Lianne is the CEO of BlueLight Commercial, a company that works collaboratively with members across policing and other blue light services to transform their commercial and procurement activity. She has 30 years' experience in the private and public sectors, and has an engineering and business background in executive roles such as Chief Procurement Officer, Managing Director and Director Business Excellence in Tata Steel Europe. She has undertaken transformation projects on diversification strategies in additive manufacturing and zero-carbon economy. Lianne is an honorary visiting professor at Cardiff University, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.