JACQUI ROCK TITLE : CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER
LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT
For the past five years , Jacqui Rock has been at the commercial heart of both the UK government and one of the nation ’ s most cherished institutions : the National Health Service ( NHS ).
In her current role , as Chief Commercial Officer at NHS England – which she took up in January 2022 – works alongside NHS procurement and estates professionals to build a worldclass commercial function for the NHS .
She joined the NHS after more than four years in key commercial roles for the government . First she was director for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation at the Ministry of Defence , and was a member of the Cabinet Office Commercial Function , a crossgovernment network that procures goods and services for the government . This saw her lead on major programmes for the Army , Navy , Royal Air Force and Joint Forces Command .
Rock then moved on to become Chief Commercial Officer , Head of Corporate Services and Transition Director at the UK Health Security Agency , which provides intellectual , scientific and operational leadership at national and local level to make the nation ' s health secure . There , as a member of the NHS Test and Trace Executive Team , Rock was a driving force behind innovation and technology development in the supply chain .
Her spell with the UK government followed 30 years in the financial services industry , where she held multiple executive positions in companies
JACQUI ROCK TITLE : CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER
COMPANY : NHS ENGLAND INDUSTRY : HEALTHCARE
In her current role as Chief Commercial Officer at NHS England Jacqui works alongside NHS procurement and estates professionals to build a world-class commercial function for the NHS .
including Credit Suisse , JP Morgan , and Barclays . It was at Bank of America Merrill Lynch that Rock made the move into procurement , buying goods and managing risk for a budget of US $ 22bn across 42 countries .
Jacqui has witnessed seminal procurement changes Rock has witnessed first-hand some seismic changes to procurement in big UK institutions , including the formation of the Government Commercial Function ( GCF ) in 2015 .
“ This was introduced with the aim of improving the commercial capabilities of the Civil Service ,” she says . “ It marked a step change for procurement . The ambition of the GCF is to make significant savings for the taxpayer and deliver improved public services , while supporting their people
22 May 2024