IT Purchasing Group

Purpose of the IT Purchasing Group

The purpose of the IT Purchasing Group (ITPG) is to offer expertise and advice to the Purchasing Department to maximise savings in IT purchasing across the University.

Members of the group are asked to share their knowledge and expertise as individuals working with, and representing users of, IT in the University.

Aims of the IT Purchasing Group

  • Assist the Purchasing Department to develop a good understanding of the current and future IT purchasing needs of the University.
  • Review and provide expertise on IT purchasing initiatives and endorse their implementation.
  • Recommend appropriate representation for the purchasing initiative working groups.
  • Contribute to the promotion of best-practice purchasing within departments.

Group membership

  • Chair: Stuart Lee (Interim CIO, IT Services, UAS)
  • Katia Dzepava (Purchasing Manager – IT Category Management, UPD, UAS)
  • Claire Burdett (Deputy Director of Purchasing, UPD, UAS)
  • Tim Garland (Senior Purchasing Manager – Category Management, UPD, UAS)
  • Luke Johnson (Purchasing Manager – IT Projects, UPD, UAS)
  • Nathan Clulow (Senior Purchasing Manager – Projects, UPD, UAS)
  • John Robbins (Purchasing Manager – College Shared Service Business Partner, UPD, UAS)
  • Pete Jones (Head of Technology, Medical Sciences)
  • John Mead (Head of Technology, Social Sciences)
  • Eoin Malins (MPLS)
  • Mark Round (Head of Systems, Estates Services)
  • Simon Thomson (Head of the Shared Oxford Colleges Information Technology group (SOCIT), Colleges)
  • Andy Davies (Head of Humanities IT Team, Humanities)
  • Ketlin Stroo (Finance Manager, IT Services, UAS)
  • Maria Castro (Purchasing Mangager, IT Services, UAS)
  • Rowan Wilson (Advanced Research Computing, IT Services, UAS)

Members to attend when required

  • Sam Rendell (Director of Infrastructure Services, IT Services)
  • Samantha Bateman (Acting Director for Customer Services, IT Services)
  • Mike Fraser (Interim Director of IT Services)

IT Purchasing Group Terms of Reference

Contact us


For further information, please contact:
Katia Dzepava, Strategic Supplier Partnership Lead (IT/Digital)
Email: katia.dzepava@admin.ox.ac.uk