Charlie Clarke

Senior Business Operations Manager

Charlie is part of the Health Informatics team at Health Innovation East, supporting the SDE through operations and business development. Charlie shapes strategies and improves processes while managing contracts and delivering a broad range of operational activities, ensuring the SDE runs effectively and grows as part of wider efforts to advance data-driven innovation in health and care.

Jacob Wingfield

Data Partnerships Strategy & Commercialisation Lead Research and Development at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Jacob has experience coordinating the research governance, costings and contractual arrangements necessary for research in NHS based environments with a focus of health data research. He has worked with multiple NHS organisations as well as commercial and academic organisations in supporting research. Jacob supports the operations of governance review, costings, and any contractual arrangements necessary for the running of individual SDE projects and necessary for the running of the research database that underpins the Eastern England SDE

Adam Loveday

Data Access Work Area Lead Eastern England SDE and Data and AI Research Governance Lead at Cambridge University Hospitals

Adam oversees the data access process of the SDE, including the Data Access Committee, alongside ensuring that the research governance approvals that are in place for the SDE remain up to date.

Tijana Vojinovic

Senior Programme Delivery Manager

Tijana has experience leading academic and industry research projects, with a strong focus on data-driven service improvement and applied health research. As part of the Eastern SDE team, she supports the programme’s governance, with particular emphasis on enabling researchers to access the SDE safely and efficiently.

Hana Lango Allen

Researcher Engagement Lead and Genomic Data Programme Lead at Eastern England SDE Head of Data Strategy and Partnerships at Cambridge University Health Partners

Hana is focused on developing research-enabling healthcare data infrastructure and data assets that meet broad range of requirements across clinical, academic and industry partners.​ She has extensive research background in bioinformatics and statistical genomics, which she applied to help establish novel genomic tests in diagnostic laboratories and discover new genetic causes of rare diseases. Previously, Hana was the Scientific Director at NHS East Genomic Laboratory Hub, and Applied Genomics module lead for MPhil in Health Data Science at Cambridge University.

Laura Venn

Head of Health Informatics Programme Delivery

Laura is an experienced project management professional with a background in academic, public and private sector research on a range of interdisciplinary national and European funded health research programmes. As well as completing her doctorate, Laura holds qualifications in Project Management (APM), and PRINCE2.

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David Jones

Principal Bioinformatic Infrastructure Engineer

David has a Masters in Bioinformatics and expertise in software development, with a particular specialism in genome sequence analysis. David leads the technical implementation of projects in the Health Informatics team

Rebecca Archdeacon

Senior Growth and Engagement Manager

As an engagement practitioner, Becky has worked across several NHS organisations, providing support and assurance for complex service reconfigurations and championing the public and patient voice in decision-making. Becky leads the development of growth opportunities for the SDE and serves as the primary point of contact for researchers, ensuring they receive an outstanding end-to-end experience.

Dr Ari Ercole

Chief Investigator and Chair of the Data Access Committee and Chief Clinical Information Officer at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

Dr Ari Ercole is a Fellow in Clinical Medicine and Director of Studies in Medical Science at Magdalene College Cambridge and affiliated associate professor in the Department of Medicine. Dr Ercole is a consultant in neurosciences and trauma intensive care. His clinical interests focus on the physiological measurement, support and resuscitation of critically ill patients, in particular patients that have sustained life threatening severe trauma and in the use of digital technologies including artificial intelligence to improve the way healthcare is delivered. Prior to his medical training, he completed a degree and PhD in condensed matter physics from the University of Cambridge.

Magalie Ruffier

Eastern England SDE Data Management Lead

With a background in genomics and large-scale data processing work, Magalie leads the data management function of the Eastern England SDE.

Tom Billins

Research Governance and Ethics Senior Manager

Tom is an experienced research ethics and governance professional with significant experience in life-sciences policy. He has worked across the public sector, universities, and the private sector

Laura Clarke

Senior Product Manager

Laura’s background is in data management for large scale biological data generation, particularly genomics and transcriptomics. She is now the senior product manager for the Eastern England Secure Data Environment.

Elsie Makachiya

Senior Public Involvement and Inclusion Manager

With a PhD, MPH, and BN, Elsie leads equitable health data engagement, advancing people-centred research and public involvement across the health data research ecosystem. Grounded in international development, anti-colonial practice, PPIE, and monitoring and evaluation, she brings a rigorous and inclusive approach. Passionate about meaningful engagement, trust and transparency, Elsie champions meaningful co-design and representation to strengthen health outcomes and data governance

Kieran Raine

Head of Platforms

Keiran leads the technical team, overseeing the development of secure, cloud-based research environments and large-scale data management solutions. With a background in bioinformatics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and clinical trial database development at Roche, Keiran is passionate about making health data usable and accessible, whilst protecting the security of data and patient privacy

Eleanor Hall

SDE Operational Lead and Head of Health Informatics Operations

Eleanor leads the operations of the Secure Data Environment, including overseeing a portfolio of projects based around the use of health data for research and their associated governance. She has significant experience operationally managing clinical research across leading academic institutions and the NHS. She now leads the Health Informatics Programme Management Office to deliver complex programmes of work in the health data research space. She has qualifications in Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) and Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt).

Mark Avery

Director of the Eastern England SDE and Director of Health Informatics at Health Innovation East and Cambridge University Health Partners

With extensive experience in health data infrastructure and multi-organisational transformation, Mark has worked across health and care systems to lead and deliver impactful change programmes. Mark provides strategic leadership of the SDE – guiding the vision, direction, and development of data products, platforms, and partnerships.

Kristin-Anne Rutter

Senior Responsible Officer for the SDE and Executive Director, Cambridge University Health Partners

Previously, as a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s London Office, Kristin-Anne’s focus was on improvement and innovation in healthcare delivery. She led thinking on how digital and data can create value for patients and systems and how the barriers to successful adoption and uptake can be overcome. Kristin-Anne was the founder of the McKinsey Health Tech network in 2013, bringing together the most innovative tech and digital solution providers and supporting them to deploy in health systems. She supported the UK government to identify opportunities to strengthen the UK Life science industry and the deployment of innovation in the NHS. Prior to joining McKinsey, Kristin-Anne worked as a doctor in Iceland and was a product manager for Neuromonics, a start-up company in Australia bringing a treatment for Tinnitus to market.