Newsletter Contact Us Search What We Do Who We Work With About News Publications Our Team Directors Fiona Richardson Director Fiona leads the IPC team as Director. She is a very experienced consultant who leads applied research and evaluations, service improvement projects and training programmes for national and local government, health organisations, care providers and the voluntary and community sector. Fiona regularly publishes papers, articles and reports, and is a frequent speaker at national conferences and events. Her specific areas of expertise include commissioning, organisational learning and development, and the use of digital technology and data protection in care. Katy Burch Assistant Director Katy is part of the IPC management team and leads on applied research and evaluation for the Institute. Formerly a child care lawyer, she has extensive knowledge of children and families services across the UK. Katy has many years’ experience of leading evaluation, review and consultancy support for national government, local authorities and voluntary sector organisations. Philip Provenzano Assistant Director Philip is part of the IPC management team and leads on consultancy projects for the Institute. He is an experienced manager of complex change programmes and has led a wide range of service re-design projects, often requiring some integration with other organisations. He provides expert, longer-term support relating to health and social care to members of our Academic Partnership programme. Consultants Tammy Abarno Senior Consultant Tammy leads for us on a wide range of national projects and publications in England and Wales, specialising in practice quality management, social work practice research and skills development. She has more than twenty-five years experience working within public care and is a qualified and registered social worker. Roomana Ali Associate Consultant Roomana is a practitioner researcher with ten years of experience working in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare in Pakistan and Canada and five years of research experience at the University of Alberta, Canada. She is an excellent listener and communicator, highly sensitive to cultural and social issues, and a confident online interviewer. Mamdooh Alzyood Associate Consultant Dr Mamdooh Alzyood specialises in infection prevention control practices with ten years of research experience in health and life sciences. His PhD focused on exploring experiences from patients concerning prompting staff handwashing in the hospital settings. He has an extensive range of experience in working with partners, particularly health colleagues. Claire Basden Associate Consultant Claire has a background in nursing with experience that includes hands-on care delivery as well as the management and professional development of community nursing teams. Claire has worked on a wide range of projects across adult health and social care, with a particular focus on service reviews, transformation and redesign. Simon Bradley Associate Consultant Simon is a qualitative research professional with 25 years’ experience of conducting and coordinating social and policy research for the public, private and tertiary sectors. He has recruited and moderated focus groups, co-ordinated public engagement exercises and conducted depth interviews in the UK and overseas, in person and remotely. Lynda Bull Associate Consultant Lynda is qualified social worker and an experienced local authority senior manager with over 30 years’ experience of working in statutory social care. She has been an assistant director with prime responsibility for children’s services and has been the corporate director of adult social services alongside responsibility for an extensive range of community services. Peter Cheer Associate Consultant Peter has an extensive track record of work for care providers, including work on safeguarding, contingency planning and investigations, as well as operational management. He has wide ranging knowledge of all parts of the adult social care provider sector. Sue Cooper Associate Consultant Sue is a qualified and registered social work professional who has a long history in local government and social care. Before joining IPC Sue worked in a variety of roles and most recently as a Statutory Corporate Director of Social Services and Wellbeing for a Welsh local authority. Jackie Daru Principal Consultant Jackie has extensive experience of working in digital and data in health and social care organisations and is skilled in delivering improvements in this area, including via training and development programmes and direct consultancy. Gerry Davidson Knowledge Transfer Fellow Gerry is a qualified social worker with extensive experience in strategic commissioning, change management, and partnership development. He has a broad range of experience in local authority, NHS and third sector settings. Clare Dodwell Principal Consultant Clare has thirty years operational experience working in the public and third sector in wide ranging job roles spanning public health, housing, children’s and adults’ services. Clare has substantial knowledge of the public care agenda across all age groups, together with experience of senior management roles in service delivery as well as strategic commissioning, and is committed to improving outcomes for individuals, families and communities. Jonathan Gardam Associate Consultant Jonathan has extensive experience and expertise in leading and coordinating high level policy and research analysis, project management, performance management, business development and campaigning activity on behalf of organisations working within the health and social care sector. Colin Green Knowledge Transfer Fellow Colin is an experienced former director of children’s services (DCS) and qualified social worker with a special interest in children’s social care and safeguarding. He has an excellent grasp of the broader children’s agenda. John Hedge Associate Consultant John has worked on a wide range of social care projects including evaluative work, engagement projects plus capacity building with voluntary community sector organisations. Melanie Henwood Associate Consultant Dr Melanie Henwood OBE is a health and social care researcher with considerable experience of health and social care integration and the interface between services, particularly in areas such as hospital discharge, continuing health care, and self funders. She has particular interests in qualitative research; understanding people’s experiences and giving a voice to their stories. Kathryn Holding Senior Consultant Kathryn has a background in epidemiology and control of infectious disease, biological sciences, health and social care management and data analysis. Kathryn has worked within UK health services for 20 years. Her experience encompasses NHS primary, community, urgent and secondary care and commissioning. David Jobbins Associate Consultant David has over 25 years’ experience working in the NHS at leadership level over a range of portfolios, particularly in change programme leadership, integration, and the commissioning of mental health. Amy Johnson Associate Consultant Amy is a qualified social worker who has had a range of management experience working in local authority children’s services and the charity sector, varying from youth justice, child sexual exploitation and child protection to managing early help services and commissioning. Åsa Johnsson Humphries Associate Consultant Åsa is a social work professional who has occupied a variety of social care roles in both local and central government. She has significant senior management experience in children’s services with a strong track record of staff development and service transformation. Janice Lucas Associate Consultant Janice combines senior management experience with consultancy skills. Her particular strengths lie in health and social care integration and transformation, culture change, organisational and management development, commissioning, and practical project delivery in complex organisational environments. Graeme McLaren Principal Consultant Graeme brings over twenty years’ experience in local and regional government, and in the voluntary and community sectors, to his role at the Institute of Public Care. Graeme leads and delivers a range of organisational change and development programmes, with a particular focus on commissioning and market shaping. Mick Mellors Knowledge Transfer Fellow Mick is an experienced and effective consultant who has been a senior manager in various roles across the sector. He is a qualified social worker who has worked for local authorities and the NHS and he was the professional social care advisor for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Mick is a visiting Knowledge Transfer Fellow with the University. Mark Molloy Associate Consultant Mark is a qualified social worker and has particular expertise in commissioning. Commercially and politically aware, he brings a solid understanding of current legislation plus many years’ experience in senior management positions within children’s services. Keith Moultrie Emeritus Professor Professor Keith Moultrie has many years of experience in leading evaluation, development and implementation projects, and 10 years of health and social care management and practice. He is a regular speaker at national conferences, and plays advisory roles for governments, national bodies, local authority and NHS partners. His particular interests centre around system leadership, governance, commissioning and service quality. Jill Parker Associate Consultant Jill has extensive experience in senior management roles in third sector provider organisations, with a focus on learning disability, autism and mental health services. Judith Ramsden Associate Consultant Judith is a qualified social worker and an experienced leader and manager. She is a former Director of People's Services, having held the statutory roles of both DCS and DASS. Before becoming a DCS, she worked in London local authorities within statutory children's services as well as being a strategic commissioning manager working across social care, schools and the health economy to improve outcomes. Paul Riley Associate Consultant Paul’s particular strengths lie in strategy development, service review and improvement, value chain design, partnership development and outcomes-based contracting. He has over 30 years’ experience across a range of sectors to improve outcomes, manage commercial risks, and reduce costs. Lynne Robson Associate Consultant Lynne's had a rich and varied career in education as a specialist teacher, school leader, local authority and national strategy consultant, teacher trainer and leadership coach. She works on a range of projects aimed at improving provision and support for children with special educational needs and their families. Clare Steel Associate Consultant Clare has a background in nursing with extensive experience of NHS community services management, commissioning, and primary care development at Director level. She then moved to posts in Adult Social Care as a Head of Service and Director of Adult Social Services and recently to the Department of Health and Social Care Adult Social Care Directorate. Zandrea Stewart Associate Consultant Zandrea is a qualified executive coach, senior integrated manager and maintains her social work registration. She has specialised in the development and management of integrated and systemic working, with a focus on developing improved outcomes and quality through strength based practices, partnership and co production. Vivien Taylor Knowledge Transfer Fellow Vivien is a qualified social worker and has also worked as a children’s commissioning manager for health, leading on all aspects of children’s services commissioning and joint strategic service planning. Agnes Turnpenny Consultant Agnes holds a PhD in Community Care from the University of Kent. She is a social researcher with 15 years’ academic experience at UK universities and has recently joined IPC bringing with her a wealth of experience. Chris Watson Associate Consultant Chris has over 24 years’ experience working across the public and voluntary sector in the fields of health and social care, commissioning and community development. He is passionate about self-directed support and finding ways to make commissioning systems more personalised. Sally Wilcox Associate Consultant Sally has over 25 years of professional experience at a senior level, within the adult services sector. She specialised in the housing sector, where she operationally and strategically led on the management and development of housing and services for older people, the homeless and care leavers. John Wilkinson Associate Consultant John is a qualified social worker with over 30 years experience including leadership roles in commissioning and organisational transformation. Since joining IPC in 2021 John has worked on projects in both adults and children's social care focusing particularly on market shaping. Sue Wise Associate Consultant Sue has over 30 years’ experience of working in a variety of educational settings including management and teaching in mainstream and alternative school settings, university lecturing and consultancy. She has particular strengths in accessing stakeholder perspectives to support service evaluations. Support Team Andrew Backinsell IT Support Co-ordinator Andrew is an IT and video specialist whose work has a strong focus on bespoke software system planning and development, testing, implementation and support. He has also used his video background to produce multi-media materials for clients. Emma Beal Office Administrator Emma organises our Oxford office. Besides being the first point of contact for clients, she supplies administrative support to IPC consultants and associates as well as co-ordinating conferences and other events throughout the year. Lynne Bennett Programme Administrator Lynne is a member of the Administrative Team based at Oxford Brookes University, working alongside Sasha Carter, to provide administration for the accredited training and development programmes. Sasha Carter Programme Administrator Sasha is responsible for providing the comprehensive administration behind our portfolio of accredited training and development programmes. Her role encompasses, for each course, every part of the Oxford Brookes University accreditation process. Quentin Edwards Business Manager Quentin oversees the Institute's finances, contracts and the administration team. He has a successful track record of managing finance and improving office processes in both large and small organisations. Elise Halford Research Assistant Elise co-ordinates the helpline support for carers and families participating in evaluations for large national clients. Her work includes regular telephone contact with carers and families, providing them with support to participate in the surveys. Alison Harrold Marketing and Business Development Officer With deep experience in business-to-business marketing and helping high growth SME’s to deliver at pace, Alison manages our digital presence and brand development. Julie Latta Finance and Systems Administrator A member of our administrative team, Julie is responsible for a variety of finance procedures – including purchasing processes, sales invoicing and credit control – and the monitoring and reconciliation of university financial reports. Camilla Rock Programme Administrator Camilla is a member of the IPC support team, working alongside Sasha Carter and Lynne Bennett to provide administration for our accredited training and development programmes. Local government NHS Care provider Central government Academic institution Other Contact us ipc@brookes.ac.uk 01865 692228 Sign up to our newsletter Sign up to our Newsletter Privacy Policy Cookies Accessibility Careers Registered Office: Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP Company registration number: 2299189 © 2021 Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University