As Managing Director of KFM, Preeya Bailie brings extensive leadership experience and a strong track record of delivering transformative commercial strategies across the NHS and wider healthcare sector.

A respected leader in public sector procurement, Preeya is known for driving initiatives that prioritise sustainability, transparency, and value for money. Prior to joining KFM, she held senior leadership roles at NHS Improvement and NHS England, where she was instrumental in establishing the Provider Transformation & Operational Model and laying the foundations of the NHS Central Commercial Function.

She led the first National Energy Agreement, advanced the Commercial Efficiencies & Optimisation Programme and led the successful rollout of a single e-commerce system across the NHS. Her leadership on the Net-Zero Supplier Roadmap reflects her deep commitment to environmental responsibility and ethical, modern slavery-free supply chains aligned with the NHS’s 2045 net-zero goal.

A passionate advocate for collaboration, Preeya has brought together the national commercial community through strategic forums and capability-building programmes.

At KFM, a wholly owned subsidiary supporting the NHS and wider healthcare sector, Preeya is focused on driving innovation, ensuring value for money, and reinvesting benefits and cost savings to enhance patient care. Under her leadership, KFM is strategically positioned for sustainable growth, while remaining agile and responsive to the evolving needs of the health service.

Andrew is a partner and head of procurement within Hempsons’ specialist procurement law team. He has over 21 years’ experience of working with the NHS to provide pragmatic advice on running defensible procurement processes/defending procurement law challenges, and advising bidders on improving their chances of success/challenging processes.

Andrew led the team that worked alongside the NHSE policy team and NHSE legal team, advising on the development of the PSR and that supported 3 Trusts for the procurement of a pathology managed service contract, for which we won Best Legal Services Partnership with the NHS’ at the 2024 HSJ Partnership Awards.

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Andrew led on the successful and timely delivery of one of the first innovation partnership procedures under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and regularly advises on designing and structuring processes, drafting procurement documentation, and defending procurement law challenges. He also acted for the commissioner in defending the first NHS v NHS procurement challenge to reach the courts.

When acting for bidders, Andrew seeks to challenge processes, looking at areas where the bidder has been discriminated against. He has successfully overturned a number of procurement processes on behalf of bidders. Andrew successfully advised the two trusts in Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust & Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Lancashire County Council [2018] EWHC 1589 (TCC).

Mary is a Partner at Capsticks and is the Head of Procurement and Deputy Head of Healthcare. Mary leads the procurement team and advises clients on a range of public procurement matters from day to day issues through to complex and strategic processes and procurement challenges. Mary also advises bidders. Mary regularly delivers training to clients and speaks at conferences on procurement. Mary has been supporting clients to implement the changes brought in under the Procurement Act 2023 and she has also advised on a number of processes under the Provider Selection Regime. Mary has previously worked in-house at NHS Supply Chain advising on the setting up of various framework agreements for health supplies. She therefore has in depth experience of working closely with public sector procurement teams in a fast paced environment.

An experienced commercial and procurement professional, Lois has supported various transformation programmes across the NHS. She is a Chartered Fellow of CIPs and currently leads the Commercial Capability and Best Practice team in NHS England’s Central Commercial Function. Lois also supports the delivery of the Strategic Framework for NHS Commercial to build a world class commercial function for our health system by leading on a number of interventions. Experienced in leading teams to deliver requirements in a proactive and innovative way, Lois is well respected across the commercial community and wider health network.

Barbara is an experienced procurement and commercial professional. Having worked in the NHS at local, regional and national roles for over 15 years and in the private sector for seven years prior, she specialises in leading large scale strategic programmes and creating more efficient processes and practices. She is currently responsible for delivering the NHS commercial capability programme that includes the transformational NHS Commercial Learning & Development Centre of Excellence which will eliminate disparity in investment and access to learning for the NHS commercial community.

Policy lead for Medical Technology & Innovation with responsibility for the implementation of the Government's inaugural Medical Technology Strategy published February 2023 and key commitments under the 10 Year Health Plan and Life Science Sector Plan published July 2025. Key initiatives include: Design for Life programme, Innovative Devics Access Pathway, Rules Based Pathway, Value Based Procurement guidance, MedTech Compass comparison system, National Product Information Management system, Reform of £1.6bn Part IX Drug Tariff.  Former Chief Procurement Officer at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust – a position held for 21 years – and double winner of the Supply Chain Excellence Award in 2008 and 2021.

Karen Conway advances the role of supply chain to achieve a value-based healthcare system that optimizes the cost and quality of care, while improving both equity and sustainability in care delivery. She applies her knowledge of supply chain operations and systems thinking to align data and processes to improve health outcomes and the performance of organizations upon which an effective healthcare system depends. In 2020, Conway provided closing remarks for a G20 Summit pre-event on leadership to achieve sustainability in the health sector; she has also led the supply chain curricula at recent summits on health system recovery, health equity and ESG.
Conway is former national chair of AHRMM, the supply chain association for the American Hospital Association, and an honorary member of HCSA. She currently serves on the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) and the working group on forced labor in the healthcare supply chain. She has also served on the GS1 Global Healthcare Leadership Team and on the healthcare advisory board for CAPS Research.
Conway is a co-author of Strategic Management of the Healthcare Supply Chain (Wiley, 2023) and Leading from the Edge, a best-selling book on global leadership (ATD Press, 2013). Conway holds a masters in the Science of Healthcare Delivery from Arizona State University and a bachelors degree from The Colorado College.

Dr. Chung is Chief Medical Officer of Advantus Health Partners, an end-to-end supply chain company owned by Bon Secours Mercy Health in the US and Ireland. He is board certified in surgery and has practiced for over 20 years. He is a Certified Physician Executive and Past Chair of the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM).

Peter was born and raised near Sunderland, and after graduating from Cambridge, started his procurement career at Mars Confectionery. He was then was Procurement Director for Dun & Bradstreet Europe, the UK Department of Social Security, and NatWest Group. He was elected a Fellow of CIPS and was President in 2003. He founded his consulting firm, Procurement Excellence Ltd. in 2004 and worked extensively in the public sector, becoming a Senior Adviser to the National Audit Office. He has been a non-executive director in two large public sector organisations and now fills that role with a private company. From 2010-18 was Managing Editor of the Spend Matters Europe website, and has written five books, including “Bad Buying”, published by Penguin Business, and “Procurement with Purpose – How organizations can change the way they spend money NOW to protect the planet and its people”. His most recent book is NOT about procurement but he writes regularly on procurement topics for various websites and publications and also lectures at Skema Business School in France.

Aldo Santo is the current President of the Association of Healthcare Supply and Procurement Officers (AHSPO) in Australia.

In this capacity, he champions national initiatives aimed at advancing healthcare supply chain efficiency and procurement best practices.

In addition to his presidency, Aldo serves as a Steering Group Member of the Australian Medtech Manufacturing Alliance (AMMA)—a collaborative network that connects industry leaders and peak bodies to bolster Victorian SME medtech manufacturers. Through his involvement with AMMA, Aldo plays a vital role in promoting innovation in healthcare delivery and supporting the growth of Australian-made medical technology.

A passionate advocate for local industry and improved patient outcomes, Aldo is committed to strengthening procurement pathways and fostering meaningful collaboration between healthcare providers and medtech manufacturers.

Andrew Taylor is Chair of the Independent Panel on Patient Choice and Procurement. The Panel advises commissioners on disputes arising under the Provider Selection Regime, the bespoke procurement rules for healthcare services in England. Since the Panel’s establishment in January 2024, Andrew has chaired more than 20 reviews of provider selection decisions by ICBs, NHS trusts and local authorities. In addition to his role at the Panel, Andrew is a member of Ofgem’s Enforcement Panel and was until recently a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the UK’s specialist court for competition and regulatory matters. He was previously, amongst other roles, a co-founder and partner at Aldwych Partners, a boutique consultancy advising on competition and regulatory matters in healthcare and other sectors, and Director of the NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel.

Mark joined the National Health Service in 1978 and worked for the Mid Glamorgan Health Authority Supplies Department, later moving to WHTSO (which became the Welsh Health Common Services Authority).

In 1980, he joined the North West Regional Health Authority as a purchaser at Trafford Park Hospital. Following a move back to Wales as Head of Purchasing in East Dyfed Health Authority, he returned to WHCSA as Director of Materials Management with the creation of the Procurement Group in Wales. In 1996, he served as Director of Welsh Health Supplies following the market testing of the Contracting and Supply Chain services.

In 2011, Mark was appointed as the Director of the Procurement Division of the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership. The Division has over 500 staff across locations the length and breadth of Wales covering Sourcing, Supply Chain, Accounts Payable, Purchasing and Capital. Mark also has the responsibility for the Health Courier Service, following its transfer into NWSSP from Welsh Ambulance Service. Mark retired from this post in 2019 to take up the role of Programme Director focusing initially on Brexit and latterly the COVID Pandemic.

In 2012, Mark was honoured for a lifetime of outstanding achievement at the National Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards. He was recognised for his part in driving forward public procurement and making a real difference within the profession over an extended period of time and in 2017 he was awarded with a MBE.

Mark is Chair of Trustees for the HCSA and also a Trustee of the Wales Quality Centre.