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 Foundation Future Leaders for 2022 are:
Name |
Position |
Organisation |
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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 Garbut |
Critical Enablers Technical Lead- Rolling Programme of Decommissioning |
Magnox |
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 |
Head of Propositions |
Unipart Group |
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 |
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Foundation Future Leaders visiting Rolls Royce on March 31st, 2022. | Foundation Future Leaders touring Rolls Royce on March 31st, 2022. |
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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. |
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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.