UK Research Finance Group

The UK Research Finance Group is a professional community of NHS R&D Finance Managers across the UK. The group provides the opportunity to forge professional relationships and establish a network of colleagues. It will also deliver outputs including guidance and training to support the research finance community.

It resulted from a request from UKRD (a national community of R&D Leaders established in 2017) to establish a working group of NHS R&D Finance managers specifically to explore and discuss topical and ongoing issues facing NHS R&D departments, how they impact on individual Trusts and the R&D community as a whole.

For this initiative, R&D Forum is working jointly with the UKRD as there is overlap and interest in this work for both communities.

Contact the Group

For further information follow this link: https://www.ukrdleaders.org/working-groups/

Group contact details:

Name	Trust	Email address	RDN region
Susan Keenan (chair)	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	susan.keenan3@nhs.net	North London
Joe Mwanza (deputy chair)	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	joe.mwanza@nhs.net	North London
Emmanuel Rollings-Kamara	Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust	emmanuel.rollings-kamara@nhs.net	North London
Mahendra Wadhwana	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	mahindra.wadhwana@uhl-tr.nhs.uk	East Midlands
Ernie Finch	Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust	ernie.finch@gstt.nhs.uk	South London
Frances Farnworth	East Suffold and North Essex NHS Founation Trust	frances.farnworth@esneft.nhs.uk	East of England
Maja Andreevska	Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust	maja.andreevska@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk	South Central
Kirsten Bailey	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	kirsten.bailey@ouh.nhs.uk	South Central
Mark Albrighton	University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust	mark.albrighton1@nhs.net	East Midlands
Bart Philipczyk	The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	bart.philipczyk@nhs.net	North London
Mark Simpson	Swansea Bay University Health Board	mark.simpson@wales.nhs.uk	Wales
Michael Holloway	Health and Care Research Wales	michael.holloway@wales.nhs.uk	Wales
Sandra Quinn	NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	sandra.quinn2@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	Scotland
Kirsty Cepek	University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust	kirsty.cepek@uhbw.nhs.uk	South West Central
Sharon Khambay	Royal Marsden Hospital	sharon.khambay@rmh.nhs.uk	South London
Julia West	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	julia.west@liverpoolft.nhs.uk	North West
Chris Zampella	University Hospitals Plymouth Trust	chris.zampella@nhs.net	South West Peninsula
Zoe Townsend	Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals	z.townsend@nhs.net	North East and North Cumbria
Kathryn Baysdon	Cambridge University Hospital	kathryn.baysdon@nhs.net	East of England
Clare Calvert	Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS FT	clare.calvert@nhs.net	South East
Teresa Merron	Belfast Health and Social Care Trust	teresa.merron@belfasttrust.hscni.net	Northern Ireland
Ron Boulter	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	ron.boulter@mft.nhs.uk	North West
Simon Revesai	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust	simon.revesai@nhs.net	Yorkshire and Humber
Parveen Virk	Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust	parveen.virk3@nhs.net	West Midlands
Hayley Angel	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust	hayley.angel@uhs.nhs.uk	South Central

Group Chair(s):

Susan Keenan

Susan entered the research arena as R&D Senior Finance Manager at University Hospital Southampton in 2014 and moved to Moorfields Eye Hospital as Head of Finance, R&D in 2024. Her responsibilities include the development and delivery of financial strategy and comprehensive financial management of R&D income and expenditure. She is a fully qualified chartered accountant with vast experience of working as financial lead within the public sector. In 2019 Susan established and continues chair the UK Finance Managers Group (UKRD / RD Forum) which is a professional community of 25 NHS R&D Finance Managers across all four nations, to navigate the complexities of research finance. It was created specifically to explore and discuss topical and ongoing issues facing NHS R&D departments, how they impact on individual Trusts and the R&D community. This influential group has strong links with government who seek its views when developing national policies. In addition to the main Finance Managers Group, there are now regional sub-groups for each RDN region and each Devolved Nation, plus there are monthly virtual coffee mornings that everyone is welcome to join.

Joe Mwanza (Deputy Chair)

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Group Members:

Mark Albrighton

University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Maja Andreevska

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Kirsten Bailey

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Kathryn Baysdon

Cambridge University Hospital

Ron Boulter

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Clare Calvert

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS FT

Kirsty Cepek

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Frances Farnworth

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Founation Trust

Ernie Finch

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Michael Holloway

Health and Care Wales

Sharon Khambay

Royal Marsden Hospital

Teresa Merron

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Bart Philipczyk

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Sandra Quinn

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Simon Revesai

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Emmanuel Rollings-Kamara

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Mark Simpson

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Zoe Townsend

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

Parveen Virk

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust

Mahendra Wadhwana

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Julia West

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Chris Zampella

University Hospitals Plymouth Trust

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