Meet the Team
Executive Leadership
Professor Michael Sheppard
Chair
Jodie Mazur
Associate Director Implementation & Improvement
Paul Bird
Knowledge Transfer Lead and Head of Programme Delivery (NIHR ARC WM)
Judith Stewart
Interim Economic Growth and Digital Director
Amanda Risino
Interim Corporate Affairs and Performance Director
Implementation & Adoption
Chris Clowes
Innovation Programme Manager
Anisha Leith
Innovation Project Manager
Anna Edwards
Innovation Project Manager
Blair Elliott
Innovation Project Manager
Jordan Leith
Innovation Project Manager
Joanne Terry
Innovation Project Manager
Sabeel Sajid
Innovation Project Manager
Joe Robinson
Innovation Project Manager
Mark Wroe
Innovation Project Manager
Deepa Dadhania
Innovation Project Manager
Victoria Savage
Innovation Project Manager
Philippa Richards
Innovation Project Manager
Kanwal Umar
Assistant Project Manager
Innovation & Commercial
Ellen Hughes
Innovation Project Manager
Fran Ives
Human Factors Specialist
Helen Hunt
Assistant Programme Manager (Knowledge Mobilisation)
Joanne Mewis
Digital Enterprises Lead
Reena Sidhu
Commercial Enterprises Lead
Amy Kooner
Innovation Exchange Navigator
Safety & Improvement
Victoria Harrop
Assistant Programme Manager
Daniel Hodgkiss
Assistant Programme Manager
Ann Abbassi
Assistant Programme Manager
Caroline Maries-Tillott
Assistant Programme Manager
Nasrin Khan
Improvement Science Manager
Dale Lyons
Assistant Project Manager
Claudia Li
Assistant Project Manager
Corporate Services
Shaun Richards
Business Analyst
Gloria Karim
PMO Officer
Sarah Walsh
Communications Lead
Karen Stevenson
Communications Lead (Interim)
Hayley Jary
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Laura Mould
Events Coordinator
Matthew Byatt
Office Manager
Haleema Ghafar
Admin Officer
Phil Aulman
Admin Officer
Onyeka Ogbunude
Systems Support Analyst
Prima Leung
Secretary / Supervisor
Management Board
Professor Michael Sheppard
Chair
Health Innovation West Midlands
Tim Jones
Chief Officer
Health Innovation West Midlands
Daniel Peters
Operations Director
Health Innovation West Midlands
Judith Stewart
Interim Economic Growth Director
Health Innovation West Midlands
Amanda Risino
Interim Corporate Affairs and Performance Director
Health Innovation West Midlands
Amy Owen
Secretariat / Head of Corporate Services
Health Innovation West Midlands
Andy Hardy
Chief Executive Officer
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
David Aldulaimi
Clinical Director
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Krysia Dziedzic
Impact Accelorator Unit Director
Keele University
Neil Hanley
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Birmingham University
Paul Edmondson-Jones
Chief Medical Officer
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB
Ananta Dave
Chief Medical Officer
Black Country ICB
Richard Phillips
Director of Strategy
The Association of British HealthTech Industries
Kavita Parmar
Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder
Word360
Joanne Williams
Chief Executive Officer
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust