Our UK National GO Awards 2025/26 Judges
We’re proud to work with some of the UK’s most respected procurement leaders as judges of the UK National GO Awards, and we’re genuinely grateful for the time, care and rigour they bring to the process.
Drawn from across the public and private sectors, our judging panel brings deep, real-world experience to every submission. Their insight ensures each entry is assessed fairly and transparently, while their involvement continues to strengthen the GO Awards’ reputation as the benchmark for excellence in public procurement across the UK.
Bahar Shahin
Director of Procurement
Queen Mary University of London
Carl Thomas
Implementation and Governance Lead
Welsh Government
Catherine Lund
Procurement Director
University Of South Wales
Dan Ebanks
Co-founder & CEO
Match My Project
Darren Knowd
Director, DRKnowd Ltd
Former Head of Procurement, Sales and Business Services at Durham County Council
David Kershaw
Founder and Managing Director
Posterity Global
Drew Frame
Head of Procurement
Northern Housing Consortium
Faye Dolan
Framework Director
Procure Partnerships
Hannah Quinn-Hill
Business Director
Michael Page
Jane Lynch
Professor in Procurement and Supply Chain, Cardiff Business School
Cardiff University
John Coyne
Director of Commercial & Procurement
Birmingham City Council
John Wallace
Director of Procurement
Clarion Housing
Julie O'Sullivan
Head of Commercial Procurement Services
Education Authority (NI)
Julie Welsh
Chief Executive Officer
Scotland Excel
Kobirul Islam
Commercial Lead - Government Commercial Office (GCO)
Cabinet Office
Linda O'Hare
Assistant Director, Procurement
BSO Procurement and Logistics Service
Liz Lucas
Head of Procurement, Customer and Digital Services
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Mark Roscrow
(Retired) Programme Director, Procurement Services
Matthew Perrott
Head of Commercial
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Nick Ford
Director of Procurement and Property
Scottish Government
Nikki Archer
Deputy Director, Head of Procurement and Commercial Policy and Strategy
Scottish Government
Paul Hansen
Head of Devolved Administrations and Nuclear
Crown Commercial Service
Paul Smith
Head of FrameWorx
FrameWorx
Preeya Baillie
Managing Director
KFM
Dr. Rebecca Rees
Partner/Head of Procurement
Trowers & Hamlins
Roy Bell
Consultant
Business to Business Ireland
Simon Brindle
Director, Commercial and Procurement
Welsh Government
Victoria Cope
Chief Procurement Officer and Commercial Director
MOD Defence Digital
