Stephen Ashcroft BEng MSc MCIPS

Stephen heads up our training and development operations and gained his experience through a number of roles in industry on both ‘selling’ and ‘buying’ side. Stephen started his career with British Aerospace before moving into business development in electricalwholesale distribution, in a highly competitive price sensitive market. Stephen is a visiting lecturer at the University of Manchester on their Engineering Doctorate programme delivering negotiation skills training. He is Co-author of “Contracting in the Public Sector” and a contributor to the 8th Edition of “Purchasing and Supply Chain Management.”

He is a sought after speaker for events and has recently run eight workshops at the Guardian’s Public Procurement Show in June 2011 in London.