Frank Feighan is Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation with special responsibility for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment.

Louise Masterson is the Head of Procurement at An Post. Louise is a professionally qualified, highly motivated, and enthusiastic leader responsible for setting a transformative procurement strategy and leading a core team across a wide spectrum of categories. Under her leadership, the Procurement function aligns with the overall Company Strategy and delivers value for money in line with best practices and across National and EU regulations. She is a natural ‘Champion of Change’ with strategic and pragmatic commercial awareness and is a passionate advocate for Innovation and Sustainability.

The Irish Prison Service expenditure on non-pay items including suppliers, works and services amounts to approximately €98 million per annum.

This expenditure extends across a diverse range of products that include highly complex building projects, security equipment, medicines, victualling, uniforms, professional services and ICT.

Tenders for Irish Government contracts, including those for the Irish Prison Service, are advertised through the Irish Government Tenders Website.

Procurement Consultant and Trainer – Jeanne is passionate about promoting the role of procurement in the public and utility sectors throughout the EU. Having successfully established a consulting and training business with a reputation for getting the job done, she is now focused on growing the Greenville brand and range of services to meet the current challenges facing the market including reduced supplier bases, growing costs, Brexit and effective contract management, all of which will doubtless have a major impact on Irish society in the years ahead.

Kevin Logan is a procurement professional with 25 years of experience across Health, Local Government, and Social Housing, For the last 12 years, he has focused on procurement in the social housing sector, ensuring value for money and the development of sustainable Procurement.

Currently Assistant Director of Procurement at the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE), Kevin helps shape procurement strategies that put social value at the heart of their delivery models.

Previously, while at Clanmil Housing, he played a key role in winning the Inaugural Procurex Ireland Go Award for Sustainable Procurement, highlighting his commitment to Social Value, responsible and ethical procurement.

Senior procurement leader with 15+ years’ experience in governance, systems transformation, and analytics across complex, regulated public sector organisations. MCIPS (Chartered Status) qualified, with a proven ability to design and embed frameworks, policies, and digital tools that drive compliance, efficiency, and cultural change.

Lizzie is a recognized expert in sustainable procurement, having co-designed and implemented Northern Ireland’s regional social value approach in public procurement. With over 7 years of hands-on experience, Lizzie is skilled in translating policy into actionable sustainability initiatives, building partnerships, and driving measurable environmental and social outcomes.

Lizzie has authored several sustainable procurement toolkits and has delivered sustainability training and consultancy to every government department and council in Northern Ireland, over 18 arms’ length bodies, and more than 250 businesses and VCSE organisations across Ireland, in order to help organisations make meaningful strides toward their sustainability goals.

David Meehan serves as a Deputy Director of the Cartels Division at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Since joining the CCPC in 2023, he has overseen the division’s competition enforcement and surveillance functions. Before his tenure at the CCPC, David spent 18 years with An Garda Síochána, dedicating much of his service to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau—the specialist unit responsible for investigating serious and complex economic crime.

Established in 1989, Coillte is proud to be the custodian of 440,000 hectares or 7% of Ireland’s land. This is primarily forested land and makes Coillte Ireland's largest forest manager and largest provider of outdoor recreation. Coillte also develops green energy projects, produces panel boards and delivers nature conservation projects of scale. Coillte is focused on delivering the multiple benefits from it's forests and land for climate, nature, wood and people.

Coillte is part of a wider forestry sector, that together manages approximately 11% of Ireland's land, supports 12,000 jobs and contributes €2.3bn to the economy annually. Our purpose is to manage the state forests on behalf of the people of Ireland.

Gillian is a Chartered Fellow of CIPS and has over 30 years’ experience as a procurement professional across the public and private sectors, alongside founding and leading small businesses and social enterprises. As co-founder of Love Me Tender, she is working at the forefront of AI-enabled procurement, developing technology that improves efficiency, transparency, and access to public sector opportunities. Love Me Tender is undertaking extensive research into the ethical and responsible use of AI in procurement, with a focus on governance, bias, and real-world deployment in regulated environments. Gillian’s work bridges policy, practice, and technology, bringing a practical, future-focused perspective to how procurement must evolve.

Mike is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply. Following a successful career in the Civil Service and NHS, Mike set up his own training and consultancy business, Perigean Ltd, where he continues to train and advise on procurement, contract, and supplier-related matters. Mike is an enthusiastic and accomplished professional with a good balance of academic rigour and pragmatic, real-world experience and is a founding member of the Love Me Tender team.