Experienced Public Procurement and Supply Chain Consultant, who provides advice and support to both public and private sector clients, handling a wide variety of procurement and supply chain challenges in the UK, the USA, South America, the Caribbean and the Middle and Far East.Delivery of numerous presentations on procurement regulation, policy and processes at numerous public sector tendering and training events covering a diverse range of procurement and supply chain topics, on behalf of both BiP Solutions and other organisations including the Scottish Government, the Procurement Advice and Support Service, CompeteFor, the Supplier Development Programme, the Higher Education Procurement Academy and many more.During a two-year secondment to the Scottish Government’s procurement policy team, supported the transposition of the new procurement legislation, created and delivered a comprehensive training programme on the legislative changes and also delivered support to the Government’s Single Point of Enquiry and their European Structural Funds Team.Before joining PASS, spent three years as Interoperability Manager for the UK Government’s Supply2.gov.uk service. During this time working with public sector organisations to increase the number of opportunities available to SMEs through the portal, and with business support organisations and trade associations to help the SME community take advantage of this resource.More recently, delivered a wide variety of procurement projects both in the UK and internationally, including providing UK defence exporters with a comprehensive guide to supplying the Japanese Ministry of Defence and wider defence sector (a Foreign and Commonwealth Office project); and delivery of a tailored procurement function to a UK contracting authority (including knowledge transfer, handbook and ongoing procurement support). Other recent projects include writing a Foundation Course on public procurement for the Caribbean region, on behalf of the Caribbean Development Bank and CIPS; creation and delivery of a supply chain engagement programme for EXPO 2020 Dubai; and ongoing responsibility as the Principal Supply Chain Consultant for the UK Governments CompeteFor Service. Currently delivering multiple projects for both contracting authorities and suppliers in the UK as well as creating eight new eLearning courses to support buyers and suppliers with training despite the restriction posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.