Bill Blakemore
Mr. Bill Blakemore is an independent business consultant and lawyer, who now specializes in developing and delivering management training programmes within his specialist areas including Procurement, Contracts, Tendering, Negotiation, Corporate Governance and Sustainability.
Bill was a senior manager for 18 years with British Telecommunications plc (BT), working in sales, marketing, business development and strategy. Clients included UK Central Government departments such as the Home Office and Department of Education and major corporates such as McDonalds, John Lewis Partnership and Harrods. He also was responsible within BT for relations with EU institutions such as the European Commission and members of the European Parliament.
After BT, Bill established and ran the SPARKS Network on behalf of local authority clients in London. This was an EU-focused research, influencing and communications programme focused on reforming European cross-border law enforcement in relation to transport. Bill also worked as an evaluator and expert for the European Commission.
In his early career Bill was a practicing barrister (a British advocate lawyer).
Bill has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Bristol, professional qualifications as a barrister from the Inns of Court School of Law and a Master of Science degree in Business Management from London’s City University Business School. Bill is also an associate of CIPS, the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply.
Over the last 10 years Bill has designed and delivered many open and bespoke training courses in his areas of specialism. Courses have been delivered in-person or, more recently, via Microsoft Teams, Zoom or other virtual platforms.
Bill’s clients have included the UK Ministry of Defence, the Royal Navy, Ministry of Finance, Ghana, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Cameroon Oil Transportation Company, Presidential Guard Command, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait Fund, Angola LNG, Saudi Aramco, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV, Kazakhstan, Dragon Oil, Turkmenistan, Addax Petroleum, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Port de Djibouti.