Your Volunteers

Leonie Thomas is a senior bid writer with over 20 years’ experience working on complex, high-value bids across construction, infrastructure and the built environment. She is Chair of the APMP UK Bid Writing Focus Group, leading national work to professionalise bid writing, define career pathways and shape the ethical adoption of AI. Leonie is also an active speaker and contributor to industry conversations on bid writing practice and professional standards.

Carole is a seasoned professional with wide experience and CF APMP certfication who is a part of the Social Value Committee

Founder of Monarch Market & Bid Development. A specialist agency focusing on supporting SME's and VCSE's to win.

Chris is a current head of bids, PhD research student and leads the APMP Academia special interest group

I am a Senior Bid Manager with over 8 years of experience helping businesses win RFPs in various industries in both the private and the public sectors. As the Vice Chair of the APMP UK Social Group, I do my best to champion Social Value in all my professional activities.

As a multi-award winning bid professional, APMP has been a guiding light to my career and my current role as Special Projects Officer is one way to give back to the community that has helped me get where I am today.

I’m a Bid Writer at CGI, joining in November 2023 after a career spanning business development, marketing and 15 years as a self-employed copywriter and ghostwriter. I have since supported bids across utilities, telecoms, public safety and government.

Jim has over 25 years' experience in bids and proposals, primarily in the field of publicly contracted employability, vocational education, and justice services.

An experienced Grant Writer, working at the interface between academia and industry to lead large-scale, strategically important, multi-partner research grant applications.