We don't just consult. We deliver.
EcoVate is a specialist procurement consultancy built to close the gap between a good procurement strategy and a delivered procurement outcome. We work side by side with teams to provide the capability and capacity needed to deliver complex activity with confidence.
What We Believe
Pragmatism is not a style. It is a discipline.
In public sector procurement, textbook solutions rarely survive contact with reality. Tight budgets, urgent CIPs, complex governance, political pressure, and the constant need to protect patient care mean you cannot afford to chase theoretical perfection.
We are pragmatists in the truest sense. Not low standards. Not corner-cutting. The opposite. Pragmatism is the discipline of doing what actually works.
How We Deliver
That shows up in how we deliver:
We start from outcomes, not orthodoxy
We work with the situation we find, not the one we wish we had found
We decide. Procurement leaders are paid to decide, and so are we
We protect what matters and let go of what does not
We measure success by what gets delivered, not by how closely we followed a model
Most consultancies are paid to be right. We are paid to be useful. Those are not the same thing, and the difference shows up in what arrives at the end of the engagement.
How We Work
We created the 4D Confidence Model™ to give procurement teams the structure, support, and delivery capability they need at every stage of the process. The model provides the structure. Our pragmatism makes sure the structure actually works.
The Numbers
Our Track Record
15+
years delivering procurement for the public sector
~200
procurement projects supported every year
20+
concurrent procurements delivered for a single Trust in 18 months
Our Team
Meet the Experts
We understand the pressures of constrained capacity, increasing scrutiny, and the consequences of getting it wrong. Most of us have sat on the client side of the table. That experience informs everything we do.
David de Wet
Managing Partner
Jenny Kervarrecc
Managing Partner - Operations
Samm Parker
Partner
Denise Phelan
Partner
Fabien Kervarrec
Head of Engineering
Luke Ross
Principal Engineer
Anrea Scott-September
Business & HR Administrator
Pam de Wet
Accounts Admin
Melinda Ross
Data Scientist
Danielle Gunning
Operations Coordinator
Helen Lisle
Principal Consultant
Kirsty Porter
Principal Consultant
Rachel Hampson
Principal Consultant
Conor Allmond
Senior Consultant
Martin Gibson
Senior Consultant
Nicky Hay
Senior Consultant
Poonam Patel
Senior Associate
Michelle Hodgkiss
Associate Senior Consultant
Sarah Campbell
Associate Senior Consultant
Anri Elsbury
Consultant
Divan van Zyl
Consultant
Kiah Bouwer
Consultant
Sarah-Lee Swanepoel
Consultancy Team Coordinator
Carmen Cullen
Junior Consultant
Chen Read
Junior Consultant
Claire Andrews
Junior Consultant
Eloise Böning
Consultant
Manjula Marimuthu
Junior Consultant
Samukelo Mabena
Junior Consultant
Sanlia Botha
Junior Consultant
Stacey Rhynas
Junior Consultant
Victoria Xaba
Junior Consultant
Our Work
Case Studies
A selection of projects across NHS trusts, from large-scale capital programmes to embedded support and independent reviews.
The Pragmatist
Insight for the people who make procurement work.
The Pragmatist is EcoVate's content series, written for procurement leaders who need practical clarity on what works, what is changing, and what to do next.
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