Meet the team

  • Professor Chris Taylor

    Professor Chris Taylor

    Director

    Professor Taylor is Associate Vice President for Digital and Innovation at The University of Manchester, with over fifteen years of experience at the forefront of health informatics in the UK.

  • Sarah Barton

    Sarah Barton

    Strategy and Operations Manager, Research Platforms Team (Digital Futures and Sustainable Futures)

    Sarah’s role is to support the Associate Vice President for Digital and Innovation, and the Director of Sustainable Futures, in developing and delivering Sustainable Futures and Digital Futures platform strategy, and to lead the Research Platforms Team (Digital Futures and Sustainable Futures).

  • Lauren Mullan

    Lauren Mullan

    Communications and Engagement Coordinator, Research Platforms Team (Digital Futures and Sustainable Futures)

    Lauren provides support in the development, planning, and delivery of events and activities that deepen platform engagement with internal and external stakeholders.

  • Lucy Forth

    Lucy Forth

    Communications and Engagement Coordinator, Regional Engagement 

    Lucy provides support for regional engagement activities, including delivery of the Greater Manchester Connected Health Ecosystem.

  • Zoe Langmead-Jones

    Zoe Langmead-Jones

    Communications and Engagement Coordinator, Regional Engagement 

    Zoe provides support for regional engagement activities, with themes including digital trust and security and digital skills. 

  • Kitty Lo

    Kitty Lo

    Administrator, Research Platforms Team (Digital Futures and Sustainable Futures)

    Provides administrative support across both the Sustainable Futures and Digital Futures research platforms. 

  • Stanislas Galliers-de Metz

    Stanislas Galliers-de Metz

    Events, Projects and Communications Support Intern

    Provides events, projects and communications support to Digital Futures and Sustainable Futures, maintaining and developing communication, events and administration activities.

  • Joy Yeh

    Joy Yeh

    Events, Projects and Communications Support Intern

    Provides events, projects and communications support to Digital Futures and Sustainable Futures, maintaining and developing communication, events and administration activities.

  • Stuart Coulson

    Stuart Coulson

    Cyber Ecosystem Project Manager (DiSH)

    Stuart supports the DiSH project to bring together experts in digital and cyber security from the public, private and academic sectors to help Greater Manchester’s digital security startups to innovate and grow.

  • Phil Wallace

    Phil Wallace

    Cyber Ecosystem Project Manager 

    Phil is responsible for managing a portfolio of events, relationships and research projects related to digital trust and security across Greater Manchester.