Our team
Our team
Our team combines deep public sector experience with specialist innovation expertise and relationships with academia and industry
Elizabeth Bohun
Technical Lead (Innovation MEC)
Elizabeth leads technical monitoring and evaluation activity, helping ensure innovation programmes are robust, evidence driven and demonstrate clear outcomes and impact.
Craig Bower
Programme Director (Digital and Smart Infrastructure)
Craig is an experienced telecommunications professional in both private and public sector capacities.
Mark Burgess
Technical Lead Fibre and Street works (Digital and Smart Infrastructure)
Mark is the Fibre and Street works Technical Lead, with over 30 years' experience within the highways and street works industry. Mark works with commercial suppliers to facilitate their digital infrastructure build across the county, guiding them in best practice, legislation, and resolving issues.
Stuart Cole
Senior Technical Officer (Innovation)
Stuart supports the delivery of innovation programmes, working with partners and colleagues to develop projects, manage delivery and achieve practical outcomes for communities and services.
Graham Digby
Innovation Programme Team Leader
Graham Digby leads Oxfordshire County Council's Innovation Programme Team, managing a portfolio of innovation projects from bid development through to benefits realisation.
Ralitsa Dragomirova
Technical Officer (Innovation)
Ralitsa is an Innovation Officer in the Monitoring and Evaluation Centre.
George Fourtinas
Technical Officer (Innovation)
George specialises in integrating drones into transport, logistics and urban infrastructure
Rosie Hayes
Innovation Comms Lead
Rosie leads communications across the service, making complex work accessible and engaging.
Mark Hopping
Technical Lead (Digital and Smart Infrastructure)
With over 35 years’ experience in the Telecoms industry, Mark provides commercially focused technical leadership on digital and smart infrastructure programmes.
Stephen Hughes
Innovation Business Consultant
Steve supports the commercial and strategic development of Innovate Oxfordshire, helping shape new service offers, partnerships and growth opportunities.
Claire Hutchins Lee
Digital and Smart Infrastructure Team Leader
Claire leads the Digital and Smart Infrastructure team, facilitating and supporting delivery of digital infrastructure.
Anna Miles
Senior Technical Officer (Digital and Smart Infrastructure)
Anna specialises in mobile and private network connectivity and small-cell infrastructure, working with suppliers, district and county councils, and internal innovation, highways and street lighting teams, to improve digital and mobile connectivity across Oxfordshire.
Paul Mullins
Data & Behavioural Science Team Leader
Paul leads the Data and Behavioural Science Team, combining data engineering, AI, machine learning, geospatial analytics, behavioural science, and evaluation to support evidence-based decision making.
Alycya Oldman
Innovation Resource and Performance Manager
Alycya leads innovation resource planning, performance, financial management and project management, ensuring programmes, projects and communications are well coordinated, well governed and aligned to organisational priorities.
Katie Parnell
Innovation Programme Delivery Operations Manager
Katie leads the innovation delivery, monitoring and evaluation, and data and behavioural science teams, overseeing collaborative programmes that bridge strategy and practice. She enables the testing, scaling, and embedding of successful innovations across public services, ensuring measurable impact and lasting outcomes.
Laura Peacock
Innovation Head of Service
Laura Peacock is Head of Innovate Oxfordshire at Oxfordshire County Council, setting up and leading the UKs first self-funded Local Government Innovation Service that helps public sector organisations design, test and scale evidence-led solutions through partnerships, accelerators, and complex programme delivery nationally and internationally.
Jenni Shoesmith
Senior Technical Officer (Innovation Partnership)
Jenni brings 20 years of healthcare experience and specialises in digital transformation and the psychology of change, supporting innovation partnerships and collaborative projects with businesses, universities and public sector partners.
Graham Stanley
Monitoring and Evaluation (MEC) & Insourcing Team Leader
Graham leads monitoring, evaluation and insourcing activities, bringing over a decade of experience in local authority innovation.
Jason Taylor
Assistant Officer (Innovation)
Jason supports the delivery of innovative technology and community-focused projects across Oxfordshire.
DeeDee Wallace
Innovation Partnership and Business Development Operations Manager
DeeDee leads Innovate Oxfordshire’s partnerships, business development, Local Government Accelerator and digital infrastructure portfolios.
Stephanie Windle
Accelerator and Innovation Partnership Team Leader
Stephanie leads the accelerator programme and innovation partnerships, helping businesses, researchers and public sector partners collaborate to develop, test and scale innovative solutions.
Kyle Wynn
Senior Data Scientist
Kyle develops and delivers data platforms, analytical products, dashboards and advanced insight services, applying data engineering, AI, machine learning, geospatial analytics and statistical techniques to support evidence-based decision making.
Polly Zaluznyj
Project Management Lead
Polly leads project management and delivery support across the Innovation Service, overseeing governance, planning and externally funded programmes.
Jiaqian Zhang (Kay)
Project Manager (Innovation)
Jiaqian manages innovation projects and develops futures thinking capability across the organisation.
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