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Our Senior Leadership Team

Meet our Senior Leadership Team who are responsible for setting, developing and monitoring the strategic direction of our organisation and ensuring we meet our ambitious goals.

The Senior Leadership Team

Andrew Morris Director, HDR UK
Cassie Smith Director of Legal, Trust and Ethics
Emily Jefferson Chief Technology Officer, HDR UK and Interim Director, DARE UK and Chair of Health Data Science
Jonathan Wood Director of Communications and External Affairs
Liz Lovejoy Chief Operating Officer
Reecha Sofat
Reecha Sofat Senior Science Advisor (interim)
Rhoswyn Walker
Rhoswyn Walker Director of Strategy, HDR UK
Simon Ball Senior Science Advisor (interim)

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Medical Research Council logo NIHR National Institute for Health Research logo British Heart Foundation logo Cancer Research UK logo Economic and Social Research Council logo Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo Health and Care Research Wales logo Chief Scientist Office logo HSC Public Health Agency Research and Development logo
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