Sharon Cuff is procurement director with Highways England and is currently leading Highways England’s Route to Market programme which will deliver new commercial models to support around £15 billion of investments in the strategic road network.  She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and has over thirty years’ experience working in commissioning, contract management and procurement, largely in the public sector.   Before joining the Highways Sector in 2013 Sharon worked in local government, latterly as head of a shared procurement service working for eight local authorities during which time she was the Chair of the National Construction Steering Group for Local Government.  Sharon has also worked at a senior level across all part of the National Health Service.