Our team
Our team combines deep public sector experience with specialist innovation expertise and relationships with academia and industry..
Laura Peacock, Innovation Head of Service
Laura has a proven track record in facilitating high-impact, successful collaboration and enhancing innovation ecosystems across the UK and EU.
Katie Parnell, Innovation Programme Delivery Operations Manager
DeeDee Wallace, Innovation Partnership and Business Development Operations Manager
DeeDee's background is in adult social care commissioning and public health. Her experience and expert collaboration skills bring together the public and private sectors.
Innovation, Data and Behavioural Science Team
Paul Mullins, Data and Behavioural Science Team
Paul is the data and behavioural science lead in the future mobility and placemaking team. He has extensive experience in transport and health data and specialises in demand-responsive transport solutio
Kyle Wynn, Senior Data Scientist
Innovation Programme Team
Jenny Figueiredo, Technical Lead (Innovation Projects)
Jenny is our EV charging project manager with five years of experience planning and delivering all aspects of the EV charging rollout and the essential behaviour change alongside it.
Ruth Anderson, Senior Technical Officer
Ruth is a technical lead with over 20 years of public and private sector experience in traffic engineering, signal design, data integration, and highway network management.
George Fourtinas, Technical Officer
George specialises in integrating drones into transport, logistics, and urban infrastructure. His data and GIS specialist background means he can optimise UAV operations through data and spatial analysis.
Zolboo Nyamjav, PhD Researcher
Monitoring and Evaluation (MEC) and Insourcing Team
Graham Stanley, Monitoring and Evaluation (MEC) and Insourcing Team Leader
Graham is the innovation delivery lead in the future mobility and placemaking team. He has extensive experience addressing transport challenges with innovative solutions.
Stuart Cole, Senior Technical Officer
Lizzie Bohun, Technical Lead (Innovation MEC)
Lizzie is our lead EV technologist. She focuses on finding strategic, innovative solutions for EV drivers. New business model and partnership development are just two of her specialist skills.
Ralitsa Dragomirova, Technical Officer
Raltisa is an innovation researcher specialising in quantum technology. With a background in computational physics and AI tools development, Ralitsa has supported multiple innovation projects in different specialisms.
Innovation Resource and Performance (incl. Project Management)
Alycya Oldman, Innovation Resource and Performance Manager
Alycya is operations lead and oversees the design and implementation of our processes and systems. She has experience in customer experience improvement, change, and performance.
Jason Taylor, Assistant Officer
Jiaqian Zhang, Project Manager
Rosie Hayes, Innovation Communications Lead
Innovation Partnerships Team
Stephanie Windle, Accelerator and Innovation Partnership Team Leader
Stephanie is a qualified improvement practitioner with 10 years of experience in the care sector. Her specialities are benefit analysis and return on investment.
Jenni Shoesmith, Senior Technical Officer (Innovation Partnerships)
Jenni was formerly a registered healthcare professional with 20 years of healthcare experience. She specialises in digital transformation within healthcare, particularly the psychology of
Digital and Smart Infrastructure Team
Claire Hutchins-Lee, Digital and Smart Infrastructure Team Leader
Craig Bower, Director (Digital Infrastructure Programme)
Mark Hopping, Technical Lead (Digital and Smart Infrastructure)
Anna Miles, Senior Officer (Digital and Smart Infrastructure)
Mark Burgess, Fibre Liaison Officer