People
Our People
Executive Group
The execuitve group governs and oversee delivery of the programme
Aimie Chapple Vice-President (Operations), UCL, Charu Gorasia, Chief Financial Officer - UCL, Mike Hanna Director, UCL ION, Tim Jaggard, Deputy Chief Executive /Chief Financial Officer UCLH, John O’Toole, Interim Director, Major Projects (Estates), UCL, David Probert, Chief Executive UCLH, Andy Smith, Chief Information Officer, UCL, Anthony Smith (Chair) Vice Provost (Faculties), UCL, Alan Thompson (Programme Sponsor, Dean - Faculty of Brain Sciences, 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
Rosie Baverstock-West, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Burleen Chhatwal, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Mark Gaskin, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Florence Gidney, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Amy Gent, Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, Charlotte Grady, UKDRI, Amanda Heslegrave, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Matthew Keuss, Neuromuscular Diseases, Sarah Lawson, ION HQ, Rob Lesniak, Neuromuscular Diseases, Caitlin Loh, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Claire Pimblett, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Jenny Pocock, Neuroinflammation, Sandra Porteous, ION HQ, Mireia Mato Prado, UK Dementia Research Institute, Darija Soltic, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Charlotte Spicer, Neuromuscular Diseases, Lee Stanyer, ION-DRI Programme, Kully Sunner, ION-DRI Programme, Gabriele Lignani, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Sue Noy, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dimitrios Zachos, ION HQ, Christoph Zimmer, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
Philanthropy
- Angharad Milenkovic (angharad.milenkovic@ucl.ac.uk), Vice-President Advancement
- Rebecca Whitham,(r.whitham@ucl.ac.uk) Director of Strategy and Operations, Office of Vice-President Advancement
Public Art
- Sam Wilkinson (sam.wilkinson@ucl.ac.uk), UCL Head of Public Art