Rachel Middlemass
Associate Director of Innovation and Impact

Rachel leads a team dedicated to maximising the impact of LSE research, including specialist support for research innovation. Read more...

Email: R.Middlemass@lse.ac.uk 

Nicholas Ansell
Impact Monitoring Manager

Nicholas monitors and evaluates LSE impacts on a live basis in support of key areas of strategic importance to the LSE2030 research strategy. Read more...

Email: N.Ansell@lse.ac.uk

Kieran Booluck
Senior Research Impact Manager

Kieran provides support to individuals, departments and centres across the School in developing and fulfilling research impact strategies. Read more...

Email: K.Booluck@lse.ac.uk

Matthew Hindhaugh
Senior Research Innovation Manager

Matthew supports the development of research ideas from conception to full market exploitation. Read more...

Email: M.E.Hindhaugh@lse.ac.uk

Ross Jones
Impact Acceleration Manager

Ross manages the LSE Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) and supports projects funded under this programme. Read more...

Email: R.A.Jones@lse.ac.uk

Aygen Kurt-Dickson
Senior Innovation Development Manager 

Aygen focuses on enhancing LSE’s I&I ecosystem through building internal and external relationships to facilitate innovation. She also provides strategic advice and support for applications to innovation funding. Read more... 

Email: A.S.Kurt-Dickson@lse.ac.uk

Horatio Mortimer
Senior Business Innovation Manager

Horatio focuses on building academic networks and partnerships with businesses as well as with (non-)governmental organisations. Read more...

Email: H.Mortimer@lse.ac.uk

Blué O'Connor
Social Venture Hub Manager

Blué supports academics and students to launch Social Ventures by providing a dedicated training hub through the Impact U programme. Read more...

Email: B.R.Oconnor@lse.ac.uk

Charlotte Rowan
Senior Research Innovation Manager

Charlotte supports academics to generate impact from their research, through licensing and new venture formation. Read more...

Email: C.Rowan1@lse.ac.uk

Catherine Ulmer
Research Impact Manager

Catherine provides support to individuals, departments and centres across the School in developing and fulfilling research impact strategies. Read more...

Email: C.M.Ulmer@lse.ac.uk

Professor Julia Black
Strategic Director for Innovation

As Strategic Director for Innovation, Professor Julia Black FBA is closely involved with LSE's commercialisation activities. She is currently leading on the implementation of LSE’s 2030 Strategy and the School's entrepreneurship and commercialisation activities. Read more... 

Professor Elizabeth Stokoe
Academic Director of Impact

Professor Stokoe will work closely with Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) Professor Susana Mourato, leading on developing an enhanced impact and engagement culture across LSE. Working collaboratively with the academic community and professional services, she will play a key role in shaping and delivering on our vision for the research > engagement > impact circle and planning our strategic approach to demonstrating the impact of research for REF2029. Read more...