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
Managing Director

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.

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.

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 sectors future and shortening the skills gap.

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.

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.

Liam Cochrane
Procurement Manager

Liam joined SEC in September 2020. 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.

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.

Megan Croucher
Procurement Partner

Megan joined SEC in July 2022. As we continue to deliver a more enhanced service and invest in our team, Megan’s role will provide support to customers as she develops in her studies. She’ll now be beginning her CIPS as part of her procurement training.

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.

Rachel Cowden
Operations Team Assistant

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. Rachel provides essential support to out Operations team and regularly liaises with our framework service providers.

Technical Partnerships Team

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.

Rosie McCarthy
Team Assistant

Rosie has over 16 years’ experience in the construction industry. She is the first point of contact for those new to SEC that would like to learn more about us and our services. She also supports the team with administrative tasks focused on driving new business and framework management.

Mia Clark
Finance Assistant

Mia supports Sally with all aspects of our levy collection. She raises our invoices and is the first point of call for finance enquiries. Mia brings a considerable amount of administration experience to the team – and regularly liaises with our framework service providers on their contracts.