Sam Markey

Sam Markey has pioneered Connected Places Catapult’s work on innovation procurement since 2019, leading to the creation of the IPEC in 2022. With a background in local (London Borough of Barnet) and central...

Rikesh Shah

Rikesh Shah is an innovation expert, guest lecturer at the Royal College of Arts and Harvard University, non-executive advisor at Cities Today, London Transport Museum and See.Sense who joined CPC...

Oishee Kundu

Oishee is an honorary researcher at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, supporting research on innovative and strategic public procurement. She finished her PhD at the Alliance Manchester Business School (University...

Prof Fumi Kitagawa

Professor Fumi Kitagawa holds Chair in Regional Economic Development at City Region Economic and Development Institute (City–REDI), University of Birmingham in the UK. She has conducted research related to regional...

Prof Elvira Uyarra

Elvira Uyarra, a Professor of Innovation Studies at Alliance Manchester Business School and Director of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, focuses on public procurement of innovation. Her research, featured...

Nick Woodward

Nick Woodward is Academic Engagement Manager and has been working with IPEC’s Academic Partners predominantly through CRISPP (Consortium for Research in Innovative and Strategic Public Procurement) since 2018, which is...