Ruth Todd née Llewellin CBE (1980-1987)
Thursday 12 January 2023
HCS 1980-87. School Monitor, 1st XI Hockey (Vice Captain), 1st VII Netball, Full Colours (1987), Choral Society soloist, Chamber Choir, Drama Society, music scholar, Grade 8 (distinction) vocalist.RuthTodd has more than 30 years’ experience in senior roles within supply chain, procurement, operations and consultancy in a variety of private and public sector businesses.Ruth joined HS2 in July 2021. She is a member of both the Executive Team, reporting directly to Chief Executive Mark Thurston, and the HS2 Board. Ruth heads up the new Commercial Directorate, where she will have responsibility for HS2’s procurement, supply chain, commercial and land and property departments.Ruth joined HS2 from the Covid-19 Vaccine Task Force, where she led the programme to deliver coronavirus vaccines for the UK, and for this work, Ruth was awarded a CBE in 2021. Prior to this, Ruth was Commercial Director at the Submarine Delivery Agency, an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence supporting and buying the nation’s submarines. She previously worked for Babcock International where she managed the Land Equipment (military vehicles and other army equipment) support supply chain. Prior to that, she was programme director for Jaguar Land Rover, improving their inbound supply chain.She spent 14 years in consultancy and had the opportunity to support aerospace, defence, retail, logistics, automotive and industrial sectors, both in frontline manufacturing and support services. Much of her career has been in transformational management; leading teams through change to deliver practical operational improvements.Her early career was in the automotive sector working in production, supply chain, procurement and strategy roles; starting as a sponsored student and progressing to general management. Ruth has a degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Birmingham and is a Six Sigma Black Belt. She is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics and Transportation and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.