About Us

Support staff

Anke Friedrich Administrator Anke has a background in scientific research and she now provides administrative support across a range of activities, but especially in relation to fundraising and development.

Calvin Cheah Systems Developer Calvin is responsible for the design, creation and development of IT systems, both for our website and to support the various strands of our work programme. He also designs much of our in-house communications material.


Carol Lyon
Operations Director and Company Secretary Carol has a background in the public sector (in health, education and regional development) and is currently studying for a Masters in voluntary sector management at the Cass Business School. She has been with the Foundation and its predecessors for ten years and is now responsible for corporate affairs and business development.


Jane Lane
Programme Administrator Jane acts as PA for Hilary Burton and other senior staff. She also provides administrative support to the programme team and, currently, the secretariat for the Society of Genomics, Policy and Population Health.


Julie Towers
Finance Manager Julie is responsible for the day-to-day running of all the Foundation's finances.


Nicola Harvey
Administration Manager Nicola acts as PA to Ron Zimmern, Mukesh Kapila and Carol Lyon. She also manages the Foundation’s general administrative functions and provides the Board secretariat.


Shelley Gregory-Jones
Development Director Shelley joined the Foundation after completing an MBA at the Judge Business School in 2007. She is responsible for fundraising and developing our donor base and fundraising.


Simon Leese
Information Manager and Webmaster Simon is responsible for the content and layout of our website. He also supports our knowledge management function, manages our collection of policy resources and writes for the website.

Please visit PHG Foundation’s resources page for a list of our publications and other work by members of our staff.

Last Updated: 14 August 2009