Our team has decades worth of experience in the public sector. We’re supportive and consistently motivating in our approach – we’ll work with you to fully understand your project and tailor our service to suit. Meet the SEC team below.

Leadership Team

Marc Baines
Chief Executive Officer

Marc provides strategic and operational management to all of SEC. He’s passionate about creating truly brilliant places to work and makes sure each SEC transaction focuses on ease, options and value. His vision is to continue developing our business and provide innovative routes to market for our customers.

Jenna Hicken
Director of Operations

Jenna is responsible for our procurement pipeline through frameworks and bespoke projects. She leads our Procurement and Technical teams in delivering brilliant services to our customers. She’s also responsible for identifying new products and services in line with our Strategic plan.

David Smith
Director of Strategic Partnerships

David leads on our partnership programmes – ensuring our Members are well-served and that our brand message and tone of voice is consistent every time. His team drives forward a range of initiatives on influencing solutions for the sector’s future and shortening the skills gap.

Kelly Brace
Finance Director

Kelly is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience. She specialises in streamlining financial operations and optimising procedures for sustainable growth. Kelly is responsible for making sure SEC meets our financial regulations, and provides strategic financial guidance to our Board and CEO.

David Ashby
Director of Strategic Development

David is a Chartered Building Surveyor and a Fellow of the RICS. He has over 30 years’ experience in social housing. He understands how SEC works and what clients are looking for. David brings a unique blend of asset management experience and technical knowledge to our business.

Procurement Team

Louise Free
Head of Procurement

Louise has over fifteen years’ experience in social housing and has worked for both Local Authorities and Housing Associations. She leads on our market engagement with customers and suppliers. Louise is passionate about customer care – and ensures that delivering brilliant services is at the heart of everything we do.

Tracy Shepherd
Senior Procurement Partner

Tracy began working for SEC in 2011. She’s responsible for managing our team of Procurement Partners and delivering our framework re-procurements. Her team runs our customers’ procurement projects and liaises with contractors for direct awards.

Morris Williams
Procurement Partner

Morris joined SEC in January 2022. He’s responsible for running mini tenders for our customers and managing direct awards. Along with our other Procurement Partners, he’s also responsible for delivering our framework re-procurements.

Christopher Hughes
Procurement Partner

Christopher joined the team in September 2022. He has over 20 years’ experience in various customer focused roles. He has over 8 years’ experience in public sector procurements and capital works projects, previously at Kent County Council.

Simone Bond
Procurement Partner

Simone has over 16 years’ experience in procurement within the Utilities and Aerospace Sectors. She is CIPS Level 4 qualified and is experienced in running full tender processes. She’s passionate about delivering brilliant services to our customers, with strong skills in contract management and negotiations.

Rachel Cowden
Trainee Procurement Partner

Rachel’s passion lies in delivering outstanding customer service. She is the first contact in our business for those who wish to learn more about us and our services. During her training she’ll undergo her CIPS qualifications, whilst learning how we support our customers with their procurements.

Jake Ratcliffe
Trainee Procurement Partner

Jake joined the team in July 2024. He has a diverse background in property management and brings strong analytical abilities to his new role. He’ll undergo his CIPS qualifications, whilst learning how we support our customers with their procurements.

Rosie McCarthy
Trainee Procurement Partner

Rosie has over 16 years’ experience in the construction industry. She has now joined our Operations team as a Trainee Procurement Partner. She’ll undergo her CIPS qualifications whilst learning how SEC supports our customers with their procurements. Rosie is already helping customers with a number of Direct Awards and Mini-Tenders.

Technical Partnerships Team

Darrel Trigg
Head of Technical Services

Darrel leads our Technical team. He’s responsible for developing this part of our business as we look to provider more asset management and technical support for our customers.  He has over 30 years’ experience working in construction.

Lucy Oliver
Technical Partner

Lucy supports our customers with their in-house asset management and their technical documents. She has over 10 years’ experience working in social housing. Lucy also supports our Procurement team with the design and delivery of our framework re-procurements.

Business Partnerships & Finance Team

Naureen Ullah
Partnerships Manager

Naureen leads the customer facing part of our business.. She’s responsible for managing relationships with existing customers, supporting new contacts with their enquiries, and engaging with our framework service providers.

Alex Tooke
Training & Development Partner

Alex leads on the delivery of our PROSPECTS programme. He brings a considerable amount of experience to our team – within his role he liaises with our customers and training providers to deliver courses that are focused on supporting the Housing sector and delivering skills for the future.

Sally Hollister
Finance Partner

Sally has over 20 years’ experience in finance. She is responsible for managing levy collection, invoice and debt recovery. Sally oversees the levy collection on over 500 contracts and liaises with our contractors to better understand  contract variations and extensions.

Ellie Park
Marketing & Communications Partner

Ellie has worked for SEC for over 5 years. She leads on delivering our marketing plan – ensuring that our brand and tone of voice is consistent across every customer interaction. She’s passionate about delivering events that facilitates conversations between our customers and contractors.

Leone Crowder
Marketing Assistant

Leone supports our team as we continue to deliver more reinvestment back into the sector through our FOUNDATION, PROSPECTS and INSIGHTS programmes. In her role Leone regularly liaises with our Members, framework service providers and partners across our network.

Joanne Doherty
Training & Development Co-Ordinator

Joanne supports Alex with all aspects of our PROSPECTS programme. She facilitates our training courses and is the first point of call for training enquiries. Joanne brings 8 years training experience to the team – and was responsible for compiling training audits and organising conferences.

Michelle Dowie
Executive Assistant

Michelle has over 20 years experience as an EA in the medical and construction sectors. At SEC she provides administrative, secretarial and project support to our Executive Team. Michelle is incredibly organised, methodical in all she does, and enjoys a challenge!