Innovation Lead, NIHR Healthtech Research Centre for Brain Injury (contract since May 2025)

Previously Assistant Director in the Innovations Team at LGC’s Grant Management Group (Nov 2014 to Mar 2025), I was actively involved in the NIHR i4i Programme, SBRI Healthcare and the OLS Health Goals Calls, managing a portfolio of funded projects and supporting many potential applicants, including startups, signposting them to appropriate support within and outside of NIHR. 

A synthetic chemist by background I spent 2 years in Big Pharma before my DPhil. I then joined Kodak European R&D labs followed by 9 years at GE Healthcare Imaging R&D in Amersham, as a Principal Scientist  I am a (co-)inventor on 39 patent applications. 

In my spare time, I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a member of UKRI Peer Review College, the External Advisory Board of the NHS Cancer Programme and 3 of the HRCs. I am a mentor for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme and KQ Labs Accelerator.