Staff Profile

Head of Business, Innovation & Skills

Lead for business, innovation and skills activity within the Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering at Newcastle University. Our ambition is to transform how we work with our business and civic partners by forging strategic and effective partnerships to drive innovation, enterprising, and sustainable economic and societal growth both regionally and globally. Responsible for:

·       cross-cutting business partner relationships and service join up

·       the development and implementation of strategy, action plans and KPIs

·       increasing and diversifying income streams to the Faculty

·       developing our Lifelong Learning offer, working in partnership with business to ensure the region’s skills gap is addressed

·       developing our business, innovation and skills links with SE Asia, and in particular our Singapore campus

I am proud to be a Trustee of The Chronicle Sunshine Fund.

Previous roles:

·       Deputy Director of Faculty Operations 2013-2022

·       School Manager, School of Engineering 2017-2018 (secondment)

·       School Manager, Electrical & Electronic Engineering 2012-2013

·       Combined Honours Centre Manager, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences 2002-2012

·       School Administrator, Department of Geography 2000-2002

·       Technician, Department of Geography 1997-2000

Qualifications:

BA Hons Business and Finance

Change Management Foundation accredited by APMG International

Project Fundamentals Qualification accredited by the Association for Project Management

Certificate in Internal Workplace Mediation accredited by Acas

Certificate in Management accredited by the Chartered Management Institute

Memberships:

Association of University Administrators (AUA)

Chartered Management Institute (CMI) 

Association for Project Management (APM)