Meet the Team
Project Leadership
Our project leadership team consistently provides strategic direction, ensuring accountability and alignment with the overarching 2030 strategy.
- Project Sponsor: Professor Nick Jennings, Vice-Chancellor, and President of Loughborough University
- Project Director: Ffyona Baker, Associate Chief Operating Officer/Director of Organisational Development & Change
Project and Change Management
Our project delivery team comprises professionals dedicated to effectively delivering the project outcomes and benefits. Their expertise spans diverse disciplines, ensuring a collaborative and effective approach to meeting the project's goals and delivering high-quality outcomes.
- Project manager: Tony Graham, Business Change Project Manager
- Workstream leads:
- Dawn Matthews
- Sarah Williamson
- Sandra Hill
- Colette Cloete
- Sadie Gration
We also want to make sure we continually review and align the projects to be delivered through this initiative, aiming for the strongest alignment with our people and culture-related effort. This is where our collaboration with our HR Project Managers plays a pivotal role.
- HR Project Manager: Renae Huggan-Broughton
- HR Project Manager: Bonnie Erdelyi-Betts
- HR Project Manager: Steve Widdowson
Project Board
We're ensuring that the project stays in line with our strategy and remains coherent with the overall direction of the University. Our leaders provide guidance through the project board to maintain this alignment.
| Name | Role | Project Role/Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Jennings | Vice-Chancellor | Project Sponsor & Chair |
| Richard Taylor | Chief Operating Officer | Vice-Chair |
| Ffyona Baker | Associate Chief Operating Officer and Director of Organisational Development & Change | Co-Director |
| Emma Walton | Director of Library Services and University Librarian | Professional Services |
| Claire Warden | Professor of Performance and Physical Culture, School of Design and Creative Arts | Academic and Academic Development |
| Julie Turner | Strategic Scientific Technical Lead | Technician Commitment |
| Jennifer Johnson | Director of Research & Innovation | |
| Tony Edwards | Dean of Loughborough University London |
Steering Group
We're making sure that everyone's perspective is valued, and our steering group brings a diverse range of views to the project.
| Name | Role | Project Role/Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Ffyona Baker | Associate Chief Operating Officer and Director of Organisational Development & Change | Vice-Chair |
| Tony Graham | Business Change Project Manager | Project Manager |
| Veronica Moore | Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Service | EDI Networks & Professional Services Leadership Team |
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Mary Brewer - UCU Mark Hyde - Unite Irvin Hendrickson - Unison |
Trades Union Representatives | |
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Steve Warren/Manish Maisuria |
Heads of Operations | Professional Services Staff |
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Abby Davis |
Director - Centre for Research in Social Policy | |
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Lisa Jackson |
Professor of Risk and Reliability | Academic Development |
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David Fletcher |
Senior Lecturer - Performance, Psychology, and Management | Business School |
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Sadie Gration |
Marketing and Advancement | Internal Communications Manager |
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Sarah Crane |
Deputy Fire and Safety Officer | Technicians Commitment |
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Michelle Johnston |
Senior Finance Business Partner | Finance |