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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.

Alison Gowdy

Alison has over 15 years’ experience in the NHS working in senior acute operational roles. She has extensive experience liaising with clinical teams and commissioners, working across organisations to improve patient pathways and in delivering change management programmes.

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Katie Lean

Katie has over 30 years’ experience in the NHS – her clinical background is in nursing and midwifery. She has worked in research, risk management and quality improvement. At the Oxford HIN she initially worked within the Oxford Patient Safety Collaborative where she led the national patient safety Acute Kidney Injury programme, including the award- […]

Specialties: Workforce Innovation

Ashley Aitken

Ashley joined in 2015, as part of our Strategic and Industry Partnerships team. During her time with us, she has participated in numerous service evaluation projects including the implementation of point of care flu testing. Ashley has also been involved in providing early stage business and product support for many SMEs and innovators. She is […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Guy Checketts

25 years’ technical and commercial experience across many sectors of the medical device industry in the UK, USA and Europe, where he has developed and launched many new products and led successful change management projects at scale. Guy has delivered many real-world evaluations and adoption projects while at Oxford HIN and was the Network project […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Ferdinand Manansala

Ferdinand supports the Clinical Innovation Adoption team and has over ten years experience working within the administrative and management setting. He has been working in the NHS since 2010 carrying out roles within acute, community and mental health settings. Outside work Ferdinand is a big fan of basketball.

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Nadia Taylor

Nadia joined in September 2018. She has worked in R&D for industry and has over six years’ experience in diagnostic pathology within the NHS. She has previously worked in the field of Genomics, facilitating the 100,000 Genomes Project. Nadia has obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Genomic Medicine from the University of Birmingham. Since joining […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Mamta Bajre

Mamta joined in 2018 from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative in London. Mamta leads our industry support team, supporting early value assessment, carrying out studies into feasibility and barriers to adoption and helping innovators meet NHS needs. She has a background as a medical doctor, a member of ISPOR panels […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Matt Williams

Matt is the Senior Programme Manager for Mental Health with a particular interest in digital therapeutics. He has over 25 years’ experience working within the mental health, education and voluntary sectors. Matt leads the Oxford HIN First episode and Rapid Early intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) programme and was previously the Oxford HIN Digital Health […]

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement Mental Health

Lauren Holden

Lauren joined in September 2018 to provide Programme Office and HR support. She has ten years’ administration experience in the NHS and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Lauren works closely with the Head of Corporate Affairs and People and leads on recruitment administration.

Specialties: Programme Office

Marianna Lepetyukh

Marianna joined in 2017. She leads on the Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Endoscopy workstreams. Marianna has over 15 years’ experience in commercial and business development in both multinational companies and the NHS, with expertise in delivering income and business generation projects, strategic business planning and business modelling.

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption