The Role of Industry in the NHS Long-term Plan

Jacqui Rock is Chief Commercial Officer at NHS England and NHS Improvement where she oversees the Commercial Directorate and works alongside NHS procurement and estates professionals to build a world-class commercial function for our health system.

Previously, Jacqui was the Chief Commercial Officer, Head of Corporate Services and Transition Director for NHS Test and Trace/UKHSA and a member of the NHS Test & Trace Executive Team of trusted directors in the government’s strategic defence against COVID-19.

Jacqui is formerly director for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation at the Ministry of Defence: where she was responsible for £4bn annual investment across the UK and Overseas Defence estate with a total value of £35bn. She led delivery on hard & soft FM, construction projects and major programmes across the full military estate for the Army, Navy, Royal Air Force and Joint Forces Command.

Jacqui is a member of the Cabinet Office Commercial Function and joined the UK government after 30 years in the Financial Services industry where she held multiple Executive positions in companies including: Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Barclays and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Previous positions included International Chief Procurement Officer for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where her passion and leadership style delivered procurement and risk management for $22bn of spend and across 42 countries. As an experienced Commercial Executive, Jacqui brings subject matter expertise, an extensive global network and a proven track record of complex start-ups and transformation delivery.