Contact us

Regional Directors

Providing business support to centre customers - directly and through partners, as well as building our brand within their region.


  • Chris Allington
    Regional Director - South Coast

    Chris Allington
    Chris Allington has a background in chartered engineering and then in purchasing management and supply. The early part of his career was spent specialising in the delivery of cost and...

  • Ross Clark
    Regional Director - Thames Gateway

    Ross Clark
    Ross is an experienced Innovation Centre and business growth specialist. He has been responsible for running the leading Innovation Centres in Scotland, and been involved in supporting...

  • Rachel Panther
    Regional Director - East Midlands

    Rachel Panther
    Rachel has over 20 year’s commercial experience within the dynamic Life Sciences market sector, where innovation and technology development are critical to driving sustained business...

  • Jo Willett
    Regional Director - Oxfordshire

    Jo Willett
    Jo joined Oxford Innovation in 2000 as a Centre Manager and her first job was to mobilise and run both Culham Innovation Centre and Crowthorne Enterprise Centre. Having successfully...

  • Amanda Lennon
    Regional Director - North

    Amanda Lennon
    Amanda joined Oxford Innovation in 2012 as Regional Director for the north, specifically covering Barnsley Digital Media Centre. She is responsible for account management, business...