BLACK KITE® - Key Persons
Coach, Facilitator and Change Consultant with international customer, brand, project and change management experience.
Coming from a background in information services, Cheryl provides strategic oversight for the company along with administrative and organisational support.
Deepak founded Black Kite in order to help others build their technology businesses. As an R&D engineer and manager, he has worked on innovative technologies, such as DVB/DTT, DAB, and others. He is a Fellow of the IET and of the Association for Project Management, and both chair and founder of the IET's Innovation Management Technical Network.
Job Titles:
- CIM
- Life Sciences & Healthcare Specialist
Elaine was the Senior Innovation Lead for Medicines and Healthcare at Innovate UK, after which she supported the Department for International Trade to drive inward investment into healthcare companies, supporting the Northern Powerhouse. She continues to support the Innovation Agency, part of the AHSN Network.
At Innovate UK, Liz was Head of Cities and Regions, Head of Innovation Networks, and Lead Technologist for Energy. She went on to become the Chief Operating Officer of the Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult, and then supported Brunel University as its Chief Business and Innovation Officer.
Pat has worked in high-technology research for over thirty years, originally as a physicist specialising in imaging and image processing, then as a project manager. She is also a Consultant for the Association for Project Management.
Paul has 30 years' experience of academic and industrial research, developing innovation opportunities through EU and UK funded collaborative research. He is trained as a PRINCE-2 practitioner and is a chartered member of the Institute of Physics.