Gillian is a Relationship Manager within Research IT at the University of Manchester, one of the largest Research IT groups in the country. Her role is far-ranging and includes strategy formation and implementation, community building, user engagement and promotion of Research IT activities across the University.

Gillian has a proven track record in coordinating regional and nationwide initiatives, most recently as Programme Manager for the N8 Centre of Excellence for Computationally Intensive Research (N8 CIR).

In DisCouRSE, Gillian will have managerial responsibility for the running of the network, drawing together various threads of activity and playing a key role in community engagement in WP2 as well as leading WP5 supported by PRISM staff at UCL.