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Our people

Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley Directors and Board members are listed first. Scroll down or click through to the next pages for other members of our team. Alternatively, you can refine your search by using the specialties listed below.

Hannah Oatley

Hannah leads our cardiovascular disease (CVD) programme, working with a wide range of stakeholders on various initiatives aimed at preventing CVD. She has extensive experience of the NHS acute sector, having worked for many years in both operational and strategic management roles at acute trusts. Hannah has a masters degree in biochemistry and is a […]

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption
Hannah Oatley

Emma Fairman

Emma became a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) in 2010 and has 14 years’ experience in NHS financial and management accounting having worked at Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Health Education England.

Specialties: Oxford AHSN core team
Emma Fairman

Alison Gowdy

Alison has over 15 years’ experience in the NHS working in senior acute operational roles. She has extensive experience liaising with clinical teams and commissioners, working across organisations to improve patient pathways and in delivering change management programmes.

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Jo-Anne Harrison

Jo-Anne is Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer and to the Chief Operating Officer and has over 20 years’ experience working at Board and Director level.

Specialties: Oxford AHSN core team

Ferdinand Manansala

Ferdinand supports the Clinical Innovation Adoption team and has over ten years experience working within the administrative and management setting. He has been working in the NHS since 2010 carrying out roles within acute, community and mental health settings. Outside work Ferdinand is a big fan of basketball.

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Guy Checketts

25 years’ technical and commercial experience across many sectors of the medical device industry in the UK, USA and Europe, where he has developed and launched many new products and led successful change management projects at scale. Guy has delivered many real-world evaluations and adoption projects while at Oxford HIN and was the Network project […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Katie Lean

Katie has over 30 years’ experience in the NHS – her clinical background is in nursing and midwifery. She has worked in research, risk management and quality improvement. At the Oxford HIN she initially worked within the Oxford Patient Safety Collaborative where she led the national patient safety Acute Kidney Injury programme, including the award- […]

Specialties: Workforce Innovation

Matt Williams

Matt is the Senior Programme Manager for Mental Health with a particular interest in digital therapeutics. He has over 25 years’ experience working within the mental health, education and voluntary sectors. Matt leads the Oxford HIN First episode and Rapid Early intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) programme and was previously the Oxford HIN Digital Health […]

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Marianna Lepetyukh

Marianna joined in 2017. She leads on the Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Endoscopy workstreams. Marianna has over 15 years’ experience in commercial and business development in both multinational companies and the NHS, with expertise in delivering income and business generation projects, strategic business planning and business modelling.

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Tara Gradwell

Tara joined in September 2018 and provides programme support to the Corporate and Patient Safety Collaborative (Maternity Network) and additional administration support across the teams. She has worked in the NHS for 11 years, supporting maternity and clinical governance teams.

Specialties: Programme Office