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Our people

Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley Directors and Board members are listed first. Scroll down or click through to the next pages for other members of our team. Alternatively, you can refine your search by using the specialties listed below.

Professor Gary A Ford CBE, FMedSci

Gary has been at the helm of Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley since its formation as the Oxford AHSN in 2013. He served as Chair of the AHSN Network, the overarching body which brought together England’s 15 AHSNs, from 2021-23. Prior to that he was also twice Vice Chair of the national network. He […]

Specialties: Oxford HIN Board

Dr Paul Durrands

Paul joined in 2013. He has oversight of all its activities with a particular focus on governance, business planning, environmental sustainability and partnerships with integrated care systems. ​Paul has an extensive commercial background, with international experience of licensing, contracting and mergers and acquisitions​. He has also been a director of two life sciences companies and […]

Specialties: Core team Oxford HIN Board

Peter Ellingworth

Peter leads the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), the UK trade association which has 390 members across medical devices, diagnostics and digital health. He sits on the Government’s Life Sciences Council, the sector specific Health Technology Partnership which supports it and a number of the expert groups that feed into the delivery of the Life […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships Oxford HIN Board

Tracey Marriott

Tracey is an MBA (Henley Management College) qualified commercial and transformational change professional who has worked in both the private sector (material science and health) and the public health sector for the past 15 years. She has extensive experience of delivering complex programmes regionally, nationally and across Europe (budget values up to £1.6 billion). Prior […]

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Katherine Edwards

Katherine leads on Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement, running a large number of quality improvement projects across the region, and contributing to national patient safety programmes. Katherine has over 20 years’ experience working in the NHS and healthcare, starting her career in midwifery and progressing through clinical management of wards and departments. She moved into […]

Specialties: Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement

James Rose

James Rose is a healthcare innovation and market access expert, leading industry engagement at Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley. With over 20 years of experience spanning life sciences, pharma, and healthcare, James specialises in supporting innovators to navigate the complexities of NHS adoption. At HIOTV, James helps connect NHS systems with clinically and cost-effective […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Dr Siân Rees

Siân leads the Community Involvement and Workforce Innovation theme. Siân and her team work across the region helping to ensure that patients and the public are involved from needs analysis to design, delivery and evaluation of health and care services. The team also works on assessment of need, scoping for innovations and real world evaluation […]

Specialties: Community Involvement Workforce Innovation

Joe Harrison

Joe has been Chief Executive of Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 2013. Under his leadership the trust has gained teaching hospital status and pioneered digital advances that have revolutionised patient care and experience. Joe is a champion of innovation and workforce wellbeing. He has over 25 years’ experience of working in acute […]

Specialties: Research and Development Oxford HIN Board

Lalitha Iyer

Lalitha is Chief Medical Officer at NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board. In an NHS career of more than 25 years she has worked as an obstetrician and gynaecologist and is now a GP with a special interest in women’s health. Lalitha joined the Board of Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley in 2023.  

Specialties: Oxford HIN Board

Karl Marlowe

Karl is a consultant psychiatrist. He has been Chief Medical Officer at Oxford Health NHS Trust since 2021. He previously held a similar role at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust from 2018.

Specialties: Oxford HIN Board