Lisa Hazelden

Lisa Hazelden is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in leadership roles across various organizations. Currently serving as Executive Chair at Innovate UK Business Connect and as Director at Innovate UK Loans Limited, Lisa also holds the position of Chief Product Officer at Innovate UK. Previous roles include Non Executive Director at the Smith Institute, Strategic Adviser and Interim Director of Strategy and Operations at KCL Digital, and Managing Director of Face-to-Face Operations at Ipsos MORI, where significant growth and mobilization for the UK Government COVID-19 testing were achieved. Lisa’s earlier roles featured leadership in customer experience transformation at NS&I, consultancy work through Hazelden Consulting, and strategic insight development at Direct Line Group and British Gas. Lisa holds a Master's degree in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health from King's College London, as well as a BSc and PhD in Materials Engineering and a BE in Materials Engineering from Monash University.