People
Our People
Leadership Team
The leadership team have overall oversight of the programme, with responsibility for ensuring successful programme delivery.
- Professor David Lomas (d.lomas@ucl.ac.uk), UCL Vice-Provost (Health)
- Professor Alan Thompson (alan.thompson@ucl.ac.uk), Dean of the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences and Programme Sponsor
- Keith Butler (k.butler@ucl.ac.uk), Assistant Director, 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 Bart De Strooper (b.strooper@ukdri.ucl.ac.uk), UK DRI Director and Dr Adrian Ivinson (a.ivinson@ukdri.ucl.ac.uk), UK DRI Director (Operations)
- 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), 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.
- Keith Butler (k.butler@ucl.ac.uk), Assistant Director, UCL Estates
- Martin Treacy (m.treacy@ucl.ac.uk), UCL Estates Lead
- ISG, Main Build Contractor
- 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
- Dr Lee Stanyer (l.stanyer@ucl.ac.uk), Lab Infrastructure Lead
- Kully Sunner (k.sunner@ucl.ac.uk), Lab Operations Lead
- Clare Whitcombe (c.whitcombe@ucl.ac.uk), Senior Project Manager
- Anna Dabrowski (a.dabrowski@ucl.ac.uk), Communications Manager
- Shumaya Anower (s.anower@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
Philanthropy
- Angharad Milenkovic (angharad.milenkovic@ucl.ac.uk) Vice-President Advancement
Public Art
- Sam Wilkinson (sam.wilkinson@ucl.ac.uk), UCL Head of Public Art