Meet the team

By providing access to great people, proven practices and strong networks we can confidently steer the growth of the businesses we work with.

Management Board

Jane Galsworthy

Jane is the Managing Director of Oxford Innovation Advice, working with the Management Board to facilitate economic prosperity.

Andrew Finley

Andrew is the Commercial Director at Oxford Innovation Advice which specialises in business growth strategy and investment readiness.

Martin Hall

Martin is the Programme Director of the Innovate UK EDGE programme in the South East.

Dean Barnes

Dean is the Regional Director of the Manufacturing Growth Programme, providing dedicated support to SME manufacturers across England.

Adrian Waters

Adrian is a Manufacturing Growth Manager in the South East Midlands region as part of the delivery for the Manufacturing Growth Programme.

Amanda Johnston

Amanda is the head of Marketing for Oxford Innovation Advice, working alongside the other functions and programme marketing leads.

Andrew Baxter

Andrew manages our unique business tool, GROWTHmapper as well as being a Business Coach with the Oxford Innovation Advice team in Cornwall.

Angela Spenley

Angela is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Bita Najafi

Bita is a Medical Scientist with extensive experience is setting up, running and growing businesses. Now supporting businesses as a Business Growth Advisor.

Caroline Collings-Wood

Caroline is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Chris Oliver

Chris is a finance specialist who has worked in a number of different fields of finance within the last 15 years, operating within Fund Management, Private Equity, Business Advisory & Audit.

Christina West

Chrissi is the Business Development Manager within Oxford Innovation Advice supporting the Bid teams and Management Board.

Christopher Buckland

Christopher is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Craig Gordon

Craig is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

David Caddle

David is a Regional Manager for the East and South teams of the delivery for the Manufacturing Growth Programme.

David Ledbury

David is a Regional Manager for the West and North teams of the delivery for the Manufacturing Growth Programme.

Donna Watkins

Donna is working on the Business Growth West Midlands in Dudley project, helping SMEs in the Dudley area to identify opportunities for growth and offering access to relevant business support.

Drew Abraham

Drew is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Eileen Modral

Eileen is a Investment Manager supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Graeme Beever

Graeme is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Heather Coupland

Heather is the Programme Director of the Access to Finance programme in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Under the Investment Readiness – Access to Finance Programme Helen offers support to Pre-Start, Start-Up and Established Businesses, based in Birmingham, Solihull & the Black Country, who have ‘High Growth Potential’. The support is to help them to develop commercially credible funding raises. To help build on their inherent capabilities to achieve accelerated growth, performance, productivity, attain high GVA and create high value jobs.

Irving Levy

Irving is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Jakub Rakoczy

Jakub is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

James Bosworth

James is a Manufacturing Growth Manager in the Leicester and Leicestershire region as part of the delivery for the Manufacturing Growth Programme.

James Dimitriou

James is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Jeremy Boye

Jeremy is a Manufacturing Growth Manager in the Leeds City region as part of the delivery for the Manufacturing Growth Programme.

Linda Cheung

Linda is an experienced business advisor, executive coach and board member, who helps innovative scaleup businesses achieve change and growth with lean startup methodologies.

Lou Williams

Lou is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Marcus Pearson

Marcus is a Manufacturing Growth Manager in the South Yorkshire (Sheffield) region as part of the delivery for the Manufacturing Growth Programme.

Neil Harriman

Neil is a Manufacturing Growth Manager in the Greater Lincolnshire and Humber region as part of the delivery for the Manufacturing Growth Programme and Supply Chain expert.

Nick Elliott

Nick is a Strategic Growth Manager in the Leeds City region as part of the delivery for the Strategic Growth Programme.

Paul Green

Providing fully funded support to eligible businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly who wish to raise finance for their business.

Paul-Henri Sampson

To help SMEs in the Dudley Borough to access relevant business support by developing solid relationships with owner managers including the use of business diagnostics and Growth Mapper where appropriate.

Paula Richardson

Paula is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Phillip Somers

Phil is a Manufacturing Growth Manager in the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire region as part of the delivery for the Manufacturing Growth Programme.

Richard Butcher

Richard is an Innovation & Growth Specialist supporting companies to innovate as part of the South-East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Richard Holmes

Richard is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Robert Rabone

Supporting start-ups and scale-ups to develop a deeper understanding of available finance and resource support, to enable access to such finance and to provide wider business support as appropriate.

Robin Simpson

Robin is a Manufacturing Growth Manager in the Solent region as part of the delivery for the Manufacturing Growth Programme.

Rocky Moore

Rocky is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Roope Aaltonen

Roope is a Business Growth Advisor supporting companies to innovate as part of the South East Innovate UK EDGE team.

Ross Clark

Ross supports selected High Growth and Growth companies across multiple sectors, mainly involving manufacturing and technology, assisting them in their business modelling and planning, funding, innovation management and removing barriers to growth.

Ryan Davies

Ryan supports high growth, innovative SMEs as part of the South-East Innovate UK EDGE team to identify their barriers to growth and support them through their growth.

Simon Hall

Simon manages some of Oxford Innovation Advice’s strategic projects, such as our Peer Networks programmes across the country.

Steve Dunn

Vernon Hogg

Access to Finance, start up & scale up.

Will Westley

Supporting Manufacturing SMEs throughout Shropshire to grow by identifying, understanding and removing barriers to growth.
Deploying growthMapper, a comprehensive business diagnostic tool and creating action plans for growth and improvement.
Securing external support for the business to deliver the plan and provide grant funding to assist the business with their costs.
Supporting the business and consultants to ensure a successful delivery of the plan.

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