UKprocure Systems ARTICLE

November 2009

UKprocure Systems appoints seasoned software industry veteran as Chairman

Dr. Tim Cooke Chairman - Over 40 years Industry Experience Tim Cooke has a DPhil from a Oxford and a Brunel MTech. He has worked for 40 years in the IT services and IT products industry. He was an early employee with Logica, where he set up Logica’s business in the Nordic countries and Australia and went on to become Chief Executive, Logica Communications Ltd responsible for all systems integration and products business in the telecoms, media, computer vendor, transport and government sectors. He later went on to IPO three companies on the London stock market including the market’s first internet IPO.

He is Chairman of Cambridge Flat Projection Displays and is a Non Executive Director of Panacea, a systems integration company, Myguides, a web publishing company and The Chesham Building Society. He also advises Brunel University on technology commercialisation.

“The NHS and other public sector organisations have an enormous opportunity to work with their suppliers more efficiently,” says Stephen. “UKprocure Systems plays a key role in helping organisations achieve better value, which can be reinvested in front-line services. My key objective is to ensure that our customers are successful in achieving the requirements of the efficiency agenda.”