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June 2008 –
Hilton
Caledonian, Edinburgh
Conference
Speakers
CHAIRMAN
– Grahame Steed
Managing Editor,
Government Opportunities |
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Grahame
joined Glasgow-based BiP Solutions Ltd as
Production Director in 2003, following 13
years as a Magazine Editor, Publisher and
latterly Publishing Director at EMAP plc.
He is responsible for the Media Department
at BiP, which includes the Contracts, Communications
and Design teams that are responsible for
producing Government Opportunities magazine
and MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin. |
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KEYNOTE
SPEAKER – John Swinney MSP
Cabinet
Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth,
Scottish Government
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John joined the SNP in 1979 and has held a
number of posts at local and national levels.
He was elected MP for North Tayside in 1997
and MSP in 1999, retaining a dual mandate
as MP and MSP until 2001. He became the SNP's
Deputy Leader in 1998. In 2000, John was elected
SNP Leader, becoming Leader of the Opposition
in the Scottish Parliament. He stood down
as SNP Leader in 2004 and became Convener
of the Scottish Parliament's European and
External Relations Committee. |
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KEYNOTE
SPEAKER – Shaun McCarthy
Director, Action
Sustainability |
| Shaun
is a leading advocate of sustainable business
practices. Having had lengthy careers with
Shell UK and BAA, he has more than 20 years'
experience in commercial business and has
spent the past ten years as a senior manager,
specialising in sustainable purchasing and
construction and assessing the impact of major
infrastructure business on climate change.
Up until December 2006, as BAA Head of Utilities
and Sustainability for supply, construction
and ethical procurement, Shaun was accountable
for leading the sustainable development agenda
across the company’s yearly two million
tonne carbon footprint, 10 billion capital
programme and £1.6 billion supply chain.
Shaun is an Honorary Commissioner with the
London Sustainable Development Commission
and chaired the 2012 Games Sub-Group in 2006.
He was a member of the Government-sponsored
Sustainable Procurement Task Force, which
was set up in May 2005, and published its
National Action Plan on sustainable public
procurement in June 2006. In pursuit of his
desire to promote sustainable procurement
practices in the UK, Shaun recently founded
Action Sustainability. He is one of three
Directors of this innovative social enterprise,
which provides a range of services from training
to policy advice to the Government and major
businesses. |
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Professor
Jim Baird
Caledonian Environment
Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University |
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Professor
Baird is Director of the Caledonian Environment
Centre, part of the School of the Built and
Natural Environment at Glasgow Caledonian
University. The Centre employs 20 specialist
researchers in the waste and resources area
but also, increasingly, in wider areas of
sustainability research, carbon management
and community engagement. It also manages
the Scottish Government’s Remade Scotland
Programme, and has developed recycling modelling
tools which have been used by most local authorities
in Scotland to bid for Strategic Waste Funding
from the Scottish Government totalling £1.5
billion. The models are now being developed
and applied to new aspects of local authority
waste streams, including carbon management.
Jim is a General Councillor of the Chartered
Institute of Wastes Management and is currently
its Scottish Chair. |
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Vince
Braint
Canon Business Solutions,
Canon UK Ltd |
| Vince
was appointed to the Board of Canon UK in
October 2003 as Marketing Director, and took
up the position of Director of Service and
Support in October 2004, where he is responsible
for the implementation of the overall strategy
of service within Canon Business Solutions.
Having worked for Canon since 1987, Vince’s
experience covers a number of roles within
the company. Significant positions include
a sales and marketing role within the Canon
Corporate Account channel as well as valuable
experience as a sales manager within a Canon
subsidiary company in the late 1990s. Having
moved from a sales role to the marketing department
in 2001, Vince became General Manager and
Head of Marketing for Business Solutions in
2002. Prior to this, Vince spent time in an
HR role for Canon UK after having worked as
a technical training manager. Vince joined
Canon as part of the field engineering team.
Vince qualified as an electrical and electronic
engineer to HND level following studies at
Portsmouth and The Royal Naval School of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering. |
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Paul
Caddick
Director, CLM Ltd |
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CLM
Ltd was originally formed in 1989 as a provider
of lighting maintenance to UK businesses.
In 1997, CLM Ltd was awarded the OGC (Office
of Government Commerce) buying.solutions framework
contract after a lengthy and demanding tender
process. This saw the business established
as a preferred supplier to over 20,000 government
organisations for electrical safety services.
A year later, the NHS awarded CLM Ltd their
PASA (Purchasing and Supply Agency) framework
based on quality and value for money. These
contracts cemented the business’s status
as industry leader and CLM Ltd is still the
only UK business to hold both of these prestigious
frameworks simultaneously. Nowadays, CLM Ltd
is a modern business with a huge national
resource and a significant portfolio of customers
in the public and private sectors. Each year
we help over 1000 UK organisations understand
and comply with stringent legislation and
ensure the safety of their people and assets.
Utilising state-of-the-art technology, including
measuring and monitoring equipment, thermal
technology and extensive visual inspection,
we are well-established as a leader in electrical
safety. |
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Susan
Clark
Deputy Project Director
for Edinburgh Trams |
| Susan
joined tie in January 2004
as Senior Project Manager for the Edinburgh
Airport Rail Link Project. She has been involved
in the early design and Parliamentary stage
of EARL and is currently involved in the design
and delivery stage of the Edinburgh Tram project.
In addition, she has worked on projects such
as park and ride sites and the Fastlink Guided
busway, which is the first of its kind in
Scotland. |
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Dave
Cook
Procurement Advisor,
Scottish Procurement Directorate and member
of Sustainable Procuerment Task Force |
| Dave
is a Policy Manager in the Scottish Procurement
Directorate, part of the Scottish Government.
He is a career civil servant who has spent
almost 25 years in a wide range of procurement
posts. He has been involved in the procurement
of a variety of goods and services, as well
as more strategic activities including the
extension of broadband internet services to
rural parts of Scotland and promoting and
extending the use of purchasing cards within
the former Scottish Executive. He has worked
in the Procurement Policy team for several
years where his main responsibility is to
promote, and give guidance on, sustainable
procurement across the Scottish public sector. |
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Sylvia
Gray
Sustainable Scotland
Network |
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Sustainable Scotland Network (SSN) is a network
of sustainable development officers and advocates
from Scottish local authorities. At the Network’s
core is a small development team, funded by
the Scottish Government, and hosted by Keep
Scotland Beautiful. Keep Scotland Beautiful
is an operating name of Environmental Campaigns
(Scotland). SSN exists to improve local government’s
contribution to achieving a sustainable Scotland;
supporting local government’s sustainable
development obligations under The Local Government
in Scotland Act (2003). We work toward this
aim by providing an effective support and
improvement service on sustainable development.
We work to support delivery of Scotland's
Sustainable Development Strategy and the Scottish
Government's Climate Change programme |
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Paul
Grice
Clerk and Chief
Executive, Scottish Parliament |
| Paul
is Clerk and Chief Executive of the Scottish
Parliament and principal adviser to the Presiding
Officer. He is also Governor of the University
of Stirling and Company Secretary of the Scotland’s
Futures Forum. Paul joined the Scottish Office
in 1992 after joining the Civil Service through
the ‘Fast Stream’ in 1985. He
took responsibility for the Referendum on
establishing the Scottish Parliament and subsequently
managing the Scotland Act. He was appointed
Clerk and Chief Executive of the Parliament
in summer 1999. |
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Neil
McCallum
Head of Procurement,
Facilities and Estates, SEPA |
| Neil
joined the Scottish Environmental Protection
Agency (SEPA) in 2007 after eight years as
a Director of an American bank consumer banking
group with specific responsibility for procurement
and facilities management. Neil is the team
leader for the SEPA’s participation
in the Local Authority Carbon Management Programme
and is currently working with the Central
Government Centre of Procurement Expertise
in developing sustainable procurement across
the sector. Neil is Chairman of Young Enterprise
Scotland Lanarkshire Area Board. |
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Amalia
Ochoa
ICLEI |
| Amalia
works for ICLEI (International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives) Eco-Procurement
Programme. She has a degree in economics from
the University of Sydney and has previously
worked in the Australian financial sector.
She has been working for the Eco-Procurement
Programme for the past year, initially on
the organisation of the EcoProcura Round Table. |
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Karen
Smith
New Initiatives
Manager Grampian Housing Group |
| After
leaving social work, Karen joined the SSHA
in 1982 as a graduate trainee. It was there
Karen leaned all her hands-on housing management
and she still relishes the very high standards
of good practice that were achieved, and which
are continued by the myriad of successive
housing associations. Karen now works for
Grampian Housing Association in the role of
New Initiatives Manager. Prior to this, she
achieved an MBA, built a visitor centre (Archaeolink),
and was an Investor in People advisor. She
has been with Grampian Housing Association
for seven years, and is actively involved
in running and developing social firm Solstice.
She has just written a report called Buying
for Good with Social Firms Scotland, which
is a practical toolkit for housing associations
to use when they seek to gain community benefits
from their procurement. |
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Peter
Tysoe
Procurement Manager,
Scottish Natural Heritage |
| After
leaving social work, Karen joined the SSHA
in 1982 as a graduate trainee. It was there
Karen leaned all her hands-on housing management
and she still relishes the very high standards
of good practice that were achieved, and which
are continued by the myriad of successive
housing associations. Karen now works for
Grampian Housing Association in the role of
New Initiatives Manager. Prior to this, she
achieved an MBA, built a visitor centre (Archaeolink),
and was an Investor in People advisor. She
has been with Grampian Housing Association
for seven years, and is actively involved
in running and developing social firm Solstice.
She has just written a report called Buying
for Good with Social Firms Scotland, which
is a practical toolkit for housing associations
to use when they seek to gain community benefits
from their procurement. |
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