GO Awards Wales 2022/23 Judges
John Coyne
Director of Commercial and Procurement, Welsh Government
John Fitzgerald Coyne nicknamed ‘Fitzy’ is an expert at developing commercial strategy and skills for the modern business. Named after the 35th President of the United States he had the privilege of working closely with his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver a long-time advocate for children’s health and disability issues who founded the movement that became Special Olympics.
John began his career in the Irish tourism sector and in 1991 became the first ever Commercial Director at Liverpool FC where he was tasked with broadening the financial, commercial and business development aspects of the club.
After leaving Liverpool FC, John spent some time at Sports Wales before moving to the health sector where he has largely remained since.
John was most recently the Managing Director an NHS owned Teckal Company, SWFT Clinical Services Ltd. Here he managed a turnover of approximately £50m a year and 280 staff.
He’s appeared on ‘This is your Life’ and ‘Question Time’ and interviewed Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Cecelia Ahern and Colin Farrell for cover stories for the Irish Post newspaper, and once even presented to a President!
John is a keen runner and lives with his wife Lisa and daughter Darcy. He became the Director Commercial and Procurement for the Welsh Government in September 2021.
Mark Roscrow MBE
Programme Director, NHS Wales Shared Services
Mr. Roscrow 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. Since 1996, he served as Director of Welsh Health Supplies following the market testing of the Contracting and Supply Chain services. He serves as Member of Customer Board at DHL Supply Chain Limited.
In 2012, Mr. Roscrow 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.
Dr. Jane Lynch
Reader in Procurement and Supply Chain, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
Jane is a Reader in Procurement for the Logistics and Operations Management (LOM) section of Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University.
Jane’s subject areas for research and teaching include innovation and social public procurement, supply chain management, and collaboration. Jane is the strategic lead for Procurement Labs in a WEFO funded project, Infuse (Innovation of Future Public Services). Jane is Programme Director for the UK Government funded ‘Help to Grow Management’ programme delivered at Cardiff Buisness School aimed at supporting SMEs with business growth.
Additional Roles:
Member of IRSPP (international research study on public procurement)
Branch Chair of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) South Wales
Associate Director (MICW) of Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW), Cymru
Liz Lucas
Head of Customer and Digital Services, Caerphilly County Borough Council
Appointed to Head of Customer and Digital Service in 2018. Previously, Head of Procurement. Liz leads a team of 160 FTE’s who is responsible for the delivery of all services in relation Customer experience, Digital transformation, Procurement and Information Governance. During the last 20 years Liz has transformed Caerphilly’s procurement function, with a key emphasis on social and economic regeneration.
Chair of the Foundational Economy, challenge fund – expert panel, supporting WG in work around developing the Foundational Economy through procurement.
Scott Parfitt
Senior Lecturer Procurement Lead, University of South Wales
Grahame Steed
Content, Research and Communications Director, BiP Solutions
Grahame joined BiP Solutions in 2003 and has held the positions of Senior Executive Officer, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Sales and Marketing Director, MD for Media and Marketing Solutions and Director of Business Intelligence and eSourcing, Now, as Content, Research and Communications Director, Grahame is responsible for driving the growth of the business through the creation and delivery of the most accurate, relevant and actionable data, content and insight available.
Eddie Regan
Principal Consultant, PASS Procurement
Eddie is BiP Solutions’ Principal Procurement Consultant and working alongside the Client Services team, he frequently assists public sector organisations with clarification and interpretation of EU Directives and a wide variety of legislative issues. For the last 21 years Eddie has lectured regularly on procurement policy and processes at conferences and events, both on behalf of BiP and for a variety of other organisations. He also provides in-house training on the tendering process to personnel in both the public and private sectors
