Chief Operating Officer's Office
Administration
The office of the Chief Operating Officer provides leadership across a range of management and support functions underpinning the research programmes and Genome Campus operations.
These include areas such as HR and organisational development, finance and H&S, through to capital projects, facilities management and research administration.
Core team
![Nicky Chilvers Photo of Nicky Chilvers](/userpics/200/ns12.jpg)
Nicky Chilvers
Team Administrator - Management Operations
![Alison King Photo of Alison King](/userpics/200/ack.jpg)
Alison King
Personal Assistant to the Director
![Dr Cordelia Langford Photo of Dr Cordelia Langford](/userpics/200/cfl.jpg)
Dr Cordelia Langford
Director of Scientific Operations
![Dr James McCafferty Photo of Dr James McCafferty](/userpics/200/jdmc.jpg)
Dr James McCafferty
Chief Information Officer
![Steve Palmer Photo of Steve Palmer](/userpics/200/sp20.jpg)
Steve Palmer
Director of Communications
![Ms Maggie Payne Photo of Ms Maggie Payne](/userpics/200/mp27.jpg)
Ms Maggie Payne
Chief Financial Officer
![John Sillitoe Photo of John Sillitoe](/userpics/200/js46.jpg)
John Sillitoe
Director of Genomic Surveillance Unit
![Jon Teague Photo of Jon Teague](/userpics/200/jwt.jpg)
Jon Teague
Director of COSMIC
![Charlie R Weatherhogg Photo of Charlie R Weatherhogg](/userpics/200/cw17.jpg)
Charlie R Weatherhogg
Human Resources Director
Previous team members
![Briony Clarke Photo of Briony Clarke](/userpics/200/bc9.jpg)
Briony Clarke
Associate Director of Strategic Delivery and Transformation
![Genny Kiff Photo of Genny Kiff](/userpics/200/gk9.jpg)
Genny Kiff
Previous Interim CFO