Our Team
Kelly Vere (Director)
UK ITSS Director and University Director of Technical Strategy, University of Nottingham
Ian Hancox (Co-Director)
UK ITSS Co-Director and Director of Research Technology and Technical Strategy, University of Warwick
Lucy Williams
Head of Operations
Richard Traini
Head of Operations – Strategic Partnerships
Carly Dellar
Deputy Head of Operations
Farheen Akhtar
Policy and Engagement Manager
Sarah Allen
Technical Career Pathways Lead
Edward Bowerman
Technical Skills and Knowledge Exchange Lead
Simon Breeden
Technician Commitment Associate Lead
Rose Cooper
Impact and Engagement Officer
Lindsay Davies
Learning and Development Manager
Claire Devey
Project Manager
Ruth Francis
Learning and Development Manager
Jo Hartley-Metcalfe
Universities T Levels Support Manager
Sarah Howells
Marketing and Communications Manager
Susan Matthews
Executive Assistant to Director
Matthew McDermott
Project Officer
Elaine Mills
Events and Project Officer
Keziah Moogin
Impact and Engagement Officer
Advisory Board
Helen Pain (Chair)
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Society of Chemistry
Kate Barclay
Life Sciences Industry Leader and Scientific Consultant, Kate Barclay Consulting Ltd
Taraneh (Tara) Dean
Provost, London South Bank University
Rory Duncan
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Sheffield Hallam University
Della Freeth
Chief Executive, Science Council
Paul Gilbert
Chair, Technical Managers in Universities (TMU) Network
Mark Jefferies
Chief of University Research Liaison, Rolls-Royce Plc
Andy Long
Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Northumbria University
Jane Norman
President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham
Daniel Sandford-Smith
Director of Education Programmes, Gatsby Foundation
David Sweeney
Former Executive Chair, Research England
Clare Viney
Chief Executive Officer, The Careers Research Advisory Centre (CRAC) Ltd
Melanie Welham
Former Executive Chair, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Technical Council
Sarah Bennett (Co-Chair)
Head of Bio-Analytical Shared Resource Laboratories, University of Warwick
Paul Gilbert (Co-Chair)
Chair, Technical Managers in Universities (TMU) Network
Ashish Bhandari
Research Technician, Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter
Heather Burgess
Embroidery Technician, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ulster University
Jamie Cameron
Technician, Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, University of Oxford
Rosa Colamarino
Technician & CL3 Facility Deputy Manager, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen
Isabel Gonçalves Cattuzzo
Technical Staff Programme Manager, Biological Sciences, University College London
Bethany Hunter
Research Technician, Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Newcastle University
Lizzy James
Assistant Director Faculty Operations, Arts, Design and Social Science, Northumbria University
Clare Levitt
Workshop Manager, School of Art and Media, University of Brighton
Tendai Makuwatsine
Technical Services Manager, College of Science & Engineering, University of Glasgow
Ludmila Mee
ISIS Biology Laboratories Manager, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, STFC, UKRI
Abigail Mortimer
Scientific Glassblower, Department of Chemistry, University of York
Zachary Parkinson
Technical Development and Apprenticeship Manager, WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), University of Warwick
Mark Dabee Saltmarsh
Technical Demonstrator, School of Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Leontien Talboom
Technical Analyst, Digital Services, University of Cambridge