Stephen Dickinson

Formerly Director of Procurement at the South West London Procurement Alliance and Head of Purchasing for Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, Stephen has implemented considerable development in procurement management during his career of almost 40 years in the NHS, leading both hospital-based and multi-authority teams. He has worked closely on ensuring that equality and diversity and procurement goals are aligned through effective procurement and commissioning, including contributing to the DH Mosaic project. He has a particular interest in the development of small businesses within service provision to public authorities and has worked on SME compliance with the public contract regulations and ensuring value for money. Stephen has lectured on both graduate and postgraduate courses in public sector procurement and commercial relationships.

David Lawson

Head of Procurement, Guy's & St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust

Clare Tunnicliffe

Clare is currently a Category Manager in the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency and has been working within government procurement since 1997. Prior to joining NHS PASA Clare was Head of Supply Management Division where she had both operational and strategic responsibilities for procurement and supply chain activities including the outsourcing of the pharmaceutical and dental supply chains, category management development and e-purchasing initiatives. On joining PASA in 2006 Clare initially was responsible for the development of an innovative service model for prosthetics and has recently taken over managing the gas, oil and coal areas to focus on service development, key supplier management and commercial intelligence. Clare’s experience of health is not limited to procurement as she is a registered pharmacist and held posts in pharmacy in the NHS, Royal Army Medical Corps and the commercial sector.

Roger West

Roger has been Procurement Director at NHS Supply Chain since March 2007, following a varied career across a wide spectrum of industries encompassing manufacturing, engineering, sales and procurement. Following an early career in manufacturing, he worked for 12 years in sales with IBM, delivering complex systems integration projects.  He then moved into the retail sector, working for Asda as Commercial Manager, after which he took up a consultancy role, initially specialising in facilities management and infrastructure procurement. He later worked for Coopers and Lybrand, Ernst and Young and Capgemini. Roger has worked for a wide range of public and private sector clients in a consultancy capacity, including HM Revenue and Customs and NHS Scotland, helping them to deliver procurement and supply chain excellence.