Our Speakers

Lindsay Maguire

Lindsay is the Deputy Director for Procurement Reform Implementation at the Cabinet Office, responsible for ensuring the new Procurement Act is implemented effectively across the whole of the public sector. Previously, she was head of Engagement for the Procurement Bill and had a role in shaping elements of reform policy. She joined the Government Commercial Organisation in 2016, initially working as Senior Category Leader for the employment and labour market in DWP and subsequently as Head of Small Business Policy at Cabinet Office, working with all central government departments and SMEs to break down barriers to entry. Prior to joining the civil service, she gained 10+ commercial experience from the private sector, working in the aerospace, construction and FMCG sectors for both large multinationals and SMEs, including spending 5 years abroad in Germany, Netherlands and Canada working on complex projects.

Sarah Eastlake

Sarah is the Implementation Lead for the Cabinet Office Transforming Public Procurement programme, she works in the programme implementation team supporting central government departments in their readiness to implement the new regime.

She has worked on the programme since June 2021 and was previously the project manager for the Learning and Development roll out.

Her background is in delivering projects and programmes and implementing change initiatives for the Cabinet Office’s Government Commercial Function. She has also worked as a contract manager and commercial business partner in her previous Civil Service roles.

Richard Hassett

Richard was formally a senior policy adviser on the Act, and is now back working for his primary department, the Crown Commercial Service, as Head of Contracting Policy, where he is supporting CCS in utilising the flexibilities of the Act for the benefit of their customers.

Richard's focus in the Act was on the commercial tools, KPIs, intra UK procurements and the transitional arrangements.

Richard has worked previously in the Cabinet Office, in a number of roles, including in spend controls, as well as HMT, what is now the IPA (originally MPA), as well as CCS’ predecessor organisations.

Adam Hill

Adam has been a Civil Servant for over fifteen years working on a number of policy areas. Specialising in delivering digital projects that are user friendly and intuitive, he is currently the Head of PMO for the Central Digital Platform Digital Delivery team within the Cabinet Office and is responsible for the Find a Tender (FTS) and Contracts Finder (CFS) services. Prior to joining the Civil Service, Adam worked for a number of private sector Facilities Management companies. While Adam's photo was taken before he joined the civil service, he likes to think he hasn't aged that much.

Olivia Bush

Olivia is the Digital Policy Lead for the Transforming Public Procurement Programme, working in the transparency and open contracting team.

Olivia’s role is to translate and support between the legal and policy requirements for all the digital teams and our customers.

Olivia’s background is in policy and data for the public and third sectors.

Procurement Act 2023: Post Go live Review and Open Q&A with experts