# Meet the team

**Source**: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/collaborate/business/team
**Parent**: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/masters

Contact us so we can discuss how we can work together.

## Innovation and business partnerships team

#### Nile Amos

**Business Partnerships Manager (Engineering & Informatics and Mathematical & Physical Sciences)**

Nile supports impactful and innovative collaborations with organisations working with academics across the School of Engineering and Informatics and School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Nile can connect you with a range of engagement opportunities including contract research, consultancy services, Innovate UK funding including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and IP licencing.

Email: [N.J.Amos@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:N.J.Amos@sussex.ac.uk).

#### Nick Bull

**Business Partnerships Manager (BSMS & Life Sciences)**

Nick supports impactful and innovative collaborations with business working with academics across the School of Life Sciences and the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Nick can connect you with a range of engagement opportunities including contract research, consultancy services, Innovate UK funding including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and IP licencing.

Email: [N.Bull@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:N.Bull@sussex.ac.uk).

#### Samyra Cury Salek

**Knowledge Exchange Programme Manager**

Samyra coordinates and facilitates the exchange of research, innovation, and expertise between academic and external partners to drive societal and economic impact.

Email: [sc909@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:sc909@sussex.ac.uk).

#### Alexandra Diaz Trelles

**Senior Knowledge Exchange Officer (Engineering & Informatics and Mathematical & Physical Sciences)**

Alexandra supports impactful and innovative collaborations between industry and academia. She works with experts across the Schools of Mathematics, Astronomy & Physics, and Engineering, Informatics & Design. Alexandra can connect you to a range of engagement opportunities, including contract research, consultancy services, Innovate UK funding (such as Knowledge Transfer Partnerships), and IP licensing.

Email: [M.Diaz-Trelles@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:M.Diaz-Trelles@sussex.ac.uk).

#### Jo McKinney-Green

**Consultancy Services Manager**

Jo manages the University's consultancy services portfolio and provides support to academics across all disciplines wishing to offer consultancy to businesses and other external organisations.

Email: [consultancy@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:consultancy@sussex.ac.uk.).

#### Graciela Madrid

**Senior Knowledge Exchange Officer (Life Sciences)**

Graciela supports impactful and innovative collaborations with business working with academics across the School of Life Sciences. She can connect you with a range of engagement opportunities, including contract research, consultancy services, Innovate UK funding (including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships), and IP licensing. Part of her role is also supporting Public Engagement initiatives in the School of Life Sciences.

Email: [G.Madrid-Munoz@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:G.Madrid-Munoz@sussex.ac.uk).

#### Keith O'Brien

**Intellectual Property Business Partner** \
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Keith O’Brien manages and develops the University's innovation and intellectual property portfolio and supports the creation of opportunities leading to use and exploitation of research by external organisations, such as by licensing and spin-out company formation. Contact Keith if you have an intellectual property, technology transfer or licensing enquiry.

Telephone: [+44 (0)1273 873579](tel:+44%20(0)1273%20873579)\
Email: [K.E.O-Brien@sussex.ac.uk\](mailto:K.E.O-Brien@sussex.ac.uk)[Follow Keith O'Brien on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithobrien900/).\
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#### Abigail Oyewo

**IP and Commercialisation Manager**

Abigail Oyewo offers IP support to academics applying for research grants, assists with various IP inquiries from both academics and students across all schools in the University and provides IP support for the commercial exploitation of University-owned intellectual property.

Email: [A.Oyewo@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:A.Oyewo@sussex.ac.uk).

#### Anna Saunders

**Intellectual Property Coordinator** \
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Anna Saunders administers patent applications to protect the University’s intellectual property and non-disclosure agreements (NDA) to open up opportunities for partnerships in research and commercialisation. Contact Anna if you have an intellectual property or NDA enquiry.

Telephone: [+44 (0)1273 873862](tel:+44%20(0)1273%20873862)\
Email: [A.C.Saunders@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:A.C.Saunders@sussex.ac.uk).\
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#### Kate Thorpe

**Head of Business Partnerships**

Kate leads the Business Partnerships team connecting partners with academics across the University to deliver impactful and innovative solutions to real world challenges. Contact Kate to discuss partnering opportunities including collaboration for contract research, consultancy services, Innovate UK funding including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and IP licencing

Telephone: [+44 (0)1273 873664](tel:+44%20(0)1273%20873664)\
Email: [k.thorpe@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:k.thorpe@sussex.ac.uk)[Follow Kate Thorpe on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-thorpe-13218625/).

#### Anne-Fay Townsend

**Business Partnerships Manager (Social Science and Humanities)**

Anne-Fay supports impactful and innovative collaborations with organisations working with academics across the School of Media Arts & Humanities, School of Education and Social Work, School of Law Politics and Sociology and School of Global Studies. Anne-Fay can connect you with a range of engagement opportunities including contract research, consultancy services, Innovate UK funding including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and IP licencing. 

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Email: [A.Townsend@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:A.Townsend@sussex.ac.uk).

#### Tom Wolfenden

**Senior Knowledge Exchange Initiatives Manager**

Tom provides programme and project support to the team managing the University’s innovation portfolio and generates new commercial leads, supports academics to engage with businesses and the public sector. Tom also provides support to the RISE programme.

Telephone: [+44 (0)1273 873252](tel:+441273873252)\
Email: [T.Wolfenden@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:T.Wolfenden@sussex.ac.uk).

## Contact

Email us at: [collaborate@sussex.ac.uk](mailto:collaborate@sussex.ac.uk).

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