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

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Group Chair(s):

Susan Keenan

Susan entered the research arena as R&D Senior Finance Manager at University Hospital Southampton in 2014. 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 is chair of the UK Finance Managers Group (URD / RD Forum) which is a professional community of NHS R&D Finance Managers. 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 as a whole.

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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  • Create resources where there are gaps
  • Influence partners & invited stakeholders. Discuss their work, ask for opinions and shape policy.
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  • Horizon scan for what is of interest to the community. Horizon scanning and conducting community surveys
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