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Michael Pace

Managing Director

NHS London Procurement Partnership

Michael Pace has recently been appointed as Managing Director at NHS London Procurement Partnership, with a focus on building a new vision and strategic direction for the organisation. He has a passion for the NHS, and is committed to ensuring that NHS LPP plays its part in delivering value and savings for the health sector. “Part of our strategic vision is to align objectives between NHS LPP customers and suppliers to ensure efficient synergies between supply and demand for the benefit of the NHS, patients and the public” Prior to accepting the role at NHS LPP, Michael was part of a senior category team responsible for the implementation of the new NHS Supply Chain Operating Model. His continued close working relationships with key stakeholders supports our organisational aim to ensure collaboration and partnership working. With over 30 years of senior procurement experience, Michael has led both global and UK-wide projects in the retail and manufacturing sectors before joining the NHS. Working in both the United Kingdom and North America, Michael’s approach has delivered significant savings for blue-chip clients and improved quality across all environments.
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Rose Gallagher

Professional Lead Infection Prevention and Control/AMR

Royal College of Nursing

Rose is The Professional Lead for Infection Prevention and Control and RCN lead for Sustainability at the Royal College of Nursing. Based in the Nursing Dept, she provides strategic leadership and specialist professional advice to the Royal College, its members and key stakeholders across the UK on Infection Prevention and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the implications for Nurses and Nursing. Rose is a member of the PHE Rapid Review Panel which evaluates products for use in the NHS on the basis of scientific evidence to support claims of improved efficiency or efficacy of infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions to reduce healthcare associated infections (HCAIs). Rose leads the RCN’s work on procurement through the ‘Small Changes Big Differences’ programme. Rose was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 90th Birthdays Honours list for services to Infection Prevention and Control in her role at the Royal College.
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Neil Hind

Procurement Lead, Corporate Services

Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership

Neil Hind is an experienced procurement professional currently leading on the procurement workstream for the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership. Previously he has held the roles of the Head of Procurement for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Head of Procurement at NHS England.
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Pia Larsen FCIPS

Director of Procurement & Supply Chain

UCLH Procurement & Supply Chain Directorate

Pia Larsen has had a career in the NHS spanning over 9 years, working at large acute trusts including The Royal Free London, Oxford University Hospitals and in recent years as the Director of Procurement & Supply Chain at UCLH. She has worked progressively to build a high performing, award winning team that has step changed the performance and reputation of procurement within UCLH. She is passionate about leadership, collaboration and diversity, founding UCLH’s first Women’s Network in 2016. Pia is committed to driving value to the organisations she works within through innovative and value driven procurement activities supported by a strong focus on people and engagement. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and the current Chair of the Shelford Procurement Director’s Group.
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Joe Lever MCIPS

Group Procurement Director

Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

As Group Procurement Director for Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, Joe is a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who seeks to deliver value for money through effective negotiations with suppliers and robust procurement processes which provide quality products/services at cost effective prices, as well as strong contract management with key suppliers. He is a skilled procurement professional who engages with key stakeholders to deliver innovative outcomes to ensure the delivery of the highest quality of healthcare for patients. Joe is vastly experienced in project management, ensuring that from project initiation the scheme is delivered and implemented to meet the expectations of customers.
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Preeya Baillie

Chief Procurement Officer

NHS Improvement

Preeya Bailie started her new role as the new Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at NHS Improvement in 2018, leading the delivery of Procurement improvements across providers for NHS Improvement. Preeya takes over from Kate Greenbank who has been leading in this role, as interim, since November last year. Preeya Bailie joins from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust where she was the Associate Director of Procurement, responsible for all non-pay expenditure excluding pharmacy. In her time at there, Preeya worked closely with all stakeholders to involve them in procurements, rationalisation of products, to switch to better value products and introduced new initiatives to save the trust £4.3million in her first year. Preeya brings a breadth of public sector procurement experience including the establishment of frameworks, outsourcing of services, setting up of joint ventures and programs for income generation. She has created and developed procurement functions. Preeya is a big advocate of the STP and collaboration, and has worked closely with her NHS colleagues to benefit from economies of scale where appropriate. We welcome her to the team at NHS Improvement and look forward to Preeya leading the NHS through the changes over the next few years and the delivery of significant Cost Improvement Programme Initiatives that are required.
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