Meet the Team

Abi Line

Programme Operations Lead

Made Smarter East of England

Abigail Whitehead scaled

Abi has 12 years’ experience in the business support sector, including 7 years within Oxford Innovation Advice. Skilled in supporting complex, multi-partner programmes, with expertise in coordination, governance, performance tracking and stakeholder management. Has strong attention to detail in reporting, compliance, and for effectively managing data, systems and processes to ensure successful programme delivery.

Her current role provides comprehensive operational, administrative and coordination support to the Programme Manager, delivery team and external stakeholders and funders, to ensure the smooth delivery of the Made Smarter programme for the East of England region.

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Covid-19 Statement

Update – Wednesday 15th December 2021

Our Innovation Centres remain operational and accessible, and provide a safe environment for our staff and customers. We continue to assess the risk of COVID-19 alongside the latest guidance from government. In the meantime our Innovation Centre remains COVID-19 Secure and fully open for business. Our detailed risk assessment can be found here.