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The Transition and Legacy team ensures that activities that do not align with Wellcome’s current strategy transition to new forms of support or complete successfully. Find out more.

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Transition and Legacy Team

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Philomena Gibbons leads work across Wellcome to manage the completion and transition of work not continuing under Wellcome’s new strategy.

Associate Director, Transition and Legacy

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Philomena Gibbons

Becky is a member of Wellcome's Programme Management Office, supporting the planning and delivery of the Transition and Legacy programme.

Programme Manager

Becky Thomas

Nan leads the management of a varied and important portfolio of projects and programmes in education, public engagement, and humanities and social science, which sit outside Wellcome’s new strategy.

Head of Culture and Society Transition

Nan Davies

Sarah manages a variety of projects from the old Culture and Society division, aiming to record, share and utilise learning for future opportunities.

Culture and Society Transition Manager

Sarah Dellar

James Lawrence leads the Innovations Transition team, responsible for a broad portfolio of translational projects across the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector.

Head of Innovations Transition

James Lawrence

Audrey is an Innovations Transition Manager working on awards made by the Innovations division prior to the launch of Wellcome's new strategy. Previously, Audrey worked in Discovery Research as Senior Research Manager for genetics.

Innovations Transition Manager

Audrey Duncanson

Kate looks after awards made by the Innovations division prior to the launch of Wellcome’s new strategy to ensure they reach completion and achieve impact.

Kate Mills

Julia manages Innovations projects that are not within one of Wellcome’s challenge areas, including projects developing medical devices and addressing non-communicable diseases. Before this, she worked in Wellcome’s Innovation division for six years.

Julia Sahin

Sari manages a variety of projects across the portfolio in multiple disease indications and developmental stages. She’s the business lead for the Innovator Awards. Sari previously headed up the Innovations operations team, responsible for leading operational progress, business processes and budgets.

Sari Watson

Candy Hassall looks after a diverse portfolio of ongoing activities in science – grants, schemes, partnerships – that were established before the launch of Wellcome’s new strategy, ensuring the maximum success and impact of these activities.

Head of Science Transition

Candy Hassall

Roger looks after ongoing funding activities – grants, schemes and partnerships – in the science remit that no longer align with Wellcome’s strategy, ensuring the maximum impact of these activities while managing their closure or transition.

Science Transition Manager

Roger Blake

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