Sarah Collins

Biography

Sarah is the Commercial Director and Head of Commercial Profession with overall responsibility for the Commercial Function in the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

She is an accredited Commercial Specialist at SCS2 level and part of the Government Commercial Function’s senior leadership team.

Sarah was the Commercial Director and Head of the Procurement and Contract Management Profession at the Department for Transport before joining the Cabinet Office as the Delivery Director working to the Chief Executive of the Civil Service.

Her role at the Cabinet Office included improving public sector productivity and efficiency, leading Civil Service Governance, implementing the functional agenda across government and reforming CO Spend Controls.

Sarah joined NHS Test and Trace in September 2020 as Commercial Director for Sourcing and Delivery before becoming UKHSA’s Commercial Director.