Iain C. Steel

Senior Procurement & Commercial Consultant | Helping organisations make confident, defensible procurement decisions

I help organisations make better procurement and commercial decisions when the stakes are high.

I am a senior procurement and commercial professional with 30+ years' experience, including CPO-level roles, working across the public, private and third sectors.

Through Beneffrey Consulting, I provide independent expertise and constructive challenge on complex, high-value and high-risk procurement. My work includes procurement strategy, tender design, evaluation and moderation, procurement assurance, governance, commercial and contract management, transformation, training and coaching.

I am a Chartered Fellow of CIPS (FCIPS) and CILT (FCILT), and a Fellow of CMI (FCMI). I have designed and delivered 400+ training courses and am the author of the Soft Skills Portfolio series.

My value is often in asking the difficult question, challenging assumptions and identifying risks others may have missed - acting as an independent Procurement Critical Friend.

United Kingdom
Business Strategy & Consulting