Dr Jane Lynch is a Professor of Procurement for the Logistics and Operations Management (LOM) section, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. Jane leads the Centre of Public Value Procurement – a research centre which aims to grow and support the talent pool of procurement professionals in public, private and third sectors.

Most of Jane’s research is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, offering expertise in public procurement, social value, innovation in procurement and supply chain collaboration. Jane won GO (Government Opportunities) Awards ‘Individual of the Year’ Award (2023) for her contributions to public procurement. Jane is experienced in providing a range of procurement and collaboration support to governments and the private sector from research to executive teaching. She is Course Director for Help to Grow: Management (business support for Micros and SMEs), a collaboration expert and social impact lead for LINC Multimorbidity, a healthcare project.