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Our people: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

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.

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

James Rose

James oversees a team of seasoned professionals dedicated to business support, NHS engagement, real-world evaluation and innovation adoption. With over 16 years’ experience in the life sciences and healthcare sector, James has held various roles aimed at enhancing patient access to healthcare innovation. He holds a PhD in Regenerative Medicine and has previously contributed his […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Sophie Kearney

Sophie joined in 2024 as maternity cover to support the Strategic and Industry Partnerships team with communications and digital marketing activities, including managing content for websites and social media. She also supports the Head of Communications on communications with a wide range of stakeholders.

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Rochelle Nelson

ROCHELLE IS CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE. Rochelle, who joined in 2014, is currently supporting the Strategic and Industry Partnerships team with communications and marketing activities including managing content for websites and social media. She also supports the Head of Communications on communications with a wide range of stakeholders.

Specialties: Core team Strategic and Industry Partnerships

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

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

Flora Gleave

FLORA IS CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE. Flora has experience in conducting service evaluation and adoption projects across the BOB ICS. She led a BOB ICS programme aimed at implementing and evaluating various digital innovations across the local NHS Trusts. The programme also involved collaborating with clinical colleagues to complete a service pathway redesign, real-world evaluation, […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Matthew Lawrence

Matthew leads on Industry and Innovation within the Strategic and Industry Partnerships Team. Matthew has a broad NHS and industry background covering primary, secondary, tertiary and commissioning functions in the NHS. Prior to the NHS, Matthew worked in charitable health and social care, technology, finance, and medical publishing. He has a BA from Stanford University, […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships