I am an innovative strategic leader, with a proven track-record of designing and implementing successful world-leading Research Equity strategies and policies that lead to tangible outcomes and results. With a strong academic background and lived experience of the research landscape – my doctorate is in Physics – I have more than two decades of professional experience and wealth of experience of driving cultural transformation across high-performing complex environments in order to drive meaningful and sustainable change.

My approaches are underpinned by high emotional intelligence, empathy, resilience and tenacity. I have experience of designing and driving rich, inter-connected inclusion strategies; providing advice, counsel and coaching to senior leaders; building authentic relationships and global partnerships, and empowering and building functional knowledge and capability across teams.

I have strong connections to a rich network of experts and specialists and experience of securing significant financial capital to resource initiatives. I take a compassionate, people-centred, purposeful and evidenced-based approach to driving practice-change.

I hold multiple committee membership and advisory roles across the sector and welcome requests for partnership working.

Dr Saher Ahmed