Core Executive
The Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands (IAWM) is an alliance of organisations active or interested in science and technology based innovation across the West Midlands. The core Executive Team’s role is to catalyse, enable and support the Innovation Alliance. The team members are resourced by and shared with a range of our partner organisations.
Dr Pam Waddell OBE
Valentina Barker
Simon Spink
Gloria Okafor
Rosvaldas Povilionis
Karn Sylvester
Virtual Innovation Team
The Virtual Innovation Team comprises business facing innovation experts hosted by a range of regional cluster/ sector bodies. Between them they will support businesses in all the sectors and major market opportunities of the WM Local Industrial Strategy to recover and grow through innovation.
Andrew Mair
Rachel Eade
Naomi Nash
Louis Gyoh
Beck Collins
Tim Luft
Emma Yeap
Hilary Smyth-Allen
Gareth Thomas
Chris Lane
Wayne Horkan
PARTNERS
ADVISORY GROUP
IAWM’s Advisory Group will steer, oversee and connect IAWM activities and will work with the Executive Team to develop the networks and activities of the IAWM to meet the needs of the sponsoring partners and the wider innovation community in the region.