Business Development
Dr Jennifer Thompson
Head of Business Development at Durham Business & Innovation Services
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 44643
Fax: +44 (0) 191 33 44634
Room number: First Floor Maple
Job Description
To provide a ‘broker’ or ‘link’ service to bring business and industrial partners together with relevant academic staff, research groups or research institutes, and to then support and nurture the relationships. Core responsibility to deliver Private Sector Business and Industry engagement.
Responsible for supporting specific business sectors as informed by review of key research strengths and opportunity horizon scanning . Line management for Analytical Services, Consultancy, DIBF, employer engagement activity and delivery of HEIF reporting.