Your Volunteers
Our team of volunteer co-ordinators give their skills, time and experience helping to deliver the projects and initiatives that form the operations of each portfolio. Examples include Procurement Focus Groups and Graphics Focus Groups, Intentional Career Path, Webinars, etc.
Your team
A versatile Space R&D bidding professional and European Space Agency expert whose diverse background spans the defence, aerospace, and rail industries across start-up, corporate, and research environments.
Tom applies information design thinking to lead design on some of the UK’s highest-value, most strategically significant proposals.
An experienced Grant Writer, working at the interface between academia and industry to lead large-scale, strategically important, multi-partner research grant applications.
Rachel Fisher is a graphic designer with 25 years’ experience, including 10 years in bidding. She holds an MA in Design Management and has written two white papers: Branding Strategies for Capture and The Evolving Role of the Proposal Designer. Rachel is an APMP Graphics Micro-Cert trainer, APMP mentor, and BIDX speaker.
Leveraging his engineering background to bridge technical expertise with strategic growth, Brian manages complex proposals and guides partners through the innovation and development pipeline.
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.
Cíara is a **Visual Designer** at Strategic Proposals, known for her contributions to multi-billion-pound client wins.
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.
Jim has over 25 years' experience in bids and proposals, primarily in the field of publicly contracted employability, vocational education, and justice services.
Volunteering maintains your Certifications
Each level of APMP certification requires that you maintain your credentials through ongoing professional development, measured in Continued Education Units (CEUs) or Continuing Professional Development (CPDs).
Certified members have two years to earn the required number of CEUs/CPDs as described in the chart below. Upon completion of CEUs/CPDs, your certification is renewed another two years (and the count of CEUs/CPDs resets to zero).