Sally supports the World Commerce and Contracting global team in the pursuit of both the recognition of and excellence in Commercial and Contract Management. She is an experienced and accomplished commercial and contracts management professional, holding senior commercial positions at a range of corporate and multi-national organizations.

After gaining an Honors degree in Law, Sally spent her time in the house in the corporate sector, where she worked globally in the Telecomms and IT industries, before establishing her own legal and commercial consultancy in 2007. Sally is passionate about enabling business efficiency and growth through contracting and commercial excellence; she understands the need for robust business operations to drive these efficiencies, together with the requirement for effective communication and collaboration at all times. Whether in contract development, negotiation, training or general communications,

Sally has built a reputation for service excellence and responsiveness. Her focus is on the creation of positive and successful business relationships, constantly striving to ensure that businesses realize their true potential and value.

Following completion of an Honours degree in 2003, Emma joined Babcock and has been in the defence industry for 20 years, gaining extensive experience in high value competitive tendering and commercial contract management in the Naval and Marine sectors. Throughout this time, she learned what makes a highly effective team and how functions can align goals to deliver quality outcomes benefitting both business and customers, whilst developing excellent relationships.

Emma now leads commercial governance for Babcock Group, focussing on developing and implementing global process improvements alongside people initiatives, to empower the team to provide an excellent commercial service to internal and external stakeholders. She leads a small, passionate team of like-minded individuals who strive to simplify commercial governance and develop a common identity for the commercial function. Alongside her governance role, she is also Babcock’s lead for the Commercial Workstream for the Strategic Partnering Programme with the UK Ministry of Defence and the Cabinet Office, with a joint vision based on best practice and facilitating more collaborative commercial working.

Throughout her career, Emma has benefitted from guidance and mentoring from colleagues, and she is committed to continue promoting this culture in Babcock by connecting commercial teams to share knowledge and innovations to ensure continuous growth and improvement.

My name is El Mendoza, born and raised in a small village in the Philippines. I work as a Senior Compliance Manager at Cypress Creek Renewables. I possess extensive experience in contract management, ethics and compliance, process improvements, and writing policies and procedures. I hold a bachelor’s degree in office management, and I am a certified Paralegal from the University of the Philippines. To keep myself motivated and inspire others, I always remind myself that life doesn't end with a "NO." Keep going, never stop learning, and pay it forward. In my free time, I enjoy traveling alone and capturing moments through photography. While I cherish moments of solitude, I also love spending me with good company. I constantly challenge myself to step out of my comfort zone, and the experience of doing so always leaves me feeling more courageous and unconventional. The knowledge and wisdom I gain from these experiences always make the discomfort completely worth it.

LeNaye Willis-Lloyd is currently Vice President, Contracts for the US Sector of QinetiQ, a multinational defense technology company that operates in the defense, security, and critical national infrastructure markets. With 25 years of experience in the government services sector, LeNaye shapes and executes QinetiQ’s business strategy to drive enterprise value by providing executive leadership in contracts and subcontracts.

Joining QinetiQ through its acquisition of Avantus Federal where LeNaye served as Senior Vice President of Contract and Security Operations. LeNaye played key roles in a wide range of complex strategic solutions, corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions as well as provided expert advice and counsel in contracts and security related areas. In addition, LeNaye proudly served in a newly created executive role to create, lead, and implement strategic long-term and short-term DEI initiatives that centered on supporting employees in their talent journey.

Prior to joining Avantus, LeNaye was Vice President, Contracts, at C2 Technologies. She served as the senior executive responsible for company related issues related to contracts, subcontracts, and procurement. LeNaye was formerly a director at LMI where she worked on projects with high-strategic corporate impact, including mergers and acquisitions, post-acquisition integration, and international and commercial contracting.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in history from University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master in Arts in history from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. LeNaye has received several awards in her career, including being named a Top 10 Contracting Executive to Watch by WashingtonExec and a Diversity in Business Leader by the Washington Business Journal.