Our people
Northern Accelerator is delivered by a core project team based at Durham University, supported by an operational delivery group with representatives from each partner institution.
We also have panels of internal and external experts to review applications for pre-incorporation funds and executives into business.
Operational Delivery Group
Andrew Sugden
Deputy Director (Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation), Teesside University
Chelsea Brain
IP and Commercialisation Manager, Research and Innovation Services Northumbria University
Edwin Milligan
Senior Project Manager
James Kitson
Head of Commercialisation, University of York
Jordan Christie
Northern Accelerator Marketing Manager
Lizzie Withington
Company Creation Manager Newcastle University
Lorraine Morris
Northern Accelerator Project Administrator
Naomi Willis
Senior Technology Transfer Manager, Research and Innovation Services Durham University
Nickola Gray
Strategic Projects and Funding Manager
Richard Baker
Director of Economic Development and Commercialisation at Durham University (Programme Lead)
Rick McCordall
Head of Company Creation Newcastle University
