Meet the team
Nigel Lambe
Executive Director
Nigel will help you to address the challenges and pressures of growing businesses and maximise your opportunity.
Jane Baker
Financial Management
If you need to develop a sound financial model to manage and grow your business, Jane will help you stay ahead of financial challenges by getting processes in place.
Peter Lane
Innovation Support Manager
Pete can support you in exploiting the true value of your idea, helping you finding the right partners and the right resources to get projects off the ground.
Saffron Saunders
Croydon Centre Manager
Saffron runs the Croydon centre, using her experience to help you locate the contacts, resources and expertise to grow your business.
Claire Pasquill
Head of Programmes
Speak to Claire about which of the initiatives that we run could be most effective in helping you to grow your business.
Simon Chuter
Student Enterprise Manager
Simon oversees our student and graduate enterprise programmes, and can help deliver your essential projects using our skilled Catalyst team.
Helena Jevons
Head of Sales & Marketing
Helena is a strategic marketeer, helping our members to position their offering for large organisations, and find and connect with potential partners and customers.
Joseph Bradfield
PR & Communications Advisor
If you need to tell the story of your idea and raise awareness of your business proposition, Joseph will help get your messaging right.
David Porter
BRAIN Project Manager
David gets start-up businesses investment ready and connects them with potential customers or partners in large organisations.
Eva Poliszczuk
Catalyst Project Manager
Eva supports graduates and placements who join our Catalyst Team, scoping and briefing out projects, and managing the team's priorities and workload.
Daisy Wood
Falmer Community Manager
Daisy knows everyone in the Centre, and helps our members to find the skills and support they need by making introductions and organising events.
Helen Northeast
Facilities Manager
Helen ensures that the phones are connected and the lights and heating stay on - talk to her if there's anything you need fixed in your office.
Sam Beard
Falmer Reception
Sam mans the front desk in Falmer and acts as a virtual assistant for our members - he's the friendly voice handling your calls and the first face our visitors see.
Fiona Weir
Management Accountant
Fiona looks after all the payroll, employee contracts and expenses information that ensures that everything continues to run smoothly.
Laura Catchpole
Accounts Assistant
Laura oversees our invoices, billing and bank reconciliation, making sure that everything adds up!
Anne-Fay Townsend
Insight & Market Research Advisor
Anne-Fay can help you gain a deeper understanding of your market and competitive landscape, developing insights through primary research.
Laurence Grant
Head of Investment Projects
Laurence heads up our investment arm Suss Ventures, matching ambitious businesses with the right backers to help them grow.
Jon Woodward
Management Accountant
Jon helps our members set up payroll, navigate accounting software and put together R&D tax credit applications to make their finances stretch further.
Jamie-Lee Atkinson
ERDF Project Co-ordinator
Jamie-Lee makes our funded projects happen, ensuring that our clients get the support they're looking for and the funding to pay for it.
Ellen Mackie
Research Commercialisation Project Coordinator
Ellen works alongside Peter, supporting and managing research commercialisation projects on behalf of the University.
Helen Hemsley
Management Accountant
Helen works with businesses to analyse their income, costs and cashflow, working out where to save, spend and avoid risk.
Kate Langhorne
Croydon Reception
Kate looks after our tenants and co-working members in Croydon, taking phone calls and mail and handling meeting room bookings.
Eleanor Clapp
Research Coordinator
Eleanor makes sure that all commercial, BRAIN and internal research projects are properly managed and resourced.
Eduardo Hernández
Head of Funded Projects
Eduardo is responsible for managing the European funded projects, BRAIN and Business Hot House that we run at Sussex Innovation.
