Operations Team
Professor Paul Matthews
Institute Director
Paul Matthews is the Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Edmond and Lily Safra Professor of Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics […]
Mark Driver
Chief Operating Officer
Mark joined the Franklin after 10 years in Public Health England and the UK Health Security Agency, spending most of […]
Sarah Hollitzer
Executive Assistant to Professor Paul Matthews, Institute Director
Sarah is the Executive Assistant to the Institute Director, Professor Paul Matthews. She has over 14 years’ experience working as […]
Georgia Mugglestone
Personal Assistant to Professor Ben Davis
Georgia is the Personal Assistant to the Deputy Director and Science Director Professor Ben Davis. She has over 7 […]
Kellie Farmer
Operations Support Assistant
Kellie has worked in the legal, education and technology industries in both an Administration Assistant and Personal Assistant capacity. She […]
Laura Holland
Director of Strategic Marketing
Laura Holland is Director of Strategic Marketing at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. She has been with the organisation since its […]
Dr Becky Nadal
Strategic Projects Manager
Becky has 12+ years’ experience in the University sector providing professional support in the formation, design and delivery of strategic […]
Lorna Thomas
Project Delivery Manager
Lorna has a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Loughborough University. Most recently she worked at Oxford Instruments for 3 […]
Dr Jane Wibley
Project Manager
Jane has several years of project management experience on multiphase, multinational, industrial-academic collaborations and is looking forward to supporting researchers […]
Lucy Matkin
Research Grants Manager
Lucy has 4+ years experience managing scientific research projects. Most recently Lucy worked for the University of Oxford managing a […]
Mohsin Khan
Data Entry Assistant
Mohsin is a Data Entry Assistant with a BSc in Economics, and a background as a Business Analyst. He is […]
Dr Hazel Housden
Innovation and Translation Manager
Hazel is the Innovation and Translation Manager. She was previously Head of Intellectual Property at an industrial microbiology company, Green […]
Dan McManus
Business Development and Stakeholder Engagement Officer
After graduating from the University of Manchester with a degree in Biology, Dan spent 2 years working in a high-throughput […]
Dr Caitlin Higgott
Communications and Engagement Manager
Caitlin is the communications and engagement manager, which means she covers everything from schools to stakeholder engagement, and internal communications […]
Dr Alice Fraser
Communications Officer
Alice is a communications officer at the Franklin, she enjoys communicating and engaging others in science and has been involved […]
Jen Murray
Head of Facilities
I gained my first experience of labs at Aptuit on Milton Park where I held the role of Facilities and […]
Stephen Cross
Senior Facilities Assistant
Stephen is the operations support technician at the Franklin. His role involves supporting the building team with the smooth running […]
Vikky Oliver
Facilities Assistant
Most of Vikky’s career has been laboratory based. This has included medical research companies and cleaning forensics labs. For her […]
Jamelah Owusu-Yianomah
Quality Manager
Jamelah is responsible for the development and implementation if the quality management system. She has over 8 years’ experience in […]
Heather Meek
Quality Assurance Assistant
Since relocating to Oxfordshire after finishing her Masters degree in Assisted Reproduction Technology, Heather has worked in a variety of […]
Gordon Perry
Health and Safety Advisor
Gordon is responsible for ensuring that the management of safety, health and environment is structured and maintained for the Franklin […]
Marta Jencekova
Health and Safety Assistant
For almost 10 years, Marta was a member of Facilities and H&S department at Cellmark, a UKAS and ISO accredited […]
Lydia Armes
Director of HR
Lydia brings a wealth of experience gained within diverse global and UK based organisations. Lydia has worked for a number […]
Marina Haines
HR Advisor
Marina joined the Franklin as an HR Assistant and was responsible for coordinating recruitment and providing HR assistance to the […]
Aneta Kingston
Recruitment Specialist
Aneta works at the Franklin as a recruitment specialist having previously gained HR and recruitment experience in further education and […]
Olivia Belcher
HR & Recruitment Coordinator
For the past 8 years, I have worked within the care home industry within the Administration department, working on Recruitment […]
Reshma Roy
Early Careers Lead
Raised in Saudi Arabia, Reshma pursued her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in India and is currently on the brink of […]
Phil King
Training Coordinator
Phil has over 14 years experience in training and training delivery in the charity sector and the construction sector, and […]
Caroline Rudman
Financial Controller
Caroline is the financial controller of the Franklin.
Carol-Ann McGuinness
Finance Manager
Carol-Ann is AAT qualified, her career in finance started as office administrator for a life sciences company, who manufactured hardware […]
Fi Collins
Assistant Finance Manager
Fi moved down to Oxfordshire 10 years ago from Edinburgh, having spent a number of years working as a legal […]
Ian Franklin
Procurement Manager
Ian has worked in procurement for over 20 years and has held various positions in the private and public sector, […]
Eva Gronbech
Finance Business Partner
Eva joined the Franklin as a finance business partner and is involved in various aspects of the finance function, including […]
Mohammad Azeem
Finance Assistant
Azeem works with the Finance team, aiding with the day-today tasks. He is currently studying his AAT (Association of Accounting […]
Niaz Khan
Head of IT
After leaving school, Niaz qualified as an Accountant with the Oxford Co-Operative but soon after joining Blackwells realised his career […]
Matthew Selby
IT Technician
Matthew Studied Computer Science, Maths and Further Maths at Didcot Sixth Form. During that time, he partook in additional Mathematics […]
Robin Kassam
IT Technician
Robin originally comes from a Motorsport background, studying Motorsport Engineering at the University of Bath and has recently changed directions […]