Our team
Our team brings a wealth of specialist skills, knowledge and experience to every challenge prize we design, create and manage.
Read more – Programme Coordinator
Aimee Wang
Programme Coordinator Read more – Assistant Programme Manager
Alexandra Wu
Assistant Programme Manager Read more – Assistant Programme Manager
Alex Brown
Assistant Programme Manager Read more – Data Programme Lead
Amalia Papanikolaou
Data Programme Lead Read more – Head of The Science Unit BBC Studios and Executive Producer
Andrew Cohen
Head of The Science Unit BBC Studios and Executive Producer Read more – Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Dame Angela McLean
Government Chief Scientific Adviser Read more – Programme Manager
Barbara Mendoza
Programme Manager Read more – Senior Researcher
Bashar Hobbi
Senior Researcher Read more – Programme Manager
Caroline Pradier
Programme Manager Read more – Head of Global Health
Caroline Purslow
Head of Global Health Read more – Senior Programme Manager
Catherine Duncan
Senior Programme Manager Read more – Researcher
Charlie Mealings
Researcher Read more – Managing Director & Head of Climate Response
Claire Rhodes
Managing Director & Head of Climate Response Read more – Assistant Programme Manager
Cleo Robbie
Assistant Programme Manager Read more – Programme Manager
Clélia Cothier
Programme Manager Read more – Chair, Strategic Advisory Board, UK National Quantum Technologies Programme and Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Optic
Professor David Delpy
Chair, Strategic Advisory Board, UK National Quantum Technologies Programme and Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Optic Read more – Programme Coordinator
Dina Ibrahim
Programme Coordinator Read more – Programme Manager
Dylan Terry
Programme Manager Read more – Programme Manager
Elettra Pellanda (on sabbatical)
Programme Manager Read more – Programme Manager
Fernanda Anaya
Programme Manager Read more – Researcher
Fernanda Torres
Researcher Read more – Chief Executive at Kidney Research UK
Fiona Carragher
Chief Executive at Kidney Research UK Read more – Team Assistant
Fulvia Porcheddu
Team Assistant Read more – Programme Manager
Gabriella Frankl
Programme Manager Read more – Assistant Programme Manager
George Finnigan
Assistant Programme Manager Read more – Programme Manager
Hannah Dummett
Programme Manager Read more – Programme Coordinator
Harry O'Mara
Programme Coordinator Read more – Assistant Programme Manager
Helen Spencer Spencer
Assistant Programme Manager Read more – Director of Frontier Technologies
Ian Sillett
Director of Frontier Technologies Read more – Project Management Apprentice
Ikbal Hussain
Project Management Apprentice Read more – Programme Coordinator
Ilana Cope
Programme Coordinator Read more – Senior Programme Manager
Janet Southern McCormick
Senior Programme Manager Read more – Assistant Communications Manager
Josefina Vial
Assistant Communications Manager Read more – Business Development Lead
Karmel Edmonds
Business Development Lead Read more – Director of Cities and Societies
Kathy Nothstine
Director of Cities and Societies Read more – Assistant Programme Manager
Max Meadows
Assistant Programme Manager Read more – Director of Research & Innovation at MND Association
Dr Mike Rogers
Director of Research & Innovation at MND Association Read more – Programme Manager
Nassin Watson
Programme Manager Read more – Programme Coordinator
Nini Papashvili Papashvili
Programme Coordinator Read more – Director of Development
Olivier Usher
Director of Development Read more – Research Lead
Piotr Gierszewski
Research Lead Read more – Operations Manager
Pippa Mildred
Operations Manager Read more – British cosmologist and astrophysicist
Professor Lord Martin Rees
British cosmologist and astrophysicist Read more – Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard School of Public Health
Professor Rifat Atun
Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard School of Public Health Read more – Senior Programme Manager
Rhys Herriott
Senior Programme Manager Read more – Science Director at the Science Museum Group
Dr Roger Highfield
Science Director at the Science Museum Group Read more – Senior Programme Manager
Ruth Neale
Senior Programme Manager Read more – UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance
Professor Dame Sally Davies
UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance Read more – Assistant Programme Manager
Sam Flower
Assistant Programme Manager Read more – Senior Communications and Marketing Manager
Seoana Sherry-Brennan
Senior Communications and Marketing Manager Read more – Head of Operations
Sophie Clifton
Head of Operations Read more – Managing Director at Innovate UK
Dr Stella Peace
Managing Director at Innovate UK Read more – Founder & Executive Director
Tris Dyson
Founder & Executive Director Read more – Evidence Lead
Vidal Kumar
Evidence Lead Read more – Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton
Professor Dame Wendy Hall
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton Read more – Programme Coordinator
Winsen Ng
Programme CoordinatorCareers at Challenge Works
Challenge Works is a place for thought leaders, problem-solvers, system-builders, and innovation experts who want to create positive change.
Join our team of 40+ professionals combines expertise in design, innovation, programme and financial management, research, evaluation and communications.