Future Leaders

Future leaders in science, technology, research and innovation need not only knowledge of the sector they are in – be it higher education, industry, the civil service or elsewhere – but also an understanding of the other parts of the UK’s research and innovation system. The Foundation Future Leaders Programme seeks to support the leaders of tomorrow in building the links and knowledge that they will need.

The programme brings together a cohort of around 30 mid-career professionals over the course of a year, with approximately 10 representatives each from the research community, industry, and the civil service and wider public sector. Over a 12-month period, the group meet and discuss with senior figures from government, parliament, universities, large industry, SMEs, research charities and others. Just as importantly, Future Leaders present their own expertise, develop skills and make future contacts. The programme includes external visits and the development of an annual conference for a wider group of mid-career future leaders in science, technology, research and innovation.

2022 sees the third cohort of Foundation Future Leaders take part in the programme. Details of Foundation Future Leaders from earlier years can be found as follows:

The 2019/20 cohort are here.
The 2021 cohort are here.

The Foundation Future Leaders for 2022 are:

Name	Position	Organisation
Dr Gokhan Bakan	Senior Research Scientist	National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Mr Tom Bell	Strategy Manager	National Nuclear Laboratory
Ms Beth Bragg	Human Factors Specialist	National Nuclear Laboratory
Mr Hassan Butt	Grad Innovation Analyst	HS2 Ltd
Mr Howie Chau	Systems Engineer	Connected Places Catapult
Dr Thomas Davey	Senior Experimental Officer	FloWave, The University of Edinburgh
Mr Pete Dyson	Principal Behavioural Scientist	Department for Transport
Dr Peter El Hajj	Head of Delivery - National Digital Twin programme	Centre for Digital Built Britain
Dr Alexander Elliott	Research Fellow	Cranfield University
Mr Massimiliano Fasi	Assistant Professor	Durham University
Dr Ashleigh Filtness	Senior Lecturer of Human Factors in Transport Safety	Loughborough University
Mr Daniel Garbutt	Senior Engineering Manager	Radioactive Waste Management
Miss Gabi Gorringe	Programme Reporting and Analysis Manager	National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Dr Louise Hazeland	Head of Science Capability and Strategy, Chief Scientific Adviser's Office	Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Mr Thomas Hornigold	Policy Analyst	House of Lords Science and Technology Committee
Mr Mark Jacob	Head of 25 Year Environment Plan Outcome Indicators Team	Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Dr Hermine Landt-Wilman	Assistant Professor (Research) & Daphne Jackson Fellow	Durham University
Dr Horia Maior	Assistant Professor in Computer Science	University of Nottingham
Dr Elizabeth Moyce	UKIMEA Research Development Manager	Arup
Mr Awais Munawar	Visualisation Theme Lead	National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Dr Maria Nelson-Clarke	Senior Partnerships Manager	Williams Advanced Engineering
Dr Amy Nommeots-Nomm	Deep-tech Analyst	Octopus Ventures
Dr Denise O'Sullivan	Science Leader	National Measurement Laboratory (NML), LGC
Dr Lara Phillips	Head of Research Talent	Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Dr Katie Raymer	Policy Advisor	Royal Society of Chemistry
Dr Neil Robinson	Private Secretary to the Executive Chair	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Miss Harriet Rushton	Maritime Environmental Protection Adviser	MOD (Navy Command)
Miss Lyndsey Scott	Software Engineer	Beamery
Miss Charlotte Stewart	Smart Water Systems Engineer	Anglian Water
Dr Pamela Swiatlowska	Postdoctoral Researcher	Queen Mary University London
Ms Liz Wainwright	Industry Partnerships Manager (Mathematics)	University of Bristol
Dr Helen Walker	Neutron Instrument Scientist	ISIS Neutron & Muon Source, STFC, UKRI
Miss Emily Warren-Barratt	Senior Private Secretary to the Chief Scientific Officer for England	DHSC/UKHSA
Dr Fiona Whiting	Senior Scientist	DSTL


Foundation Future Leaders in discussion with Lord Willetts, Chair of FST, during a visit to Parliament, October 2019.	Visiting the Diamond Synchrotron, Harwell Science Campus, December 2019.

At RACE (Remote Applications in Challenging Environments), Culham Science Centre, December 2019.	Meeting of the Foundation Future Leaders at the Royal Society in London, February 2020.

The 2022 Foundation Future Leaders Programme is partly sponsored by AIRTO (the Association for Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations). The Foundation for Science and Technology gratefully acknowledges their support.

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