People
Our People
Executive Group
The execuitve group governs and oversee delivery of the programme
Ibrahim Abubakar (Chair), Dean, Faculty of Population Health Sciences/ Pro-Provost (Health), UCL, Charu Gorasia, Chief Financial Officer - UCL, Michael Hanna, Director, UCL ION, Tim Jaggard, Deputy Chief Executive /Chief Financial Officer UCLH, Hannah Milner, Director Estates Development, Capital Programme, UCL, David Probert, Chief Executive UCLH, Alan Thompson (Programme Sponsor), Dean - Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, Julie Whetton, Executive Director Estates Development, UCL
Leadership Team
The leadership team have overall oversight of the programme, with responsibility for ensuring successful programme delivery.
- Professor Alan Thompson (alan.thompson@ucl.ac.uk), Dean of the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences and Programme Sponsor
- John O'Toole (john.o'toole@ucl.ac.uk), Interim Director of Major Projects, UCL Estates
- Andy Smith (andy.m.smith@ucl.ac.uk), UCL Vice-President (Operations)
- Tim Jaggard, UCLH Deputy Chief Executive and Finance Officer
- David Howard (david.howard@ucl.ac.uk), Programme Manager
Organisations in the building – leads
The new facility at Grays Inn Road will be home to three bodies: the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, the UK Dementia Research Institute and the UCLH National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
- Professor Michael Hanna (m.hanna@ucl.ac.uk), Director of the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- Professor Siddharthan Chandran UK DRI Director
- Professor John Duncan (john.duncan@nhs.net), Professor of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Programme team
The programme team are responsible for ensuring that oversight is provided through reporting, governance meetings, budget tracking, issue and risk management and key review points to ensure the programme can successfully move to its next stage of delivery.
- Professor Alan Thompson (alan.thompson@ucl.ac.uk), Dean of the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences and Programme Sponsor
- David Howard (david.howard@ucl.ac.uk), Senior Programme Manager
Construction team
The construction team oversee the delivery of the new state-of-the-art building on Grays Inn Road and the renovations of IoN’s laboratories and office space within Queen Square House.
- John O'Toole (john.o'toole@ucl.ac.uk), Interim Director of Major Projects, UCL Estates
- Nawed Khan (nawed.khan@ucl.ac.uk), UCL Estates Lead
- Hawkins\ Brown, Architect
- Arcadis, Project Managers
Transformation team
The transformation is led through the Strategic Delivery Group, which is chaired by Professor Michael Hanna and which oversees the delivery of the transformation. The delivery team is led by David Howard, Programme Manager.
- Professor Michael Hanna (m.hanna@ucl.ac.uk), Director of the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- Professor Giampietro Schiavo (g.schiavo@ucl.ac.uk), Core Technology Platforms Lead
- David Howard (david.howard@ucl.ac.uk), Programme Manager
- Kully Sunner (k.sunner@ucl.ac.uk), Lab Operations Lead
- Dr Lee Stanyer (l.stanyer@ucl.ac.uk), Lab Infrastructure Lead
- Faith Ebhojiaye (f.ebhojiaye@ucl.ac.uk), Data Technician
- Sarah-Jane Newbery, (s.newbery@ucl.ac.uk), Migration and Move Project Manager
- Jane Arthurs, (j.arthurs@ucl.ac.uk) Mobilisation and Operational Readiness Manager
- Anna Dabrowski (a.dabrowski@ucl.ac.uk), Communications Manager
- Liam Hagan (l.hagan@ucl.ac.uk), Programme Support Officer
Operational leads
- Geoff Dunk (g.dunk@ucl.ac.uk), Director of Operations, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- Dr Hélène Crutzen (h.crutzen@ucl.ac.uk), Manager, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- Professor Giampietro Schiavo (g.schiavo@ucl.ac.uk), Professor of Cellular Neuroscience, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- Paul Swainsbury (p.swainsbury@ucl.ac.uk), Finance Manager, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- Mike Brown (mike.brown@ucl.ac.uk) and Catherine Hills (catherine.hills@ucl.ac.uk), UCL Biological Services
Working Environment Group
Helene Crutzen, Institute Manager and Chair, and Steffy Czieso Lab Operations Manager and Co-chair
Burleen Chhatwal, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Sam Crawford, Mark Gaskin, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Amy Gent, Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, Florence Gidney, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Charlotte Grady, UKDRI, Matthew Keuss, Neuromuscular Diseases, Christian Landles, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Sarah Lawson, ION HQ, Rob Lesniak, Neuromuscular Diseases, Gabriele Lignani, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Caitlin Loh, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Mireia Mato Prado, UK Dementia Research Institute, Sue Noy, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Claire Pimblett, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Jennifer Pocock, Neuroinflammation, Sandra Porteous, ION HQ, Sabrina Skeete, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Darija Soltic, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Charlotte Spicer, Neuromuscular Diseases, Lee Stanyer, ION-DRI Programme, Kully Sunner, ION-DRI Programme, Keith Tritton, Imaging Neuroscience, Dimitrios Zachos, ION HQ, Christoph Zimmer, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
Philanthropy
- Angharad Milenkovic (angharad.milenkovic@ucl.ac.uk), Vice-President Advancement
- Ian Wilson, (ian.wilson@ucl.ac.uk) Director of Development, Office of Vice-President Advancement
Public Art
- Sam Wilkinson (sam.wilkinson@ucl.ac.uk), UCL Director of Public Art