DONNA SINNICK
SRM
workforce delivers value and operational resilience, which is something that has always been critical but has become even more critical in the defence world that we sit in today.
But what we do have are global centres of excellence, key functional delivery areas, working across all of our different programmes.
Q. AS GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS AROUND THE WORLD SHIFT, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT IN BABCOCK?
» Responsible procurement is something we couldn’ t execute and deliver without. It’ s fundamental in all that we do, it keeps us operating and ensures we’ re compliant with all the regulatory standards that are ever-evolving.
It gives us our framework for quality assurance, corporate responsibility and sustainability. It’ s always odd when people have a perception that sustainability isn’ t at the forefront of our mind in a defence organisation, but it’ s absolutely critical to us. It drives us and it allows us to build and introduce things like our ten-point SME engagement charter that we’ ve just released.
This is designed to enable, reshape and accelerate how the UK defence sector engages with Small-Medium sized enterprises( SMEs). The charter brings real, practical commitments – including proportionate contracts, faster payments, clearer engagement pathways and better support to help SMEs grow and scale with us.
DONNA SINNICK
TITLE: CHIEF DELIVERY OFFICER
COMPANY: BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP
INDUSTRY: DEFENCE LOCATION: LONDON, UK
Donna has worked in defence for almost three decades, gaining experience across a range of projects around the world. In her current role, she leads global delivery and transformation.
116 May 2026