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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.

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.

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.

Elisa Fortunato

Business Partnerships Manager (Psychology)

Elisa supports impactful and innovative collaborations with business working with academics across the School of Psychology. Elisa 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: e.fortunato@sussex.ac.uk

Archie Kubba

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Manager

Archie supports academics in the development and delivery of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), facilitating connections between university expertise and business challenges. He plays a key role in translating theoretical knowledge into practical, real world applications and provides guidance across the full KTP lifecycle.

Email: a.kubba@sussex.ac.uk

Jo McKinney-Green

Senior Knowledge Exchange Initiatives Manager

Jo leads University wide Knowledge Exchange (KE) programmes and initiatives, working with colleagues to strengthen academic engagement and impact. Jo oversees a portfolio of strategic KE projects and internal competitive programmes, and reports on innovation activity.

Email: j.mckinney-green@sussex.ac.uk.

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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.

Keith O'Brien

Intellectual Property Business Partner 

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
Email: K.E.O-Brien@sussex.ac.uk
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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.

Anna Saunders

Intellectual Property Coordinator 

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
Email: A.C.Saunders@sussex.ac.uk.

Kate Thorpe

Head of Innovation and Business Partnerships

Kate leads the Innovation and Business Partnerships team, shaping and driving forward the University’s innovation and business partnering agenda. Building and managing high-value partnerships with industry, regional partners and investors, her role supports growth through access to innovation, working closely with senior academic leaders to translate research to impact. 

Telephone: +44 (0)1273 873664
Email: k.thorpe@sussex.ac.uk
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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. 

Email: A.Townsend@sussex.ac.uk.