keen advocate of Social Value and it’s ability to impact on Local Communities Richard led on the creation of the County Durham Pound project.

Chris Clarke

Director - Performance & Improvement, SCAPE

  • Chris joined SCAPE in 2015, with over 14 years of diverse experience working in Local Government, including highways, property and organisational change experience. As Director of Performance and Improvement, Chris is responsible for environmental and social value policy and performance measurement, as well as providing strategic input into the improvement of SCAPE’s service offer. Chris is a steering group member for the Construction Leadership Council’s Carbon Reduction Code and co-convenor of the sustainability group at the National Association of Construction Frameworks. Chris holds an MSc in Public Leadership and Management and is the proud father of two teenagers.


Alastair Clay

Sustainability and Social Value Manager, North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative

  • Alastair has a wealth of experience in both procurement and sustainable procurement. Having spent time working as a buyer in both private retail and in the NHS, Alastair then moved into Sustainable Procurement at NHS England. More recently, Alastair has moved to NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) to apply all the experience he has gained to date. In the present day, Alastair spends his time supporting internally at NOE CPC and externally to NHS members of NOE CPC through social value consultative support, training delivery and sustainable procurement thought leadership.


  • John's commitment to social value has been integral to his career as a seasoned Account Manager with a robust background in client management and strategic engagement across the UK. His expertise lies in nurturing long-term client relationships and driving growth in Social Value, Procurement, Sustainability, and ESG sectors. With experience in both public and private sectors, John excels in delivering solutions aligned with clients' business goals. Notably, his dedication to advancing social value was highlighted by his role in introducing the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, to deliver his keynote speech at the Conservative party conference

John Chihoro

Account Manager, Social Value Portal

  • Sarah is the founder and CEO of a fantastic charity, Voices of Hope which impacts over 3000 people. Founded in 2019, Sarah’s compelling desire is for those ‘at-risk’ to thrive with support and encouragement from local communities. Voices of Hope’s creative, strategic and innovative projects, see transformation in women who’ve experienced abuse/domestic violence, children experiencing food insecurity, and adults experiencing social/physical/mental health difficulties. Sarah was a 2022 recipient of the British Empire Medal and a winner of the Rotary’s GB Community Champion award in 2023 in “recognition of outstanding humanitarian service to improve the lives of others”.

Sarah Clay

CEO, Voices of Hope

Jim Coleman

Director & Head of Economics, WSP

  • Jim is a global expert in economic advisory with almost 30 years’ experience. As Head of Economics at WSP, he steers the strategic growth and development of WSP’s global Economics practice. He was previously head of Economics at BuroHappold and has spent time at Aecom, Hatch/Regeneris and Cushman & Wakefield. He regularly works at ministerial and sometimes prime ministerial level in different countries and also provides expert economic advice to corporate organisations, investors and to international development agencies, including the World Bank. He specialises in green economy transition and the economics of achieving net zero emissions.

  • Councillor John Cotton was elected as the Leader of Birmingham City Council in May 2023, alongside Cllr Sharon Thompson as Deputy Leader, pledging to “work with and for every single community to deliver the service improvements our citizens deserve.” Cllr Cotton previously served as the Council’s Cabinet Member for Social Justice, Community Safety & Equalities, and was responsible for leading the city’s response to the cost-of-living crisis, tackling social and economic injustice and building stronger safer communities.

Cllr. John Cotton

Leader, Birmingham City Council

Edward Court

Manager, Efficio Housing

Dean Duke

Senior Manager - Public Affairs, Mars Wrigley UK

  • Ed has over 6 years of experience as a supply chain consultant, working across both the public and private sectors. He specializes in helping clients understand, assess, and measure social value within their operations. As the lead for social value initiatives at Efficio, he works with our consultants to embed social value principles into supply chains, ensuring our clients contribute to positive social impact

  • Dean leads Mars Wrigley’s public affairs in the UK. For over a decade, he has worked with organisations across the food value chain to navigate policy change, with a particular focus on the transition towards more sustainable and healthier food systems. Over the last year, Dean has supported Mars’ adoption of Social Value for the first time. Dean sits on the Executive of the Labour Party Irish Society and he has previously been on the PRCA’s Public Affairs Board.

  • Emily leads the Corporate ESG function at WSP, coordinating and managing environmental, social and governance activity. Her portfolio of responsibilities include overseeing the corporate giving programme, managing the carbon management office to drive action towards achieving net zero targets, creating and measuring corporate social value programs, and ensuring compliance with ESG regulatory reporting. Outside of her professional role Emily is dedicated to volunteering. She supports a local college for young individuals with sight loss and visual impairments.

Emily Binning

Director, Corporate ESG, WSP

Kate Clarfelt

Senior Consultant, Social Value Portal

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  • Tim originally joined Ellandi in 2014 and has worked up through the business from Asset Manager to his current role as Head of Asset Management. Tim has an extensive track record in managing a wide variety of town centre and out of town retail assets, leisure and offices across the UK and the Nordics. He has worked with a range of clients, including Family Offices, Institutional funds, Banks, Local Authorities and Social Impact Funds. Tim sits on the Operations Board, and the Vision Board where he leads the Social Impact workstream which successfully valued the social impact across the portfolio in 2022 and 2023.

Tim Cornford

Head of Asset Management, Ellandi

Catherine Crichard

Senior Category Manager, Durham University

  • Catherine is the current lead for Social Value within the Procurement Team at Durham. Catherine looks after both the Estates and Travel categories and have recently implemented a Social Value Charter and Method statement to be used in all tender exercises. Catherine is a member of the County Durham Pound project.

Hannah Crawford

Corporate Manager, The Choir with No Name

  • Bio coming soon!

Agustin Dellagiovanna

Amazon

  • Bio coming soon!

  • Andrew leads Deloitte's response to the Procurement Act and is a proud public procurement nerd. He has spent over a decade supporting the public sector in delivering major procurement programmes. In his free time, he can be found studying public procurement law and developing innovative ways to train and unlock the benefits of the Act.


Eimear Davis

Operations Director, The Institute for Social Value

  • Eimear is Operations Director at SVUK/ISV and supports the optimising of business processes to ensure more efficient streamlined solutions in order to improve experiences for our members. She began her journey with SVUK working with public sector organisations, supporting them with social impact reporting, advising on training and development and establishing thought leadership programmes. Previously, Eimear had spent 17 years working in primary schools, 15 of which were spent in school leadership, development and collaboration. The move into social value came after Eimear developed community based initiatives which significantly improved the wellbeing and attainment of pupils.


Clare Davison

Senior Social Impact Manager, Balfour Beatty

  • Clare is passionate about leaving a positive and meaningful social legacy. With 10 years’ experience working in social impact across construction and infrastructure, she has extensive experience collaborating with private and public sector bodies, supply chain and communities to integrate social impact strategy. Clare now leads social impact strategies for some of the most significant infrastructure projects in the UK and is exploring innovative ways to embed social impact in an everchanging environment, which is central to Balfour Beatty's ‘Building New Futures’ sustainability strategy. Clare is also an active STEM Ambassador, mentor and lieutenant of a national youth organisation

Andrew de Whalley

Senior Manager, Deloitte

Hannah Durling

Social Value Manager, Unibail Rodamco Westfield

  • Hannah has dedicated over 9 years to URW, focusing on community support and Social Value for the past 7 years. She manages the ‘Better Places’ CSR strategy, particularly ‘Thriving Communities,’ for URW UK assets including Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, and Croydon’s Centrale and Whitgift shopping centres. Hannah collaborates with local stakeholders, charities, and educational institutions to drive positive economic and social impacts through employment, training, and social inclusion initiatives. Additionally, she has served as a School Governor and Chair of the Curriculum Committee at Jack Tizard School for 3 years, supporting pupils with learning difficulties.

Dan Ebanks

Founder, Social Value Exchange

  • Dan leads the team at the Social Value Exchange. We build innovative, award winning marketplace tech that maximises social and environmental impact in supply chains. We’ve done this with backing from Nesta, Bethnal Green Ventures and our angel investors. Dan is also a Big Issue 2024 ChangeMaker. He is also a mentor for Sky’s F100 Growth Fund, which supports Black founders to start and grow their businesses. Dan is a Future Vision alumni. Future Vision is the Leadership Centre’s flagship programme for senior public, private and community sector leaders.

Matthew Evans

COO & Director, techUK

  • Matt Evans is techUK's Chief Operating Officer and leads their Market Programme teams. The Market Programme teams help techUK members apply innovative technology solutions across a range of sectors, including the Public Sector. Matt has led research into the effectivenes of social value in tech procurement and sought ways to make it more effective in its impact and less of a burden on smaller companies.

Warren Escalade

CEO, Voluntary Sector North West

  • Warren worked for 10 years at national level supporting local council-VCFSE partnership work, moving to Voluntary Sector North West in 2008 where he became CEO in 2014. Having contributed VCFSE input to help shape the Social Value Bill, he was seconded to The Centre for Local Economic Strategies to work on LM3 and local authority procurement, co-authored the Greater Manchester VCFSE Commissioning Framework, was co-creator of the first 'VCSE Alliance' and championed England-wide roll out. He is Chair of the Greater Manchester VCFSE Leadership Group and sector rep on the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB. Warren also co-commissioned the new SVP report on 'Creating a Social Value Economy'.


  • Zoe is a founding member and Chief Operating Officer at Neighbourly, an organisation launched in 2014 with the mission to help companies bring their brand purpose to life. Neighbourly enables businesses to make meaningful contributions to the local communities they serve through volunteer time, grants, and surplus products. Over the past decade, Neighbourly has built a community of over 35,000 local causes and 80 corporate entities, collectively delivering more than £780 million in social value across the UK. Zoe’s motivation is rooted in the belief that sustainable communities are built through local relationships, and that good corporate citizenship is essential to company success.

Zoe Colosimo

COO, Neighbourly

Sulaiman Abdulla

Director of Administrative Affairs, Federal Tax Authority

  • Sulaiman Abdulla is the Director of the Administrative Affairs Department at the Federal Tax Authority, where he leads procurement, contracts, supply chain management, and administrative operations. With over 12 years of experience across industries such as telecommunications, IT, social services, and property management, he is a seasoned procurement expert. Sulaiman holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and numerous certifications, including MCIPS and Six Sigma Black Belt. Renowned for his commitment to social value, he drives digital transformation and sustainability, enhancing organizational performance and community well-being through innovative procurement practices.

  • Terry has extensive local government experience having worked in the sector for over 40 years. Until 2017 he was Divisional Director Procurement at LB Harrow and also ran LB Brent’s Procurement Team under a fully shared service. Prior to this he was Chief Procurement Officer for LB Camden, CEO of Firebuy, a national buying agency for the Fire Service and Head of Procurement for London Fire Brigade He has held a number of Regional and National roles Deputy Chair of the LGA Procurement National Advisory Group for Local Government was the first Chair of the LGA’s National Social Value Taskforce.

Terry Brewer

Head of Public Sector Delivery, Social Value Portal

Sophie Amato-Perton

Director of People Experience, Social Value Portal

  • Sophie has worked as a people leader in start-ups and scale-ups for over ten years and is passionate about nurturing and empowering the talent that fuels successful businesses. As Director of People Experience at Social Value Portal, she manages the company's people strategy as well as daily operations, including hiring, retention and infrastructure. Her goal is to find, welcome, engage and grow the team who will bring SVP's vision to life.

Sebastian Bachelier

Senior Partnership & Campaigns Manager, Living Wage Foundation

  • Sebastian is a Senior Partnerships and Campaigns Manager at the Living Wage Foundation. Sebastian currently oversees the Foundation’s work focusing on the interaction between the real Living Wage, good work and Social Value; looking in particular at the intersection with social commitments, such as Social Mobility, E,D&I, Health and Local Economic Development. Prior to this role, Sebastian spent the last five years at the Foundation supporting procurement teams and service providers to implement the real Living Wage through their supply chains.

Anna Barrett

Procurement Sustainability Manager, LNER

  • Anna has spent over 8 years working in public sector procurement, with the last 3 years focusing on sustainability within public procurement. Currently leading sustainable procurement at London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Anna is responsible for the company’s supply chain social value efforts. Passionate about making a positive impact, Anna is dedicated to enhancing sustainable procurement practices that benefit both the community and the environment.

Guy Battle

Chief Executive Officer, Social Value Portal

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    Guy Battle is the Founder and CEO of Social Value Portal and Co-Chair of the Public Sector Chapter for The Sustainable Procurement Pledge. Guy also supports the National Social Value Taskforce as part of the executive management team. Guy is on a mission to deliver the Social Value Economy and is passionate about how the he public, private and voluntary sectors can be working together in radical collaboration, to an deliver more for our communities.  Guy initially trained as an environmental engineer starting his career at Arup in 1986. He went on to set up and lead the award-winning sustainability engineering consultancy BattleMcCarthy in 1993 where he worked until 2009 when he joined Deloitte as a Partner in the Sustainability and Assurance team. Outside work, Guy enjoys gardening and cycling, but mostly loves spending time supporting his blended family of 7 kids – never a dull moment!

Julian Blake

Partner, Stone King LLP

  • A specialist public benefit lawyer for 35 years, Julian focusses on: Public Service Commissioning; Social Enterprise & Co-operatives; Charity Law; Procurement and Subsidy Control; Innovation & Community Partnerships; Social Finance & Impact Investment; Social & Public Value; Collaboration Arrangements; Education; Health & Social Care; & Renewable Energy. He is the co-author of “The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement” (2016) & “The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement: New Horizons for Empowering Innovation” (2024) & a member of the VCSE Crown Commissioner’s Advisory Panel to Government. He works with E3M promoting the social enterprise model in public services.

Fran Boorman

Chair of Board, The Institute for Social Value

  • Fran Boorman is the Chair of the Institute for Social Value’s board, bringing extensive expertise in leadership, social impact, and entrepreneurship. As an award-winning businesswoman, Fran has founded and scaled multiple enterprises centred on positive social change. She is recognised as one of the UK’s leading experts in mentoring, developing impactful programmes that empower individuals, particularly from underrepresented groups, to reach their potential. Fran is passionate about fostering inclusive communities and creating measurable social value. Her strategic vision and collaborative approach ensure the Institute plays a key role in shaping a socially responsible economy.


  • With nearly 30 years experience in public sector procurement, Katrina stared her career working for the Purchasing and Supply Agency at the DoH. She then moved to local government working for Suffolk County Council for 24 years before moving to her current role as Head of Procurement at Babergh Mid Suffolk District Councils. Katrina has extensive experience of tendering a range of different contracts, in particular high value service contracts, alongside developing and implementing procurement policy and delivering training. Katrina is an active member of the National Social Value Taskforce and chairs the Central Buying Consortium Social Value Network.

Katrina Browning

Head of Commissioning & Procurement, Babergh Mid Suffolk Council

Chris Clarke

Procurement and Projects Officer, Ashfield District Council

  • Chris Clarke is the Social Value lead for Ashfield District Council a small council situated in Nottinghamshire. Chris is also an experienced project manager who has worked internationally and in the UK. Chris has extensive public sector experience having worked within all areas of government in the UK and central government and state government in Australia. Chris has managed procurement in major central government departments in Australia as well as the NSW Public Sector and now operates in the capacity as lead officer at Ashfield District Council.

Jasmine Ceccarelli-Drewry

Senior Advisor, Montagu Evans

  • Jasmine leads Social Impact consultancy at Montagu Evans and is Co-Chair of Real Estate Balance's Nextgen Committee. Her projects involve working with both the public and private sector to develop ambitious place, social impact, social value and stewardship strategies across regeneration and development projects, as well as across strategic portfolios. Having joined Montagu Evans from LB Hackney, she brings on-the-ground experience in the delivery of regeneration, meanwhile solutions, placemaking, economic development and community engagement projects. She is passionate about tackling the big challenges facing the sector.

  • Martin is a dedicated leader in social enterprise and charity, serving as Director of Breadwinners - a not-for-profit that sells organic bread and supports young refugees to integrate in the UK by accessing work, training and mentoring. He is the Chairman of Argentina FC and has held board positions at Social Innovation Exchange and Praxis. Martin brings corporate experience from GSK and Lindt&Spruengli and previously volunteered with RefugeeYouth. He led WASH implementation in rural Nicaragua, is based in London, and is a Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs and On Purpose leadership programme.

Martin Cosarinsky Campos

Managing Director, Breadwinners

Andy Coulthard

Community Regeneration Manager, Livin Housing

  • Andy has worked in social housing for the last 6 years overseeing a small team which delivers on place making including physical and social regeneration, community investment, employability community buildings and social value. Andy's background is in community development and before working in housing, Andy worked for local authorities delivering regeneration, youth work and leisure. Their social value recording has mainly been through HACT linking into health, economy and employment, environment and housing. Being a founder member of the Durham £ programme which utilises the TOMs system, they are now measuring aspects of their social value in TOMs.

Lorraine Cox

Director, STAR Procurement
Chair, National Social Value Taskforce

  • Lorraine Cox – Director of STAR Procurement and Chair of the National Social Value Taskforce, appointed by the Local Government Association (LGA), where she leads a ‘coalition of the willing’ of public, private and voluntary sector representatives to be advocates and creators of this ‘Social Value Movement’. Lorraine leads STAR Procurement, which is a successful, high performing public sector shared service that is leading collaborative change and transformation through procurement and social value. STAR supports six Councils directly in both Greater Manchester (GM) and Liverpool city (LCR) regions as well as supporting many other public sector organisations as part of the wider offer from STAR.  

    Lorraine has led STAR for almost eight years securing £284M (38.8% of contract value) of social value to date, delivered £148M of this, and retained 78.9% of local spend within GM for the 4 GM Councils in 23/24.

    Lorraine is considered the ‘subject matter expert’ in social value and public sector and has a history of contributing to government reviews nationally and regionally, she received a national award ‘Best Council to do Business With’ historically which she received at No.10 Downing St. STAR are a previous winner and received a highly commended for social value at previous National Social Value conferences.  

Edward Dallas

Chief Economist, Simetrica Jacobs

  • In his role as Chief Economist, Edward leads projects for Simetrica-Jacobs for a range of clients to understand, identify and assess impact. Edward has extensive expertise in social value research and analysis, through application of non-market valuation techniques, cost benefit analysis and econometrics. He has worked across projects in infrastructure, education and the sports sectors. Edward previously worked in the Government Economic Service and at London Business School.


Joanna Dahlgren

Head of Social Value & SROI, London Borough of Waltham Forest

  • Joanna has been driving force behind the creation and management of the social value function in London Borough of Waltham Forest, since its inception in 2021. With over 20 years’ experience leading on various investment and regeneration initiatives that promote inclusive growth and community wealth building, under Joanna leadership the Council has transformed the way it maximises social impact through its contracts for services, regeneration, and construction works. Over the past four years, the collaborative efforts of the Council and its supply chain have yielded over £49 million in delivered social value, laying the foundation for a substantial pipeline of future benefits.

Melissa de Roquebrune

Executive Director, Sustainable Procurement Pledge

  • Melissa de Roquebrune, Executive Director of the Sustainable Procurement Pledge, brings over 15 years of experience and a deep commitment to sustainability and international development. Through her personal and professional paths, she has developed a deep belief in the power of collaboration. With over 15 years of experience in international development and partnerships, Melissa has worked with organizations like Transparency International and UNICEF Canada.. In the role she currently holds, Melissa is particularly interested in exploring the role of bridging the work of the corporate and NGO non-profit sectors, recognizing the potential for impactful collaboration in driving positive change

Sally Debiage

Choir Manager, The Choir with No Name

  • Bio coming soon!

Kevin Draisey

Head of Procurement Operations - Get help buying for schools, Department of Education

  • Experienced procurement professional with a career spanning over 18 years in both the private and public sector. Broad experience in all aspects of strategic procurement, and before his role with DfE as head of Procurement Operations in Get help buying for schools he was Head of Procurement and Contract Management at North Yorkshire County Council and chair of YorProcure - the Strategic Procurement Group (SPG) for Heads of Procurement in the Yorkshire and Humber region, covering over £5.8bn of annual regional spend. He also sat on the LGA National Advisory Group for Procurement and the Cabinet Office Public Sector Procurement Working Group.

Arnab Dutt OBE

Policy Champion for Procurement and Social Value, Federation of Small Businesses

  • Arnab is policy champion for public procurement and social value at the Federation of Small Businesses. He chairs the working group on social value on the Cabinet Office SME panel and sits on the steering group of the National Social Value Task Force. Arnab is co-founder of Divine Ox a social enterprise partnership with Oxford University and is a Said Business School Alumni, he continues to teach and partner with Oxford University in developing innovative ways of how public/private sector partnerships can deliver social and environmental impact.

Paul Emmett

Commercial Manager, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

  • Paul fell into procurement, developing an interest in ethical procurement and social value along the way. Initially working in transport and infrastructure he developed a meaningful series of frameworks and SCM practises before expanding into wider procurement remits. Taking this greenfield experience with him he moved into the third sector, implementing, and developing procurement solutions before moving into the public sector where, after a stint in education, he now works on large scale construction and infrastructure programmes for one of the largest devolved mayoral authorities in the country.


Cemal Ezel

CEO, Change Please

  • Cemal Ezel OBE is the founder of Change Please CIC, Old Spike Roastery, and Coal Rooms Restaurants, all of which leverage business to address social challenges and create lasting impact. Change Please trains individuals experiencing homelessness to become baristas, pays them the London Living Wage, and provides housing within 10 days of employment. In 2024, Change Please supported over 1,970 people through its programs, further solidifying its reputation as a transformative force in the social enterprise sector. This innovative model has expanded to eight countries and earned accolades such as Marketing Week’s "100 Most Disruptive Brands" and Bloomberg’s "World’s Most Promising Startup."

Jimmy Cockerton

CEO, Impact Advantage

  • Jimmy Cockerton, CEO of Impact Advantage, previously served as Head of Impact at Microsoft. As an active impact VC investor, Jimmy has continuously worked to integrate social value into business practices. He founded Impact Advantage to help charities and companies measure and enhance their social impact using impact economics. Impact Advantage is a groundbreaking enterprise dedicated to reimagining capitalism by measuring the real value companies create for society and the environment. Social value is key part of this mission. Part hippy, part capitalist, Jimmy’s vision is bold: change the world and make a profit doing it.

  • Anna Farquharson is Head of Social Value at ISS, where she leads the implementation of ISS UK’s social value strategy, supporting the organisation to maximise opportunities to improve equality of opportunity, strengthen community cohesion and address the climate crisis. Anna has over four years of social value experience, working with customers across the public and private sector, and is driven by the challenge of building a more ethical economy for the future.

Anna Farquharson

Head of Social Value, ISS

  • Anna Fallon is a Social Value Manager at McBains, a leading property and construction consultancy. She specialises in delivering Social Value strategies for bids across national frameworks, local government, and private sector contracts. Anna works closely with clients, stakeholders, and local authorities to integrate Social Value into project planning and delivery. Passionate about driving sustainable, community-focused outcomes, she aligns bids with client objectives while maximising societal impact. Her expertise includes strategising, benchmarking, and measuring Social Value outcomes to secure successful, value-driven contracts.


  • Nick is the Chair of the Purpose Coalition's Breaking Down Barriers Commission, where he leverages his deep expertise in Labour politics to support the Purpose Coalition’s work and strengthen engagement with the Labour Government. He is a former leader of Newcastle City Council and has also served on Labour’s National Executive Committee and in Sir Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet.

  • Kirsty leads the Social Value team in Fujitsu, focussing on embedding Social Value across the business. Her experience is in creating, winning and delivering Social Value programmes which have a real impact on employees and communities. Kirsty is committed to driving positive change and maximising social impact to support the company strategy to “make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation”.

Sarah Fraser

Head of Sustainability Strategy and Insight, Wilmott Dixon

  • Sarah Fraser has a dual role heading up The Peter Willmott Foundation and leading the Sustainability Strategy and Insight Team. Social value has peppered her 20 year career. Her role ensures that every Willmott Dixon building delivers social value designed for, and by, local communities and that the company addresses societal challenges closest to the hearts of the people that work there. Her team also focuses on environmental sustainability (e.g. carbon, waste reduction and BNG) working to improve the overall impact of Willmott Dixon and the wider industry using data, insight and leadership.

Victoria Folbigg

Founder & CEO, Folbigg Consulting

Anthony Fuller

Co-Chair - Sustainable Procurement Pledge USA, SPP Global

  • Victoria Folbigg, CEO of Folbigg Consulting, leverages over 25 years of procurement leadership experience across Europe and Asia. As Co-Chair of the Sustainable Procurement Pledge Human Rights Chapter, she champions awareness and understanding of human rights legislation in business practices. Victoria's work focuses on empowering procurement professionals to embed sustainability and human rights considerations into their work, fostering a safe space for sharing challenges and best practices, aligning economic goals with social responsibility.


  • An experienced sustainability and procurement professional, Anthony has built and led SPP's USA chapter since 2021. In this role he brings together subject matter experts to explore the changing world of ESG, and how this impacts the procurement profession, ultimately empowering practitioners to lead their own sustainable procurement initiatives. With deep roots in pharma, Anthony is active in supplier engagement initiatives that aim to improve sustainability performance in highly regulated environments. He holds a masters in business and politics, as well as a degree in law, and lives with his family in New Jersey.

Georgia Gould MP

Parliamentary Secretary

  • Georgia Gould was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office on 9 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale in July 2024.

    She is responsible for:

    • Public sector reform

    • Oversight of government functions

    • Cabinet Office business planning and performance

    • Public Bodies policy

    • Cabinet Office arm’s length body sponsorship

  • With over 20 years’ experience of turning other peoples waste into community resources. I'm passionate about changing how large organisations and communities view their resources, building social capital and community wealth building. We believe communities are held back more by a lack of resourcefulness than a lack of resources.

Kevin Green

Waste Match Director, Mitie

Sean Haley

CEO, Sodexo UK&I

  • Sean Haley has 35 years’ experience and extensive knowledge of the foodservice and FM industry, including 13 years at Sodexo UK and Ireland, where he is now CEO. In this role, he represents over 30,000 colleagues delivering sustainable food and valued experiences at 2,000-plus client sites. Passionate about ensuring the purpose and social impact on which the company was built remains at the heart of the business, Sean feels strongly the need for businesses to positively impact the communities in which they operate. Sean is also a Trustee of Sodexo’s Stop Hunger Foundation and a Director of the charity Springboard.

Gerard Harkin

Head of Social Value, Roche Diagnostics Ltd

  • Gerard has over thirty years of experience in innovation and culture change across multiple industries. He is responsible for the social value strategy and implementation at Roche Diagnostics, a company that is transforming the way diseases can be prevented, diagnosed, and monitored. He believes that innovation is a crucial element of successful social value. He wrote the E-Book Innovation Unplugged to help demystify innovation.

Caroline High

Procurement Manager, Believe Council

  • Started working within the housing sector in 2009. In 2015 started working as Procurement Manager at one of the largest housing associations in the North East. Role involved establishing the Procurement Team, all processes and procedures and identification of none contracted spend. Incorporated the TOMs measures in all procurements from 2022 and worked with anchor organisations within County Durham to establish and promote the award winning County Durham Pound Project which delivered over £300m of social value in 2023/24.

Shivani Hill

Head of ESG, Arriva Rail London

  • Shivani is the Head of Environment, Social Value & Governance (ESG) at Arriva Rail London. With over 15 years experience in rail she is a pivotal figure in driving Arriva Rail London's commitment to sustainable development. Shivani's expertise spans across environmental policy, ethical governance, and social impact. She has been instrumental in developing comprehensive ESG strategies ensuring alignment with Corporate Sustainability Reporting Derivative (CSRD). Shivani advocates for the importance of sustainable and responsible business practices creating long-term value for both the company and society at large.

  • With over two decades of experience in housing and regeneration, Nina has spearheaded numerous pivotal programmes in her native Salford. In her role as Social Value Lead for Place, she collaborates with colleagues, partners and communities to craft social impact strategy, policy and initiatives designed to create better outcomes for Salford and its people through the regeneration of the city. Nina was crucial in embedding social value in the planning process in Salford, earning the title of Institute of Economic Development Social Value Champion for 2023.

Nina Howells

Programme Manager & Place Social Value Lead, Salford City Council

Anthony Impey

CEO, Be the Business

  • Anthony started his career as an entrepreneur while he was still at school, selling stationery from his locker. Since then, he has started and scaled several businesses in the UK and US. He is now Chief Executive of Be the Business - the UK’s productivity charity which has added over £500m to the productivity of the firms it has worked with. Anthony also serves as Chair of the City & Guilds Industry Skills Board, leads the Department of Education’s Apprenticeship Ambassador Network which consists of over 1,500 employers. He is also Chair of UCL’s School of Management International Advisory Board.

Lee Jackson

Managing Director, North West London Procurement Services

  • Lee is an experienced international executive, bringing a broad suite of experiences and capabilities from his career across financial services, aviation, engineering, retail, health and the wider public sector. Those experiences in a wide range of predominantly change and innovation roles provide Lee with a unique perspective that through his strategic transformational leadership enables him to push the status quo and quickly understand the business to make a sustainable impact. Lee is an authentic leader who leads with a value focus to build trusted and enduring relationships. Throughout his career, Lee has been drawn to roles where the underlying business or team requires transforming

  • Peter is Debt Origination Manager focused across Infrastructure investments at PIC. PIC is a specialist UK insurer, providing tailored pension insurance buyouts and buy-ins to the trustees and sponsors of UK defined benefit pension funds. Peter sits in the investment team and has spent the last 8 years in lending and debt advisory roles across the UK and continental European infrastructure market.

Peter Jeranyama

Debt Origination Manager - Infrastructure, PIC

Anna Fallon

Social Value Manager, McBains

Nick Forbes CBE

Chair, Purpose Coalition's Breaking Down Barrier's Commission

Kirsty Gallacher

Head of Social Value, Fujitsu

Luke Joseph

Guest speaker, Durham County Council

  • Luke is a care experienced young person who has worked with his local authority on many projects to improve the care system with his knowledge and experience making differences nationally

  • Steve Hill is Chief Commercial Officer UK&I at auticon UK, a unique, multi-national IT consultancy and social enterprise, which exclusively employs autistic adults as IT consultants. Steve has started and sold several businesses as well as having had senior roles in large tech companies including IBM, Samsung and most recently the technology division of McLaren F1.

Steve Hill

Chief Commercial Officer UK&I, auticon

The Rt Hon. Justine Greening

Chair, Social Mobility Pledge

  • Bio coming soon!

Sandra Hamilton

PhD Researcher, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research

  • Sandra Hamilton is a Social Value expert and Canada’s First Social MBA. Building upon her early experience with the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Sandra developed Canada’s first Social Procurement policies and has extensive experience leading design labs and collaborative projects. Having returned to the UK, Sandra is based at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, where her empirical PhD research investigated the public management response to mandatory social value procurement policies. Her research paper Public Procurement: Price-Taker or Market Shaper, won the 2023 Emerald Literati Award for most outstanding paper published in Critical Perspectives on International Business

Kevin Hart

Director, Channel Islands, LibertyBus

  • Kevin is a Jersey resident with over 10 years on island experience. His leadership has been instrumental in the success of LibertyBus and in achieving unprecedented patronage and service growth in Jersey. Kevin is deeply passionate about creating, delivering and measuring social impact to enrich the lives of fellow residents through his partnership approach with the Government of Jersey, schools and charities which has resulted in numerous initiatives being launched and various fundraising events organised. His commitment has ensured the bus service remains accessible for all and strives to build on the success by championing staff and projects across the organisation.

  • Becky has over 20 years experience working in the public ad private sectors, in the areas of equality and diversity, strategy, transformation, sustainability and social value. Becky specialises in the area of social value and anchors and has led this work across Cheshire and Merseyside for the last 3 years, where we have embedded social value across the second biggest ICS in the country. Becky has taken the skills learned in C&M, to AGEM CSU , developing the Social Value Network and Social Value Excellence Programme, providing accreditation to health focused organisations on their social value approach.

Becky Jones

Specialist Advisor to C&M ICB, Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

  • Rebecca has 28 Years Procurement Experience. The last 6 Rebecca has progressed successfully in her Career. The last 6 years Rebecca has implemented a Supplier Relationship Management system and strategy to enable West Midlands Police to monitor performance, enable continuous improvement, enhanced reporting and compliance. Social Value has become an integral part of Procurement and Contract management processes. Aligning Social Value with Force priorities. Encouraging suppliers to deliver social value successfully and Acknowledging and sharing these success stories.

Rebecca Garratt

Supplier Relationship Manager Finance - Contracts and Management, West Midlands Police

Carol Glenn

Head of Social Value, Solihull MBC

  • As Solihull Council's Social Value Programme Manager since 2019, Carol has developed the programme embedding social value in procurement and contract management processes. Through Carol’s passion and her ability to engage with people, Solihull Council is realising and achieving the benefits that Social Value can bring to the local community within the borough. Carol is an active member of Social Value UK, Supply Chain Sustainability School and the National Taskforce and is chair of the West Midlands Social Value Taskforce.

  • Belinda leads the team of advisers that support BITC member companies with their strategy and purpose, environment and social impact / value strategies.​The team work to ensure that BITC members lead in all areas of responsible business, creating lasting impact internally and externally. ​Belinda also provides one-to-one support to CEOs and senior business leaders on embedding purpose and ensuring long term business sustainability. ​She is the BITC lead for social value consultancy and has worked in the charity sector for over 20 years.​

Belinda Goodman

Head of Responsible Business & Environment Advisory, Business in the Community (BITC)

Nathan Goode

Chief Strategy Officer, Social Value Portal

  • Nathan is the Chief Strategy Officer at Social Value Portal. He is responsible for the development, approval and implementation of Social Value Portal’s social value methodology. This includes overall responsibility for ensuring effective development, implementation and application of the TOM System and promoting best practice and adoption, working with customers and other stakeholders to align the TOM System to their needs. Nathan manages a team of researchers and economists who look after the development and upkeep of the TOM System and the improvement of content and consistency of associated tools and processes.

    Nathan joined Social Value Portal in 2016 as a co-director, with over 20 years’ previous experience in Energy & Cleantech and public sector advisory.

Angela Halliday

Director, Social Impact UK & I, Sodexo

  • Having spent most of her career within the third sector tackling societal, economic and environmental challenges, Angela joined Sodexo in 2008, operating across the Justice and Government segments in Scotland and Australia before she was appointed Director, Social Impact UK&I. This involves working alongside the businesses’ CEOs, leadership teams, colleagues, and clients in optimising value by focusing on Impact. Angela sits on Social Value UK’s Advisory Board, National Social Value Task Force, and is a Trustee at Pilotlight. She is also an active member of the Purpose Coalition, and co-chairs the Social Impact Advisory Council alongside the Rt Hon Justine Greening.

  • Sarah founded the APMP UK Social Value Group in May 2021 to help members understand and be successful with social value. Members include employed and freelance bid professionals from all sizes of companies across all sectors. A seasoned freelance bid practitioner, consultant and trainer, Sarah helps her clients save time, work more creatively and win more business by injecting storytelling, structure and professionalism into selling and bidding. With a thirty-year sales career in the IT industry behind her, Sarah focuses on technology companies selling into the public sector. She regularly blogs and presents with an emphasis on social value.

Sarah Hinchliffe

Chair, APMP UK Social Value Group

  • James has focused his career on supporting radical collaboration to deliver Social Value. He brings a wide range of experience, from leading community projects educational inequality and food insecurity to working with cross-sector partnerships to develop place-based strategies and organisational development programmes. At Social Value Portal, James has supported dozens of organisations across the Public, Private and VCSE sectors to develop more strategic approaches to Social Value. He is a passionate advocate of for co-creation, and when not singing the praises of participatory approaches to strategy development, he can be found singing a cappella to anyone who will listen.

James Jenkins

Senior Consultant, Social Value Portal

  • As Corporate Affairs Director for Mars Wrigley UK, Naomi is responsible for all internal communications, government relations, corporate reputation, brand PR and consumer care for Mars’ UK confectionery business. From starting her career in agency life working in public affairs, she became a specialist in sustainability communications, crisis management and corporate communications, with experience spanning industries from retail to banking. Over her 14 years at SUEZ, Naomi was instrumental in increasing media share of voice for the waste management company from fifth, to first position. In 2015, she project managed the SUEZ

Naomi Jones

Corporate Affairs Director, Mars Wrigley

Jeff Joseph

Head of Social Value - London & South East, Bouygues UK

  • Jeff Joseph is a seasoned professional with over 33 years experience working in Community Regeneration, Stakeholder Development and Social Value. Spearheading a dedicated Team of Social Value Advisors, Jeff strategically oversees the delivery of Social Value from the inception of a project until handover. Jeff encourages collaborative working with a wide range of organisations who can add value to Bouygues delivery model with the focus of enhancing the life's of the Communities we serve. Working with Social Value Portal since 2019, Bouygues knowledge of Social Value is now mature; we measure Social Value across all projects regardless of size, location or value.

Chloe Hall

UKI Responsible Business Lead, Accenture

  • Chloe began her career as a Maths teacher and Head of Further Education at a North London school before moving into Management Consulting at Accenture – where she worked in the UK Government Strategy practice focusing on supporting clients achieve their sustainability objectives. Chloe is now the Responsible Business Lead for Accenture UK and Ireland, where she works across the organisation to drive greater value from Accenture’s Social Impact partnerships, develop innovative Social Value solutions and ultimately drive greater impact for Accenture’s clients and local communities.


Rebecca Harrington

Trustee, Voices of Hope

  • Becca is a Senior Workforce consultant at PwC UK, where she supports clients in addressing a range of workforce challenges, including inclusion, diversity and employee engagement. With a focus on fostering environments where all employees can thrive, she brings an extensive expertise in strategic workforce solutions. Alongside her professional role, Becca serves as a Trustee for Voices of Hope. She is passionate about their work supporting marginalised members of society. Her enthusiasm for social justice drives her commitment to both her professional and voluntary work and she's committed to contributing to positive social impact in communities.

  • Tina is the Programme Manager for the procurement programme within the LGA. Her work includes: • Local government lead on the learning and development programme for Procurement Act 2023 • Leading the National Advisory Group for Local Govt Procurement and engaging with wider public sector on procurement matters including social value • Influencing, overseeing and disseminating notable practice about social value to councils

Tina Holland

Programme Manager, Local Government Association (LGA)

Colin Jess

Chief Executive Officer, Social Enterprise Northern Ireland

  • Colin is CEO of Social Enterprise NI, the representative body for the social economy in NI. Colin has been at the forefront of increasing the awareness of the social business model across all sectors, building an extensive network. He has also developed relationships with government departments and politicians, presenting to Assembly Committees and also as Secretariat of the All Party Group on Social Enterprise. Colin was appointed by the former Minister of Finance in December 2020 as an external advisor to the Procurement Board and seeks to promote the inclusion of social value in procurement at every opportunity.

Lauren Jones

Business Development Director, The Institute for Social Value

  • Lauren Jones, the Business Development Director at the Institute for Social Value, has a unique background in both social impact and sports. A former international wheelchair tennis player, she is a three-time National Champion and Paralympian with over 20 international titles. Following a life-changing injury in her teens, Lauren became a prominent figure in sports and disability advocacy. She now uses her experience in leadership and business development to foster strategic partnerships and drive growth for the Institute, with a focus on optimising social value and impact management across industries.

Sharon Kemp

Chief Executive, Rotherham Borough Council

  • Sharon Kemp was appointed by Government Commissioners and the Council in 2016 to lead improvements which has seen powers return and a ‘Good’ Ofsted rated children and young people’s services since 2018. Since Sharon became Chief Executive, the Council has been on a journey of continuous improvement. Dedicated to serving people and places, Sharon has worked in the public sector for over thirty years across community safety, neighbourhood management, community cohesion, performance, and partnerships. Sharon has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honors list for her services to business and to the community in Rotherham and South Yorkshire and was awarded an OBE in June 2024.

Darren Knowd

CEO, DRKNOWD Ltd

  • Darren is now CEO of DRKnowd Ltd and was the previous Chair of the National Social Value Task Force. He was also the previous Chair of LGA National Advisory Group. Until December 2023 he led procurement, sales and business services at Durham County Council, and also previously held senior roles at Nissan Europe in Sunderland, Paris and Barcelona. In his latest role as a Strategic Advisor, he is advising several companies on procurement and social value.Darren also has an MBA from Durham University Business School.

Herman Kok

Company Secretary, Lindum Group

  • Herman has championed social value for decades, making a huge contribution to the construction skills agenda. Since relocating from Holland in 1976, Herman has held directorships and trusteeships for a staggering number of public, private and third sector organisations. He recently joined the CITB Board and HMP Lincoln’s Employment Advisory Board. Herman joined construction company Lindum Group in 1987 as its Finance Director, with an interest far beyond profit. He has led workplace innovation and employee engagement, and in 1994 transformed the company into an Employee Ownership Organisation. In 2023, Herman received Social Value Portal’s Social Value Champion Award.

Sara Lawton

Director, Rise Construction Services

  • Sara is multi award winning leader with 30 years’ experience leading both public and private sector organisations. Motivated by a real desire to reach the most vulnerable and neglected members of society, raise their living standard, and see their dignity restored Sara created Rise Construction Framework, an organisation committed to making a difference in people’s lives. Rise is a social business that uses profits to fund the VCSFE sector to deliver vital community intervention and prevention services; in addition to this, Sara also founded ‘Thrive’ a care leavers service that supports some of the most vulnerable young people in society.

  • Campbell is a founder-director of Divine Ox, an ESG impact spin out from Oxford University. Campbell is also Chief Executive of independent charitable think tank Ownership at Work which explores the impact of sharing ownership and participation with employees. Campbell sits on the Steering Group of the National Social Value Taskforce, on the Cabinet Office’s Small Business Panel with a focus on social value and is an External Associate of the Centre for Sustainable Business Practice at the University of Northampton. Campbell is former-MD/founder of social advisory firm Baxendale, ranked a Best in the World B Corp since 2017.


Campbell McDonald

Founder-Director, Divine Ox

  • Driven by purpose, potential, innovation and better outcomes for business, government and community, Mary started her career with Accenture, ABN AMRO and NatWest Group. She has served as a Member of Parliament in London, was an advisor to Ministers across government, on the UK leadership team for executive search at Korn Ferry and more recently chaired the global Board Practice at August Leadership. Mary is Chair of the UK Government’s Women’s Business Council, represents the UK on the G20 Empower Alliance and is an advisory board member of auticon UK and a trustee of Career Ready. Most recently, Mary became CEO of Business in the Community, The King’s responsible business network.

Mary Macleod

Chief Executive, Business in the Community (BITC)

  • Phoebe has worked on planning projects across the UK, to create place based Social Value strategies. Phoebe also leads SVP’s work with local authority planning teams to help them embed SV into planning policy. Alongside Phoebe’s consultancy work at SVP she heads up the Social Value Planning Taskforce and is a steering group member of Young Professionals in Social Value.

Phoebe Mangoma-Dennis

Senior Consultant - Planning, Social Value Portal

Michela Martini

Technical Director - Sustainability, WSP

  • Michela Martini is a Technical Director and Building Performance and Sustainability Consultant at WSP’s London office, with over a decade of UK industry experience. She specializes in sustainability strategies, low energy building design, daylight and thermal modeling, and carbon studies. Michela has led high-profile projects like The London Tunnels, Bethnal Green’s Gasholder, and 206 Marylebone Road, integrating technical analysis and environmental policies into innovative solutions. Her work enhances social value by creating sustainable, energy-efficient buildings that benefit communities. Michela is a Chartered Engineer and Registered Architect in the UK.

Margaret McCabe

Founder and Group CEO, Debate Mate

  • As Founder of Debate Mate, Margaret leads a global business transforming education and social mobility through innovative solutions. With over 20 years of experience as a barrister, Ed tech entrepreneur, and philanthropist, her work empowers young people and organizations globally. Debate Mate’s programs teach communication and leadership skills, leveraging AI and partnerships with clients like Deloitte and Harvard. Debate Mate has reached 150,000+ marginalized young people, empowering them to find their voice and achieve their potential. Passionate about human rights and education, Margaret was a 2018 Yidan Prize finalist and speaks on female leadership and the future of work.

  • Jeannie McCann is a Social Value Adviser at the Strategic Investment Board in Northern Ireland. She advises the public sector on approaches to implementing in the NI Executive Procurement Policy Note 01/21: Scoring Social Value on Services contracts. Prior to joining SIB, Jeannie worked for 12 years in the third sector. She was a 2022 Fellow of the Social Change Initiative where her research focused on protecting human rights in public procurement’s global supply chains. She is a Trustee of Volunteer Now, NI's lead organisation for promoting and supporting volunteering.

Jeannie McCann

Social Value Advisor, Strategic Investment Board Northern Ireland

  • Laura has over 15 years of experience working cross sector in senior sustainability and corporate social responsibility roles, including at InterContinental Hotels Group where worked as Global CSR Director for 10 years. Laura heads up the BBP’s Owner and Occupier Engagement workstream and recently led the multi stakeholder process to update the BBP’s Green Lease toolkit and evolve it into a dynamic, living resource. Laura holds a BA (hons) in Politics from the University of Exeter, a PGDip In public sector administration from Warwick Business School and is in the final stage of her MSc in Global Challenges with Edinburgh University.

Laura Noctor-King

Head of Sustainability, Better Buildings Partnership

  • A Senior Procurement Professional with 20 years experience working in a Local Authority environment supporting Service Areas across managing the full Procurement Cycle. Over the previous 5 years played a key strategic role in establishing and embedding a Social Value culture within Rotherham Council and the way it undertakes its procurement processes to deliver value for money, high quality contracts that offer a benefit to the residents, businesses and communities of Rotherham.

Karen Middlebrook

Head of Procurement, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

  • Public procurement expert from the Dubai Government network. Leading on the sustainable procurement initiative for the department and having previously delivered on global contracts of landmark economic development, tourism marketing and marine sustainability projects. A supporter of the people/planet/profit approach and an advocate of a legislative take on alignment of global public procurement to the UNSDGs/Global NetZero targets. Co-chair @SPP.earth (public procurement chapter) / MCIPS accredited.

Quttub Mulla

Senior Procurement Manager, Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism

  • Laura has worked in the charity sector for over 20’s in operational and business development functions. As Deputy Director of Business Development at Family Actions, Laura and her team support the retention of existing work and secure new contracts primarily via competitive tender and trust and grant applications; as well as oversee implementations, mergers/acquisitions and the organisational roll out of Family Action's social value strategy and processes.

Laura McGann

Deputy Director for Business Development, Family Action

Filip Leonard

Group Head of Procurement and Social Value, Maximus UK Services Ltd

  • Filip has worked extensively in both the private and public sector in senior / director roles sourcing goods and services locally and globally. A CIPS award winner for Ethical Procurement, Filip has advanced the Social Value agenda in his roles developing and deploying Social Value strategies. Filip currently leads the Social Value growth agenda at Maximus including oversight of delivery to Maximus' client base.

Elizabeth Lane

Sr. Proposal Manager, Social Impact and Sustainability, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Elizabeth is part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public sector team in a global role focused on meeting and exceeding customer procurement requirements in sustainability and social value. Over the past 2 years, she has spearheaded AWS’s approach to social value in the UK, along with the support of a small tiger team. Before joining AWS in 2020, Elizabeth worked with US federal agencies in implementing climate change policies related to disaster recovery and response. She is passionate about helping public sectors customers advance goals to drive positive societal impact and environmental benefit using the power of cloud technology.

  • Anna has led SVP’s consultancy team for nearly seven years, working with a range of public and private sector customers across all industries. The team of 14 experts enable organisations to embed Social Value as a strategic priority, while optimising how it is delivered and maximised day-to-day. Services include developing strategies or policies, facilitating social value workshops, preparing social value statements for planning applications, conducting local needs analyses and undertaking lifecycle carbon assessments. The consultants work hand-in-hand with clients to develop solutions that are aligned to their needs and priorities.

Anna McChesney-Gordon

Director of Consultancy, Social Value Portal

  • Gordon is a social entrepreneur with 25 years’ experience, latterly as Founding CEO of Ride For Freedom. The not-for-profit CIC harnesses cycling to advocate to end modern slavery and provide remedy to survivors. He is recognised as a visionary leader in the field of sport for development with an emphasis on human rights (in particular modern slavery and human trafficking) at the meeting point with climate change. His skillsets include strategic planning, project management, project execution, communications and resilience off and on the bike. Gordon is 2x Cycling Guinness World Records title holder.

Gordon Miller

Founder & Team Leader, Ride for Freedom

  • Sam is TGE’s Head of PBII and Strategic Advisory and brings 30 years of experience developing, reviewing and delivering investment solutions from both an advisory and investor/developer perspective. Sam brings 30 years of experience developing, reviewing and delivering investment solutions from both an advisory and investor/developer perspective. Sam played a leading role in delivering the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) UK Urban Futures Commission's report 'Unleashing the potential of the UK’s cities’ and wrote the Investment Playbook, designed as an introductory guide for local government on how to engage effectively with private finance in pursuit of place-based regeneration and social impact goals. Prior to joining TGE, Sam worked for Grosvenor where he led financial analysis, research and strategy in the UK property business for several years

Sam Monger

Head of Place-based Impact Investing. The Good Economy

Si Chun Lam

Head of Research, Intelligence, and Inclusive Growth, West Midlands Combined Authority

  • Si Chun is the Head of Research, Intelligence, and Inclusive Growth at the West Midlands Combined Authority, tasked with bringing together the research and intelligence expertise across the West Midlands to build a better connected, more prosperous, fairer, greener and healthier West Midlands. At the Combined Authority, Si Chun is working to embed and operationalise inclusive growth so that all types of investment – public, private, capital, revenue, time, attention – across the West Midlands are focused on one set of social and environmental missions.

Ed Lang

Head of Strategy & Reporting Advisory, Social Value Portal

  • From working in behaviour change to designing education programmes, Ed has spent his career so far with clients striving to make a difference. He is inspired by enterprises that seize the moment to use Social Value as a platform to redefine what positive change looks like for their organisation and industry.

Mark Leaver

Strategic Lead Commissioning, Manchester City Council

  • Mark is the Strategic Lead for Commissioning at Manchester City Council, working across the council and with partners to secure better outcomes from commissioning, including further social value for the city and supporting the city's net-zero ambition. An economist by background, Mark has 20 years' experience in public service reform and commissioning, spanning local government, consultancy, and central government at HM Treasury.

Adrian Mayer

Manager, Responsible Business, Supplier Services, Telstra


  • Over the past twenty years, Adrian has worked in the Finance and Technology Sectors increasingly focused on the structural changes needed to create positive Social Impact as a by-product of business rather than it instead of it. This experience spans over Micro-finance and Employment Programs, Cultural Capability and Supplier Diversity, Circular Economy and Supplier Risk. Having finished his MBA in Social Impact at the Australian Graduate School of Management, Adrian's current role includes a focus on Responsible Procurement encompassing a broad range of Supply Chain risks and opportunities.

Jo McGinley

Director of Social Value, EY Northern Ireland

  • Jo is Director of Social Value at EY Northern Ireland. EY is a global firm with a 900+ strong NI presence. The company is well known for its commitment to the communities in which it works, and social value plays a huge role in contributing to this. Jo is responsible for EY’s social value strategy and delivery. She has worked in professional services for 18 years and is keen to see the private, public and VCSE sectors come together to maximise the impact that social value has on the environment, economy, and communities in NI. Jo is a Director of The Orchardville Society - a charity that supports people with autism and disabilities to live, learn and work. She is an ICF accredited coach.

Siarah Meah

Social Value Manager, Clarion Housing Group

  • Siarah is well-versed in implementing effective social value strategies across public, private and third sectors. As Social Value Manager at Clarion Housing Group, she leads the social value element of all major procurement activity, embedding frameworks that secure meaningful social value from contractors. Siarah focuses on building strong stakeholder partnerships to deliver place-based social value, while applying a consistent, sector-leading approach. Her first-hand experience of some of the challenges social value aims to address informs her unique perspective, driving her passion to make a difference in communities.

  • Cindy Nadesan has worked with public, private and third sector organisations across multiple industries to successfully embed social value as part of their organisational culture. Cindy spent 6years within the public sector supporting Local Authorities, Central Government, NHS England and Public Health England develop and implement sustainable commissioning and procurement approaches to leverage external spend and deliver greater value for money. In 2020 Cindy joined the Social Value Portal and works with existing members to strategically align social value to their key priorities and drive behavioural change through stakeholder engagement to create a legacy of positive social impact.

Cindy Nadesan

Strategic Account Manager (Public & Private Sector), Social Value Portal

  • Laura joined Compass Group in 2018, spearheading their social agenda by raising awareness and leading a growing social procurement activity and programme ‘Buy Social for a Better World’ through working with Social Enterprise UK and key Compass clients. In 2022, Laura was appointed as Head of Social Value for Compass Group where she be responsible for driving forward our social agenda across all sectors with a focus on bringing value to employees, clients and the communities. Since 2021, Compass Group have generated over £2bn worth of social value for the communities in which they operate in.

Laura Neville

Head of Social Value, Compass Group UK&I

  • Simon Peleszok is a responsible business manager with more than 15 years’ experience of working in retail banking. Over the last few years, he has helped deliver key elements of TSB’s ‘The Do What Matters Plan’ that collectively adds up to supporting financial and social inclusion. In 2022 he helped shape award winning support for victim-survivors of domestic abuse with the introduction of its emergency flee fund and other initiatives for colleagues and the communities we operate within.

Simon Peleszok

Responsible Business Manager, TSB

  • Alvaro Porro González. (Madrid, 1978). Economist. Activist and expert in various fields: sustainable consumption, social and solidarity economy, community and collaborative economies, food sovereignty, social market, responsible public procurement, green taxation, and participatory processes. Former Commissioner of Social Economy, Local Development and Food Policy at the Barcelona City Council. Currently Social Economy Director at Barcelona Activa, the local development agency of Barcelona.

Alvaro Porro Gonzalez

Social Economy Director, Barcelona Activa (Barcelona Council Local Development Agency)

  • Matt is a teacher turned social entrepreneur whose focus is creating life-changing jobs. Under Grace Enterprises he has now started 3 social enterprises: Radiant Cleaners, Jubilee Events and Half the Story. Each is a sustainable business providing real jobs for people who have multiple barriers to work, paying everyone the real Living Wage and providing holistic support. A former winner at the Social Value Awards, Matt launched ‘Half the Story’ at the 2023 Social Value Conference. Hear first hand about the lives transformed through the connections in that room, the 20+ jobs created, and their exciting plans for the future!


Matt Parfitt

CEO, Grace Enterprises

Steve Maydew

Choir Member, The Choir with No Name

  • Bio coming soon!

  • As Strategic Lead for Green Futures, Rhian oversees the Council’s delivery of its corporate priority to tackle the causes and consequences of Climate Change. With a background in Sustainability and 15 years’ Local Government experience, Rhian previously held the role of Head of Infrastructure, overseeing delivery of major transport infrastructure projects in Coventry including regeneration projects in the city centre and the Station Masterplan, transforming the city’s rail gateway and deliver a fitting transport interchange.

Isabelle Parasram OBE

CEO, The Institute for Social Value

  • Isabelle is a respected global social impact leader, providing strategic and executive direction at The Institute for Social Value and Social Value International. Awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2022 for her contributions to political and public service, she has served as Vice President of a major UK political party and Patron of a network for political donors, advocating for democratic engagement and social justice. Isabelle has also been a Trustee for various charities, a school Governor, and worked as barrister, an educator and for The British Civil Service. Born in East London to Indo-Caribbean parents, her heritage inspires her work.

  • Ludo is WSP’s Director for Landscape Advisory, which aims to strategically amplify our projects’ legacy for the planet and society through design. He is a thought-leader in strategy, design and systems. He advises clients about potential financial instruments that can reshape cities, landscapes and challenge the concept of stewardship. Ludo was director for the Islington NEIRF project aimed at establishing a scalable pipeline of interventions looking to convert dead-end roads into pockets parks in co-creation with communities. He has been a community-led design advocate since his award-winning Salisbury Streets for People project and has shaped co-design strategies ever since.

Ludo Pittie

Director, Landscape & Urban Design, WSP

Joe Prendiville

Chief Development Officer, AllChild (formerly West London Zone)

  • Having previously led delivery for West London Zone since 2017, Joe has been in charge of our development function since 2021. He has extensive experience of managing and delivering education programmes to disadvantaged and marginalised people. He worked in senior leadership at a youth charity in East London for five years through a period of significant organisational growth, leading their education and training programmes. Most recently he worked as Principal of their Alternative Provision Free School

  • Alison ensures accurate and regular reporting of performance across all SCAPE's framework projects. Her role involves developing relevant and appropriate performance measures that are challenging yet achievable, to drive improvements in the construction industry. These include supporting social enterprises, fair payment practices and encouraging use of local supply chains and SMEs to derive the maximum social value on every project. She leads SCAPE’s Community Legacy Programme to develop and deliver collaborative social value initiatives.

Alison Ramsey

Social Value and Performance Manager, SCAPE

Rebecca Rees

Partner, Head of Public Procurement, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

  • Rebecca is a partner and Head of Public Procurement at the international law firm, Trowers & Hamlins. Rebecca is a leading national expert in public procurement law, consistently ranked as among the world's leading government contracts lawyers (Who's Who Legal and Chambers and Partners). Rebecca advises clients in the public, private and third sectors on public procurement, contracting and building safety strategy issues. She advises clients on procurement strategy and structures, how to conduct flexible and compliant procurement procedures and compile objective and transparent evaluation models and guidance.

  • Stuart is a Director at Muse and has a passion for working with communities to achieve long term regeneration and impact, in places that most need it. He has led major regeneration schemes across the North West, with a string focus on Sustainability and Social Impact. Stuart is also a board member of LandAid, a construction industry charity helping to end youth homelessness

Stuart Rogers

Director of Project Management, Muse

  • Tim Rudin has been working in the field of responsible and sustainable procurement for more than fifteen years. He currently leads the Greater London Authority Group Central Responsible Procurement Team, co-chairs the London Anchor Institutions Network Procurement Working Group, and chairs the London Responsible Procurement Network.

Tim Rudin

Head of Central Responsible Procurement Team, The Greater London Authority

  • John is Head of Corporate Responsibility for Tideway, the company delivering London’s ‘Super Sewer’, major new infrastructure which will protect the River Thames from sewage pollution. Tideway, which completes in 2025, is also delivering a significant legacy - using the Thames on an unprecedented scale to transport material; bringing jobs and skills back to the river and supporting safer and greener transportation methods; and creating new public spaces along the Thames, the first such developments for generations. John is a member of Business In The Community’s London Leadership Board and a Trustee of youth engagement charity London Youth Rowing.

John Sage

Head of Corporate Responsiblity, Tideway

  • With over 18 years of public sector procurement experience working across a number of Local Authorities, Adam currently leads an award-winning shared Procurement service. He has worked to ensure Social Value is a key component within how Procurement and Contract Management is delivered and strives to ensure appropriate and innovative solutions are at the forefront of Social Value organisational priorities.

Adam Sargent

Director of Procurement, London Borough(s) of Redbrige Waltham Forest

Mark Simms

CEO, P3 Charity Group

  • Mark Simms is the CEO of P3, a UK charity dedicated to supporting vulnerable individuals and fostering social inclusion. With extensive experience in the charity sector, Mark is a vocal advocate for the importance of defining and measuring social value. He has led P3 through the complexities of demonstrating impact in areas like homelessness, mental health, and social isolation, often grappling with the challenges of quantifying outcomes that go beyond traditional metrics. At the forefront of these efforts, Mark emphasises the need for a more nuanced understanding of social value, pushing for frameworks that truly reflect the transformative effects on communities and individuals.

  • Olivia Sutcliffe is an Associate in Savills Earth Social Value team, dedicated to maximising social value in real estate projects. With a background as a Responsible Procurement Manager at the Greater London Authority and Senior Social Value Advisor at Social Value Portal, she has extensive experience in measurement and integrating social value into major procurement strategies. Olivia founded and chairs the Young Professionals in Social Value (YPSV), a network with over 300 members. Her pioneering efforts earned her a commendation at the National Social Value Awards 2023.

Olivia Sutcliffe

Social Value Associate, Savills
Founder & Chair, Young Professionals in Social Value

Gus Tugendhat

Founder, Tussell

  • Gus leads Tussell, the market's trusted source of data on UK government contracts. He discovered the power of data when he started his career in investment banking at Lazard and other banks. Then he pivoted to building data-driven businesses, first at Thomson Reuters where he was a Managing Director, and then by founding Tussell. A few years on, Tussell is a high-growth and profitable software business.

Nicola Turner

CEO, United by 2022 Charity

  • Nicola Turner MBE was Director of Legacy at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which generated £300m in verified Social Value. Now CEO of the United By 2022 Charity, which provides a SV consultancy at not-for-profit rates. This sustains the work of the charity for young people, disabled people and community groups. She says, “ I run a unique dating agency, matching local businesses with 500+ local charities, and the result is social value”. She was in Higher Education leadership for 20 years, and established Degree Apprenticeships in England. She lives and works in Brum, and never thought her job would include 2 bulls: Perry and Ozzy!

Dave Sweeney

Associate Director of Partnerships and Sustainability, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside

  • Dave has 24 years experience of working in and around the Public Sector. Multi award winning senior manage including Uk transformational Director in 2017. Dave's passion is around equity and a push to ensure we maximize our combined leverage for the good of our community. A proud Dad, average golfer and committed Punk Rocker

  • Eugenie joined Amazon UK in 2022 to lead its Force for Good strategy. Prior to joining she had a four-year ride at Uber, where she was Head of Cities in the UK then Head of Social Impact for all international countries. Pre-Uber, she spent 15 years in education and non-profits across the globe, including teaching in south London, founding and running a charity of her own and establishing a foundation for a philanthropist. She holds degrees from Oxford and UC Berkeley, and an MBA from IE Brown. She lives in Brighton with her husband, sons and dog.

Eugenie Teasley

Head of Impact, Amazon

  • Sadie is an experienced professional in socioeconomic development, specialising in creating social value through policy and procurement. With experience in the creation of equality impact assessments, data-led policy creation and intervention delivery, she has developed effective strategies for community improvement. Sadie has also worked as a mental health clinician in the NHS for 7 years, where she developed a keen interest in the built environment's impact on mental health. This unique combination of skills and experiences allows her to approach socioeconomic challenges with a holistic and innovative perspective.

Sadie Thomson-Ashworth

Social Value Consultant, Private Sector - Built Environment

  • Ben has been working in energy solutions for six years. He has a wealth of private and public sector experience working in a bid management role where he first came across social value. Ben has been working full time in social value role for two years on E.ON and Coventry City Councils pioneering Strategic Energy Partnership in which both organisations will collaborate to revolutionise energy usage in Coventry for the benefit of local people, the environment and the wider economy. Social Value is at the core of everything the partnership does and has been included for all projects as they are developed through the governance process.

Ben Tuck

Social Value Programme Manager, E.ON

Rhian Palmer

Strategic Lead, Green Futures

  • Ben is the Social Value Manager for QinetiQ, one of the UK's leading Defence and Security Contractors. Ben leads the QinetiQ Social Value Team - responsible the Social Value strategy, bidding and delivery across the UK, working closely with customers from Military, Intelligence and Central Government backgrounds. Prior to QinetiQ, Ben was the Social Value Manager at IQVIA, leading on the firms SV responses for the NHS and Central Government customers, and before that he worked in the charity and public sector.

Ben Tucker

Social Value Manager, QinetiQ

Simon Turner

Head of Procurement - Services Equipment & Suppliers (FM), Sodexo

  • Simon is the Head of Procurement covering Services, Equipment and Supplies for Sodexo UK & Ireland and leads the Category Management and Regional Buying teams designing and implementing category strategies. He has a wealth of experience managing supply chains and understands the importance that procurement professionals have in driving positive social impact. Simon designed and implemented the Responsible Sourcing strategy for Sodexo which aligns with their Social Impact Pledge, including ambitious initiatives to de-carbonise the supply chain, diversify the supply chain and tackle Modern Slavery

Charlotte Turner

Director, Bean Research

  • Charlotte Turner has been an evaluator and researcher for over 30 years, is a regular speaker and adviser on social impact & value, and is the Social Impact Assessment lead at Cranfield School of Management. She founded Bean Research in 2012, after Director roles at both Business in the Community and Ipsos MORI. Bean teams up with charities, funders and companies to measure, understand and strengthen social value. Charlotte is also an Accredited Practitioner of Social Value International, a Fellow of the Institute for Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, a Life Fellow of the RSA and a mother of two.

Lara Pool

Inclusive Growth Manager, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

  • Ebbsfleet Garden City, the major regeneration project taking place in North Kent, will cost many billions of pounds to design and build new homes, shops, workplaces, schools and community facilities. The regeneration of the area is being championed by Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, sponsored by the Government and facilitated by a variety of house builders, construction companies and suppliers from the private sector. As Inclusive Growth Manager, Lara has been shaping the way ‘place-based’ social value is created, captured and measured, leading the Corporation’s ambition to maximise the positive impact of Ebbsfleet’s development for the benefit of the local community.

  • As a Strategic Account Manager, Sol supports SVP’s members with strategic alignment and development of social value maturity with a focus on embedding social value into their procurement process and measuring and reporting on the social value that they unlock and deliver to benefit their communities.

Sol Tannir

Strategic Account Manager, Social Value Portal

  • Billie uses her care experience to help other young people who may go through similar situations. She is an active advocate for children’s rights and sits on her local corporate parenting panel representing the children in care council in her area, speaking on behalf of all care experienced young people in County Durham.

Billie Tasker

Guest Speaker, Durham County Council

  • Fozia, Head of Social Value & Enterprise at Overbury and Morgan Lovell offers over 30+ years’ experience of CSR management for major, financial, legal, construction and land management operations, including JLL, Canary Wharf Group, British Land, Citi, State Street as well as several London Housing Authorities. Fozia was a key member of The Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Apprenticeship (CRSA) working group, to develop the UK’s first Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Apprenticeship (CRSA) in the UK. Fozia offers a rare blend of experience that encompasses both blue chip corporate Social Value management experience and grass roots Social Value delivery.

Fozia Parveen

Head of Social Value & Enterprise, Overbury

  • Swati Patel is a Social Value Lead at TPXimpact and has 10+ years of experience in bid management. She's the company's first Social Value Practitioners helping bid teams to design and deliver solutions that embed Social Value across projects. She is passionate about helping organisations deliver positive outcomes for individuals and communities through social impact. She’s established TPXimpact's social value strategy, aligning it with the Government's Social Value Model for clients across the public sector. She's also a mentor and inspires the next generation with the aim to close the digital skills gap by sharing her knowledge and best practices.

Swati Patel

Social Value Lead, TPXImpact

  • Julie is enhancing transparency around KPMG's Social Value delivery commitments. Through collaboration, she believes, businesses large and small can help to address the challenges of the communities in which we live and work. This, her 30 years of consulting experience, and the ability to interpret written statements of requirement allows her to challenge the content and framing of ITT responses and advise on the commitments required to create impact. In addition to the ‘day job’, Julie delivers sales training, coaches bid teams, and is an accredited transformational coach.

Julie Phillips

Social Value Lead, KPMG

Mark Shearer

Co-founder & CEO, ActionFunder


  • Mark is an entrepreneur and leader committed to forging connections between sectors to drive positive societal change. Building off careers in the political and private sectors (as a Westminster Councillor and Chartered Surveyor), Mark Co-Founded ActionFunder, the award winning tech platform bringing businesses together with local communities to drive positive impact. Mark focuses time between leading ActionFunder as CEO, representing the residents of St James's Ward at Westminster Council, and commercial property investment through Sanford Capital, a breadth of experience that shapes his commitment realising a more equitable and connected world.

Aaron Reid

Group Manager - Social Sustainability, Ventia

  • Aaron is a specialist in sustainable procurement and social impact, with extensive experience gained from working at the forefront of this agenda in both the public and private sectors across the UK and, now, Australia.

     Currently, Aaron leads efforts as Group Manager of Social Sustainability at Ventia, focusing on embedding a minimum standard for social sustainability across all Ventia projects, ensuring that socioeconomic impacts are effectively measured and maximised.

     Previously, he played a pivotal role at Balfour Beatty, leading their Sustainable Procurement and Social Impact Strategies, along with its award-winning supplier diversity program. Notably, he developed Balfour Beatty’s £1bn spending commitment to SMEs, recognised by then Prime Minister David Cameron.

     Aaron has been instrumental in implementing strategies that enable inclusive growth, drive sustainable best practices, and quantify the positive impact of operations in large, complex organisations. His leadership in both the public and private sectors has shaped best practices, particularly in sustainable supply chains, fairness, inclusion, respect, and social value.

Cllr. Chris Read

Leader, Rotherham

  • Councillor Read was elected on 5th May 2011 and he was elected Leader of the Council on 4th March 2015 in the wake of Louise Casey’s corporate governance inspection report. As Leader, he has taken personal responsibility for leading the drive towards corporate improvement, organisational and cultural change, and is responsible for the Council’s governance and ethical framework. 

    Councillor Read is the Chair of the Rotherham Together Partnership. 

    He was born and raised in Rotherham and is a councillor for Rotherham’s Swinton Rockingham ward.

    Previously he worked for a Member of the European Parliament and the leadership of another local authority.

  • Teresa has been the Executive Director of the Australasian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC) since 2012. Teresa works with the Council of Chief Executives to set the strategic direction of the APCC, delivering on the extensive work program, and expanding APCC’s role as Australasia’s leading public sector forum for the disciplines of procurement, construction, asset management and property management policy and practice. Teresa is passionate about driving social value through every procurement dollar by curating best practice in procurement through collaboration and thought leadership.

Teresa Scott

Executive Director, Australasian Procurement and Construction Council

Glen Swaby

Head of Procurement, Sheffield City Council

  • From Print Buyer at DWP to Head of Procurement at Sheffield City Council, Glen’s 25-year commercial journey has been a thrilling rollercoaster ride. Each twist and turn brings new problems to solve, challenges to conquer and successes to achieve.

    With the anticipation of the Procurement Act in February 2025, there’s never been a more opportune time to be a Procurement Professional. Here’s to the next chapter of making procurement not just a job, but an adventure!

  • HACT partners with organisations across the housing sector to drive value for residents & communities through insight-led products & services which encourage innovation and foster collaboration. HACT helps them measure their social value, better understand the communities they serve, broker collaborations with the NHS, & connect with like-minded organisations. Andrew has worked for HACT for 20 years & in housing, homelessness, supported housing, community development & wider social policy practice for over 30 years. He is a NED at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. Andrew was awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours List 2023 for services to housing.

Andrew Van Doorn

Chief Executive Officer, Housing Associations’ Charitable Trust (HACT)

  • Annie works in Deloitte’s Infrastructure and Real Estate team, specialising in commercial and procurement advisory and Social Value in the public sector. Prior to this, she was Deloitte’s Social Value client insights and impact lead. She also leads Deloitte’s Multicultural Network, which has over 2,000 members.

  • Karen is a Director at Hays, and leads development and delivery of social purpose for UK&I. This focuses on supporting people in local communities with a focus on improving skills and employability, as well as steps to safeguard the natural environment. She leads a charity partnership with EveryYouth, supporting the employability element of their Independent Futures programme, helping young people into work and independent living. She is senior leadership sponsor for Project Flourish, a pro bono service for organisations who are committed to helping disadvantaged young people secure jobs and sits on a global steerco which aligns volunteering and fundraising efforts for HAYS around the world.


  • Rebecca has 23 years experience supporting the private and public sector to develop and manage social value solutions across a myriad of different contracts. As a chartered environmentalist with extensive experience of developing and managing the sustainability and social value requirements for clients across large and complex estates, she helps them develop strategies and achieve their ambitions to create and deliver social impact.

Rebecca Vowles

Head of Social Impact - Government, Sodexo

Akeem Wangeh

Senior Business Engagement Coordinator, The Mayor’s Fund for London

  • Akeem is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in corporate partnerships, community engagement, and social value delivery. He spearheaded outreach and community partnerships for the UK’s first tech unicorn, where he focused on widening apprenticeship access. He played a key part in developing a CSR program that incorporated ESG principles into the EMEA market for a global investment bank. Currently, Akeem supports businesses in London to become good neighbours, creating and delivering social value for the future of London through volunteering and community initiatives.

Peter Ware

Head of Government Sector, Browne Jacobson

  • Recognised by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 as a leading expert in public law and procurement, Peter is the head of Browne Jacobson’s Government practice. Specialising in contentious and non-contentious procurement matters, Peter supports public and private sector clients to get the very best out of their regulated procurement activity. Peter is also the Finance and Membership Secretary of the Procurement Lawyers Association, and on the editorial Board for Lexis Nexis Local Government and a regular public speaker. Peter is also a trustee for Bromley House and Nottingham Schools Trust.

Caroline Wilson

Chief Executive, Localis

  • Caroline is the Director of Inclusive Economy in Islington Council. She has been with the council for over 6 years, leading its pioneering and radical economic development programme – working across a wide range of community wealth-building initiatives, including employment brokerage, affordable workspace delivery, social value leverage, place-shaping and building inclusive practice in growth sectors such as life sciences. Previously, Caroline worked in Belfast City Council for 15 years, where she led on major regeneration, conflict transformation and business improvement programmes, brokering complex political and community deals, resulting in £150m+ investment in local neighbourhoods.

Monique Ward

Executive Director - Innovation and Services, Social Traders

  • Monique has spent a 20+ year career in procurement leadership and transformation across the public and private sector. She spent the last several years applying that expertise to procurement with purpose. At Social Traders we're seeking to embed social enterprise into the supply chains of Australian business and governments. We're doing this by certifying and strengthening the social enterprise sector, working with buyers to think differently about procurement and advocating to government for policy in support of social procurement. Monique leads a team of amazing people committed to a fairer and more equitable Australia.

Annie Wong

Associate Director, Deloitte

Kate Wareham

Chief Executive, The Choir with No Name

  • Kate Wareham is the Chief Executive of the Choir with No Name, a network of choirs involving people affected by homeless and marginalisation. As well as overseeing the Choir with No Name, Kate has over 20 years’ experience working with a wide range of charities from large to small, including The Children’s Society, National Autistic Society, Yorkshire Dance and George House Trust. Kate has a PhD in music psychology from the University of Sheffield where her thesis focussed on the role of music in the lives of people with experience of homelessness.


Karen Young

Director, Hays

Jonathan Werran

Chief Executive, Localis

  • Jonathan, who has run independent think-tank of place Localis as its chief executive since 2018, has extensive experience in communications and journalism. After five years as a reporter, commentator and features editor for The Municipal Journal (The MJ), in 2015 he became the first strategic communications officer for the District Councils’ Network. Prior to The MJ, he edited a web-based government property and public estate magazine, worked in third sector communications, co-founded a B2G business development consultancy and worked in pioneering public service focused online publishing.

Rob Wolfe

Managing Director, CHY Consultancy

  • Rob has worked in physical and social regeneration on the front line and at strategic level for over 25yrs, co-founding social value consultancy CHY in 2006. As well as a history in the public and third sector and his development of purpose driven, pragmatic and meaningful consultancy work with CHY, he is continually rethinking, creating and contributing to social value benchmarks, metrics, impactful KPIs and financial proxies including leading the collaborative development of the Impact Evaluation Standard (IES).

Alison Woodhouse

Director, Sustainability and Social Value

Emma Wardell

Social Value Lead, Lindum Group

  • Lindum Group is committed to building a sustainable future through our construction projects and the communities we work within. Social Value has been part of our organisational culture for many years and is embedded into our working practices. Emma leads Lindum’s Social Value strategy, directing our Social Value process to ensure that proposals are relevant and impactful for clients, projects, communities and the local economy. Emma has over 20 years’ experience of project development and delivery, working with a wide range of stakeholders including councils, education providers, social enterprises, neighbourhood groups and funders to deliver positive, measurable outcomes on projects.


Ailsa Watt

Sustainable Business Manager, Vodafone UK

  • With over a decade of experience in Sustainability, ESG and Corporate Social Responsibility, Ailsa began her career via an employability programme for those with barriers to employment and is now currently working as a Sustainable Business Manager at Vodafone UK. Her role now is to support Vodafone’s customers and clients in the delivery of social value and sustainability benefits. She is passionate about the importance of businesses operating responsibility, promoting social mobility and protecting the planet.

Andrew Yates

Leonardo

  • Alison helps organisations across multiple sectors to refine social value strategies that are authentic to their business; helping them to find the right measurement partners and the pairings with VCSEs that can bring social value to life in their communities. As a strategic communications consultancy, Lexington helps bring local stories to life with narratives that reach customers, media and political audiences, while bringing your employees on the journey of social value. Alison’s previous experience includes advising on sustainability for political audiences, working on clean energy and natural environment policy in Government, and leading on corporate partnerships in an environmental NGO

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Nadir Zulfugarov

Senior Procurement Executive, Social Value Portal

  • With over 10 years of experience in public procurement, primarily within local government, and nearly three years at the Social Value Portal, Nadir specialise in evaluation of social value tender submissions and driving value-driven procurement strategies. His expertise lies in ensuring compliance, fairness and transparency of evaluation processes and delivering meaningful social impact through procurement practices.