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Julie Ennis is CEO of Sodexo’s Corporate Services business across the UK & Ireland and also holds the position of Country President for Ireland. 

In her combined roles, Julie has responsibility for leading the Sodexo corporate services business across the UK & Ireland as well as the corporate governance and directorial responsibility for the various business segments that operate across the Republic and Northern Ireland.

Sodexo Group is the global leader in services that improve Quality of Life - an essential factor in individual and organisational performance. Operating in 67 countries, Sodexo serves 100 million consumers each day through its unique combination of On-site Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services.

With over 11,500 employees in over 600 locations in the region’s corporate services segment, Sodexo provides clients with an integrated offering from workplace strategy & design, food services, cleaning, concierge to asset management, security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling clients to focus on their core business.

Prior to joining Sodexo, Julie held numerous senior management roles with Bank of Ireland in sales, proposition development, strategy and operations for various divisions of the Group.

Julie is a strong advocate of diversity & inclusion, having held roles on Bank of Ireland’s LGBT+ and Gender Balance networks.

An MBA graduate of the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Julie holds many Board / Committee positions, to name a few:

• Board member of Sodexo Ireland Limited

• Board member of Sodexo Finance DAC

• Board member of The Executive Institute of Ireland

• Committee Member, Leader’s Group on sustainability- BITCI

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Dawn is Chair of the Kiln Theatre in London, and Vice Chair of the London Marathon Charitable Trust.  She is a Director of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) and a member of the Advisory Boards of the Institute of Policy Research at the University of Bath and RAND Europe. 

Dawn was the Chief Executive of The National Lottery Community Fund from 2013-2020 where she responsible for the effective distribution of c£600m of National Lottery funding each year and for delivering the Fund’s Strategic Framework, People in the Lead.

Prior to joining the Fund, Dawn was Chief Executive of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and was previously Deputy Director of the British Museum, Project Director for Tate Modern and a Principal Consultant at KPMG. She began her career in fringe theatre.

She was previously a Trustee of the Historic Royal Palaces and of the Woodland Trust. She has an MBA from the London Business School and an honorary doctorate from London Metropolitan University.  She was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Queen Mary University in 2019 where she also chairs SKETCH, a student led initiative to develop local social enterprises.

In her spare time she gardens, practices yoga badly, and is a dedicated Gooner.

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John C. Rood John Rood has over 30 years of experience in national security positions in the U.S. Government and the private sector in international business and aerospace and defense. He served as a senior official at the Defense Department, State Department, White House/National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in Congress as a staffer in the U.S. Senate, and as an executive at Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Mr. Rood has been an Associate at SMA consulting since March 2020

In addition to his work at SMA, Mr. Rood serves as Chairman of the Board and Security Director of Radisson Hospitality, Inc. He is also CEO of John Rood and Associates LLC where he assists clients with growth strategies and government relations in the U.S. and overseas. From January 2018 to February 2020, Mr. Rood served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy where he led formulation and coordination of national security policy within the Department of Defense as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense for such matters. He managed a team of over 2,100 civilians and military service members and was responsible for building partnerships and defense cooperation with U.S. allies, including overseeing the $55B foreign military sales program and export controls

Mr. Rood managed implementation of strategies, including the National Defense Strategy resulting in a new focus on addressing the implications of growing competition among the world’s great powers. He oversaw development of a new cyber strategy, authorities, and approach; a space strategy for the newly-established Space Force; completion of the Missile Defense Review; Nuclear Posture Review; and a counter-terrorism strategy for the defeat of ISIS. Prior to serving as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Mr. Rood worked for nearly a decade in the private sector. From March 2016 to January 2018, he was Senior Vice President of Lockheed Martin International where he was a corporate officer and direct report to the Chairman and CEO charged with leading business growth and industrial partnerships in more than 70 countries. He also served as Vice President for Corporate Domestic Business Development at Lockheed Martin. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Mr. Rood was VP for U.S. Business Development at Raytheon from 2009 to 2014, where he managed teams in Washington, DC and 28 field offices responsible for growing the business, preparing market assessments, and managing customer relationships

From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Rood served at the State Department as Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security. He was responsible for policy on countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missiles, arms control, nuclear weapons, security cooperation with other nations, and export controls. He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation. In two tours at the White House/National Security Council from 2005 to 2006 and 2001 to 2003, he served under President George W. Bush as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterproliferation Strategy, and Director for Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation, and Homeland Defense

From 2003 to 2005, Rood served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces Policy, where he was responsible for the development and oversight of policy and programs related to U.S. nuclear and conventional strategic forces, missile defenses, and space systems. Earlier in his career, Mr. Rood worked as Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona and as a Fellow for Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi on the Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on International Security. From 1988 to 1999, Rood served in a variety of positions as an analyst at the CIA, including following missile programs in foreign countries. 

Mr. Rood holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Arizona State University.

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Every year, UK Government buys some £292billion of services from the private sector. The post brexit UK government procurement measures, was developed over the last 15 months by a team of specialists in international procurement. The principles and journey is set out in a green paper. The WHAT is out there. We need conversations around SO WHAT, WHY and shape the future WHAT!

Please read Baachu Summary here while listening to the session- Green Paper on UK public sector procurement published - (baachu.com)

We have a once in a generation opportunity following Brexit for a reset and re-think about what kind of society we want to emerge from this crisis. The New Beginning can only be achieved through conversations and sharing our views.

Respond to Green Paper consultation to [email protected]

Time line

0.0 - 0.35 - Podcast Intro Music (Tamil Parai)
1.00 - 2.10 - About Baachu
2.10 - 2.50  - Agenda, Baskar Sundaram and Disclaimer
2.53 - 4.10  - GPA
4.10 - Green Paper Intro
5.30 - 7 principles of Green Paper
6.55 - 3 Procurement Procedures in Green Paper
8.00 - Dynamic Procurement System (DPS+)
9.30 - Frameworks in Green Paper
10.35  - MEAT (Most Economically Advantageous Tender) to MAT (Most Advantageous Tender)
11.00 - Single supplier registration platform
12.45 - Social Value Model
13.35 - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Vs Tender based 10% social value
14.22 - Baachu UN Sustainability Goals
14.50 - Current Thresholds
15.35 - Reserve the procurement by supplier location & Reserve the procurement for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) / Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs) Link - New plans set out to transform procurement, providing more value for money and benefitting small business - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
18.00 - Find a Tender Portal - Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk) and Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/
19.16 - Other Portals
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/
https://etendersni.gov.uk/
20.44 - Summary
23.22 - Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk on 0345 410 2222 or [email protected]
23.35 - Watch the recording in YOUTUBE from Martin Traynor, Cabinet Office Crown Rep session - UK Public Procurement With Martin Traynor, Cabinet Office Crown Rep - YouTube
23.54 - Podcast Outro Music (Tamil Parai)

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Michael Nationality - British

Born - 1959

Age - 61

Years in the family business - 40

Managing Director for 25 years

Currently CEO - for 15 years now

Went to Roan Grammar School for Boys at 11 through to 16 years old.

First worked at age 16 as a petrol pump attendant whilst waiting for my joining date for the Army.

Spent 4 years in the Army, serving 4 tours in Northern Ireland and left aged 20. Joined the family business which provides commercial office cleaning and support services which my Father started in 1968. The Army was great for helping me understand teams, people and disciplines. 

Aged at only 22 my Father passed away and I had to assume leadership in very different and challenging times back in the early 1980's.

I got married at 23 and have 3 children. 

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Cheryl is the Executive Director HMPPS, responsible for Prison Reform. She joined the MOJ in 2013  with over 30 years Business and Commercial experience gained from the Private and Public Sectors. She has held a series of leadership posts with organisations such as the MoJ, Accenture, DXC, Fujitsu, NatWest, and the Metropolitan Police Service. She also is a Non-Executive Director for Government Facility Services Limited (GFSL).

In her current role at HMPPS she leads on the following portfolios:

•  Delivering Workforce Reform
• Future development of Offender Management and Rehabilitative Culture
• Medium Term Planning Programme (from COVID-19 to Recovery)
• A review of Prisons as a High Reliability Organisation
• Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for the delivery of 2 major HMPPS Digital and Technology Programmes 
• Prisons Technology Transformation Programme (PTTP)
• Prisons In-Cell Technology Programme
•    Managing the supply and demand of PPE to HMPPS in response to COVID-19 

From an MOJ-wide perspective, Cheryl is a Race Champion and the Chair of the Diverse Leadership Taskforce.   

Cheryl has been a Non-Executive Director for GFSL since it’s set up in February 2018.  In addition to working with the other Non-Executives in support of the Executive Board, Cheryl is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee (ARAC) and chairs the Remuneration Committee (RemCo).

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Susan Sutherland is the head of market intelligence for JLL’s Corporate Solutions product organization. In this role, she leads a global team that researches key factors that drive product strategy – around market opportunities, competitor analysis, industry trends and more. 

Previously, she spent over 5 years as the Head of Corporate Solutions Research for Asia Pacific at JLL, based in Singapore. In this role, she oversaw global and regional research and consultancy projects around trends and themes that impact corporate real estate, including the future of work and flexible workspace.  She also co-led JLL’s regional research on flexible space, and has led direct client engagement with investor and corporate clients around Asia Pacific on the topic.   Susan has presented at numerous industry forums, including IFMA, RICS, Corenet and the Coworking Forum, and has been interviewed by trade and business press including the Business Times and Straits Times (Singapore), Nikkei Asian Review and Korea Economy Chosun.  

Prior to JLL, Susie worked for over 8 years for McKinsey and Company in the United States and United Kingdom, latterly as a research specialist for the infrastructure and real estate practice, working with clients around the world and across the property life cycle.  

Susan holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from Wellesley College (USA) and a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA). 

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