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Knowledge exchange policy and planning

Find contact information for staff involved with knowledge exchange (KE) policy and strategy, data analysis and reporting, and project and programme management.

Krista Macmillan
Krista Macmillan

Director of KE Policy & Planning

Tel: 020 3108 7939 (internal: 57939)
Email:听k.macmillan@ucl.ac.uk

Krista has a key leadership role to embed a culture of innovation and enterprise at 皇家华人. This involves developing and implementing strategy and institutional policy, and leading the institutional response to the Knowledge Exchange Framework and Knowledge Exchange Concordat. She鈥檚 also responsible for strategic planning and delivery of a portfolio of strategic projects.听
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Krista leads a number of teams responsible for KE policy and strategy, data analysis and reporting and project and programme management.听
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Contact Krista about:

  • innovation and knowledge exchange strategy, policy and planning
  • innovation and knowledge exchange reporting, including HEIF, Knowledge Exchange Framework and Knowledge Exchange Concordat

Before joining UCL, Krista worked for UCL Business, Scottish Enterprise and the University of California, Berkeley and has an MSc Information Systems and an MA (Hons) English Literature.

Strategy, policy and听reporting

Lydia Harwood
Lydia Harwood

Head of Knowledge Exchange Strategy, Policy and Reporting

Tel: 020 3108 8920 (internal: 58920)
Email: l.harwood@ucl.ac.uk

Lydia leads and oversees the development and implementation of strategy and institutional policies to encourage and enable innovation and enterprise. She's also听responsible for delivering supporting systems, processes and reporting for the department, including the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) and Knowledge Exchange Concordat (KEC), and manages the Policy and Data Management and Analysis teams within Innovation & Enterprise.

Contact Lydia about:

  • innovation and enterprise strategy development and delivery
  • innovation and enterprise related policies, including Disclosure of Conflicts and Declaration of Interest, Revenue Sharing, and Intellectual Property policies
  • innovation and enterprise related systems, processes and data analysis
  • reporting to UKRI and Research England around knowledge exchange and innovation, including on the HEIF, KEC and KEF.

Lydia joined Innovation & Enterprise from UCL Communications and Marketing, where she worked in strategic planning, market research and, initially, international student recruitment. Prior to UCL she worked for Lancaster University and a public policy think tank in New Zealand.

Victoria Banks
Victoria Banks

Knowledge Exchange Programme Manager

Tel: 020 7679 9358 (internal: 09358)
Email: v.banks@ucl.ac.uk

Samuel Drake
Dr Samuel Drake

Policy Support Officer

Tel:听020 3108 4755 (internal:听54755)
Email:听samuel.drake@ucl.ac.uk

Sam is responsible for developing and supporting institutional policies to encourage innovation.

Contact Sam about innovation and enterprise policies, including the:

  • Disclosure of Conflicts and Declaration of Interest Policy
  • Revenue Sharing Policy
  • Intellectual Property Policy

Sam鈥檚 background is in history (PhD). Before joining UCL Innovation & Enterprise, he worked in commercial education.听

Nicol谩s Ulloa Olguin
Nicol谩s Ulloa Olguin

Data Manager and听Management Information Analyst

Tel:听020 3108 7932 (internal: 57932)
Email:听nicolas.ulloa-olguin@ucl.ac.uk

Nicol谩s joined UCL Innovation & Enterprise in 2011 after graduating with a Master's degree in Management from UCL.

Before this he was a Planning, Programming and Control Engineer for Metro de Santiago. He holds a BSc in Industrial Civil Engineering from the University of Chile.

Harshila Rana
Harshila Rana

Data Business Analyst听

Tel: 020 3108 9039 (internal: 59039)
Email: h.rana@ucl.ac.uk

Harshila works with data and systems, undertaking analysis to support the business needs of UCL Innovation & Enterprise.

Before joining UCL, Harshila worked as a Due Diligence Analyst for the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a Procurement Analyst for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Knowledge exchange听engagement

Caroline May

Web & UX Manager

Tel:听020 3108 6136 (internal: 56136)
Email:听c.may@ucl.ac.uk

Caroline manages the UCL Innovation & Enterprise website. She also听supports other digital assets and systems to ensure best practice and user needs are considered and met.

Contact Caroline about:

  • updating or adding new content to the Innovation & Enterprise website
  • using SharePoint to share information within UCL
  • website and SharePoint analytics
  • digital accessibility and usability best practice

Knowledge exchange programme and project management

Miriam Sandford
Miriam Sandford

Senior Project Manager

Miriam is on leave until November 2024.

Miriam oversees the project management office (PMO) function听and Innovation & Enterprise's project portfolio. She also听provides project management for complex key strategic and operational projects.听

Contact Miriam for:

  • information on Innovation & Enterprise鈥檚 project portfolio
  • guidance on how to run projects within Innovation & Enterprise

Jaini Shah

Project Officer

Email: jaini.a.shah@ucl.ac.uk

Jaini provides project management and project support in UCL Innovation & Enterprise. This includes supporting projects funded by Leadership Initiative Fund, HEIF Business & Commercialisation Fund and the Faculty Innovation Fund.

Contact Jaini for:

  • information on Innovation & Enterprise鈥檚 projects
  • guidance on how to run projects within Innovation & Enterprise

Jaini has worked at 皇家华人 for over 8 years in a variety of roles, including research project administration and executive education project management.

Jaini is a qualified PRINCE 2 practitioner. She has an undergraduate degree in Business Studies and Marketing and a postgraduate qualification in Development Management. Jaini also has experience in e-learning course development, web development and e-commerce.