Creating value for & investing in our communities
This pioneering start-up led to Procure Plus, now a market leader in the housing procurement field, buying over £200m of goods and services annually.
Our long experience means we know the sector inside-out. We’re owned by social housing providers and our board members all come from the landlords that we serve – housing is in our DNA. And we’re not-for-profit, so any surplus we make goes straight back into our communities to train and develop people who find themselves distanced from the employment market. Over the last five years, we’ve helped more than 2,500 people into work.
We are from and for housing, so understand the challenges social housing providers face and are here to support them, sharing best practice and information at every stage. With our dedication and expertise, we make a real difference to our communities, one project and individual at a time.
Our passion lies in innovating solutions to stay ahead of market demand, ensuring value, transparency and quality. With ever evolving systems to support innovation and keep pace with an ever-changing market.
About Us and Our Culture
Our People
Mike Brogan
Chief Executive
Mike began his career with a national financial services provider, working at a senior level in sales and operations management. In 1999, he decided to give something back to the community and began working with Grosvenor Housing Association, helping the organisation to build social enterprises. It was one of these ventures which became the seminal project for what is now Procure Plus Holdings Limited.
Mike’s professional experiences during the past years with Procure Plus – focussing on socio and economic regeneration – has led to his working with Cabinet Office, Homes and Communities Agency and HM Treasury as an advisor and member of several task forces in this field.
Gwen Beeken
Managing Director
Gwen Beeken
Managing Director
Gwen joined Procure Plus in November 2008, working with clients to deliver Decent Homes projects. Since that time, the company has grown significantly, expanding the service offer, bringing in house supply chain management, operational support, procurement and systems development.
Motivated by the desire to improve what we deliver, Gwen has fulfilled a number of key roles in delivering these changes and as Managing Director is now responsible for ensuring its continuing success.
Motivated by the desire to improve what we deliver, Gwen has fulfilled a number of key roles in delivering these changes and as Managing Director is now responsible for ensuring its continuing success.
Denis Garvey
Finance Director
Denis Garvey
Finance Director
Denis joined Procure Plus in March 2019. Since then, the Procure Plus Group has grown significantly to a medium size group which has necessitated a doubling of the size of the finance team. Denis is responsible for the financial management of this diverse group that includes a Commercial Procurement business and a Charity.
Denis is an experienced senior finance professional with strong commercial skills. He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland with nearly 20-years PQE and has a history of delivering high levels of service to key stakeholders, external and internal customers.
Denis is an experienced senior finance professional with strong commercial skills. He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland with nearly 20-years PQE and has a history of delivering high levels of service to key stakeholders, external and internal customers.
Denis has a background in Audit & Corporate Finance before moving into working for two private equity backed organisations. Both organisations went through transactions during his periods of employment. Denis has strong financial modelling and big data analysis skills.
Katie Taylor
Business Support Manager
Katie Taylor
Business Support Manager
Katie joined Procure Plus in September 2011, to lead the business support service across the Procure Plus Group ensuring the delivery of effective organisational support across the business and supporting the wider Leadership Team in maintaining Procure Plus’ exemplary workplace culture by implementing working practices that support the attraction, development, and retention of a talented workforce and foster a positive working environment.
Since 2014, Katie has taken on the position of Company Secretary for the Procure Plus Group. In this capacity, she has played a key role in establishing the governance arrangements for the group's subsidiary charity. Her role also extends to providing effective governance support services to the Chair, the Board of Directors, and the Chief Executive.
Matt Jarratt
Operations Lead
Matt Jarratt
Operations Lead
Matt is the operations lead at Procure Plus leading the team responsible for the procurement and delivery of £250m of investment works and services per year across the housing and public sector. His team of specialists utilise the collective volume and knowledge of their customers to understand the market and drive continuous improvement from their exposure to it. This procurement activity is used to support regeneration in the local communities through a variety of social value initiatives with a particular emphasis on supporting people who are distant from the labour market into jobs.
Matt is a chartered building surveyor and prior to joining Procure Plus in April 2010 he worked in a range of construction and development roles across the public and private sectors.
Simon Fowler
Independent Chair
Simon Fowler
Simon enjoyed an extensive career at the John Lewis Partnership for 34 years in numerous senior roles including Managing Director of both London Flagship department stores – Peter Jones, Sloane Square and John Lewis, Oxford Street. Most latterly Simon held the post of Group Director of Communications, operating at Executive Director level.
Simon was Chairman of the Employee Ownership Association for 10 years, an influential organisation that works in close partnership with its members to champion, promote and provide insight into the business case for employee ownership. Simon now enjoys a portfolio career.
Simon was Chairman of the Employee Ownership Association for 10 years, an influential organisation that works in close partnership with its members to champion, promote and provide insight into the business case for employee ownership. Simon now enjoys a portfolio career.
Simon is currently Chair of Aquascot, a quality seafood processor based in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, a Member and Director of The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, an Executive Coach with the Government inspired organisation, Be the Business and co-founder of Eshe Honey, an artisan beekeeping and honey company.
Simon was born in Thailand, spending his early years in Central Africa before moving to live in the Cotswolds. He read Biology at Portsmouth University and has lived in North Liverpool with his husband and son since 2009. His interests include music, theatre, travelling, gardening, antiques and, of course, beekeeping!
Simon was born in Thailand, spending his early years in Central Africa before moving to live in the Cotswolds. He read Biology at Portsmouth University and has lived in North Liverpool with his husband and son since 2009. His interests include music, theatre, travelling, gardening, antiques and, of course, beekeeping!
Suzanne Whelan
Suzanne Whelan
Suzanne is a qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience in social and supported housing sectors. Suzanne trained and qualified with KPMG where her clients covered local government, health, housing and education. Suzanne left the practice to embark on a career in supported housing, initially as Director of Finance for a supported housing charity in Liverpool. Here she oversaw the financial transition of residential care models of support to supported tenancies for adults with learning disabilities.
Suzanne further developed her career by moving to the ALMO sector in 2007, working first as Director of Business Management at Six Town Housing in Bury and then moving to Stockport Homes as Head of Finance in 2011. She commenced work with The Guinness Partnership in September 2017 as Director of Finance for Guinness Property Services.
Mary Quigg
Mary Quigg
Mary has 38 years’ experience of social housing, commencing as a trainee housing officer through to Managing Director of a stock transfer organisation in Wirral and Group Director of Transformation bringing two merging organisations together. In addition to working in social housing Mary has held several leadership positions supporting several community organisations and charities in the UK including Board Trustee, Chair and Critical Friend to a new board including mentoring support for the new Chief Executive in Wales.
Mary has extensive experience in board development, identifying skill gaps, guiding trustees through governance and regulatory requirements, stakeholder management and embedding the principles of openness, accountability, and high performance within these organisations. Mary has a range of skills to bring to the board including financial, governance, charitable law and business planning including risk, compliance, and governance.
Bill Lacey
Bill Lacey
Bill is currently Director of Development at Sovini Housing Group. Bill is also Chair of the Board at Calico Homes. Bill’s experience of working in the social housing sector spanned over 45 years having worked in three local authorities in Merseyside and Cheshire, and 30 years with RP’s operating in the North West of England, mostly in operational, executive or non-executive Director roles.
Bill is passionate about providing quality homes and services and has been extremely fortunate in working in a sector that can make a tremendous difference to people’s lives in the present, but also an opportunity to leave a legacy for future generations.
Bryan McPaul
Bryan McPaul
Bryan works in senior management assessment and development, building leadership capability, employee engagement and organisational change. He has extensive experience of working with teams in change and has worked across private, public and a wide range of not for profit organisations (charities, social enterprise businesses and housing associations) that deliver services for those most in need.
With an earlier career in HR, Bryan progressed to board level roles in sales and marketing of building products before moving into consultancy. A qualified leadership coach, Bryan is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, has some 15 years NED/Trustee experience in housing and services to young people and is currently Chair of Wirral Methodist Housing Association.
Andrew White
Andrew White
Currently Head of Procurement at Onward Homes, Andrew is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply. He has over 18 years’ experience in public sector procurement, managing highly complex, high value and high risk spend with extensive knowledge of Public Contract Regulations.
Andrew has worked in a collaborative environment at both strategic and operational level, demonstrating successful leadership whilst working with different hierarchies of stakeholders. Committed to the strategic development of procurement, he continually strives for improvement and drives innovation.
Andrew has worked in a collaborative environment at both strategic and operational level, demonstrating successful leadership whilst working with different hierarchies of stakeholders. Committed to the strategic development of procurement, he continually strives for improvement and drives innovation.
Lorraine Donnelly
Lorraine Donnelly
Lorraine is an enthusiastic, committed professional with over 30 years’ experience working within the Construction and Housing Development sector. Currently responsible for the delivery of Your Housing Group’s construction, major projects and first tranche sales programme . She has strong leadership qualities with a proven track record in delivery. She has a practical approach to problem solving and a drive to see things through to completion. She is results driven, with a positive outlook and a clear focus on high quality and business profitability.
Angela Stuttard
Angela Stuttard
Group Director of Property at Together Housing, responsible for stock assessment and investment, building and people health and safety, compliance and repairs and maintenance. Angela is a member of the RICS with over 25 years’ experience working across the social housing sector.
Putting the customer at the heart of the service with a passion for developing people through training and coaching.
Putting the customer at the heart of the service with a passion for developing people through training and coaching.
