Governance
Our structure in brief
The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a Company (11266143) and a Charity (1179810), formed by a Joint Venture Agreement between our members. We are governed by a Board of non-executive Trustee Directors. The Franklin is reviewed and advised by our Strategic Advisory Board, comprised of leading international academic and industrial experts. Day to day management of the Franklin is delegated by the Board of Trustees to the Leadership Team, who lead major corporate and scientific functions for the Institute.
Our Board of Trustees
Our Board of Trustees has twelve members, which include two trustees nominated by our member community, six independent Trustees, one Senior Independent Trustee, one nominee from UKRI-STFC, the Chair, and the Institute Director.
The Board has three sub-committees who oversee
- Audit and Risk, which considers finance and risk matters
- Remuneration (RemCo), which considers people and remuneration matters
- Nominations (NomCo), which considers board skills and effectiveness, and oversees the recruitment of new Trustees and assists with senior recruitment to the Franklin.
Board observers: UKRI-EPSRC and Diamond Light Source sit as observers to the Board.
Professor Paul Matthews
Institute Director
Dr Vivienne Cox
Chair
Emeritus Fellow Ian Charles
Audit and Risk
Bruce Pritchard
Board member
Dr Gillian Burgess
RemCo
Caroline Carter
RemCo
Hilary Newiss
RemCo
Dr David Rees
NomCo
Professor Mathias Gautel
Board Member, King’s College London
Dr Barbara Ghinelli
Board Member – UKRI-STFC
Dr Malcolm Skingle
Board member
Professor Nigel Titchener-Hooker
Board Member, UCL
Professor Andy Mount – member nominated
Professor John Holloway – member nominated
Dr Andrew Bourne (observer)
Our Strategic Advisory Board
The Strategic Advisory Board report to the Board of Trustees, and meet annually to review the progress of the Franklin against its goals, and to offer advice and reflection on our strategy and direction.
Professor Sabine Flitsch, University of Manchester (Chair)
Dr Tom Muir, Princeton University
Dr John Pollard, Dark Blue Therapeutics
Professor Iain Styles, Queens University, Belfast
Professor Vicki Wysocki, Ohio State University
Dr Amanda Petford-Long, Argonne National Laboratory
Dr Christopher Brain, Novartis
Our members
The Franklin is a Joint Venture of its Member Institutes. Members meet annually to make certain key decisions, and to hear updates on our strategic and collaborative progress.
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University of Birmingham – Professor Rachel O’Reilly -
University of Cambridge – Professor John Aston -
Diamond Light Source – Professor Gianluigi Botton -
University of Edinburgh – Professor Andy Mount -
Imperial College London – Professor Mary Ryan -
King’s College London – Professor Mathias Gautel -
University of Leeds – Dr Stephen Muench -
University of Manchester – Professor Martin Schroder -
University of Oxford -
University of Southampton – Professor Mark Spearing -
University College London – Professor Geraint Rees -
UKRI-STFC – Professor Roger Ecclestone
Our Leadership Team
The Leadership Team is delegated authority by the Board of Trustees to manage the day-to-day delivery and operations of the Franklin. This group is led by the Institute Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO). The delivery of our science strategy, including our research challenges and supporting projects, is led by our Technology Innovation and Challenge Leadership Group. The Institute Management Group supports the delivery of our science strategy and sustains the ongoing work of the Institute.
Institute Management Group (IMG)
Chair: Professor Paul Matthews – Director
Mark Driver – COO
Lydia Armes – Human Resources Director
Caroline Rudman – Financial Controller
Laura Holland – Director Strategic Marketing
Dr Judy Kim – Graduate Studies Board Chair
Challenge Leadership Group Representative
The IMG is supported by the attendance of our Safety, Estates, Technology and other functional leads, representation from our Early Career Reasearchers, and the attendance of an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion champion.
Technology Innovation and Life Science Challenge Leadership Group (CLG)
Chair: Professor Paul Matthews – Director
Professor Ben Davis
Professor Angus Kirkland
Professor Helen Cooper
Dr Mark Basham
Dr Michele Darrow
Professor Ray Owens
Our relationship with UKRI
The Franklin is a strategic Institute of the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Council. We are supported by core grants to deliver advanced technology for life sciences in the UK, creating a Centre of Excellence which will train and attract global talent, undertake adventurous and high risk projects, and create benefits to human health through the development and translation of our technologies.
