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Effective 1st August 2024, Andrea Ward has been appointed as Diamond Light Source’s first chief financial officer (CFO). In this capacity, Andrea will drive the financial programming at Diamond, allowing for proactive funding negotiations and will also serve as deputy CEO for Gianluigi Botton.
Andrea has served Diamond since 2019, when she joined the business as director of finance and corporate services. From autumn 2022 – 2023, she took on additional responsibilities, covering the interim CEO responsibilities.
She has brought more than 15 years’ experience as a senior finance professional to Diamond Light Source. In a 12-year tenure at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, she worked with the Board to lead finance and procurement functions in Europe, later moving to Canada with the business to assist with acquisition and commercialisation opportunities.
Andrea has also worked at ResMed and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming corporation.
Gianluigi Botton, CEO of Diamond Light Source comments;
I am pleased to welcome Andrea as CFO, as she has served as a steady and strategic decision-maker for Diamond Light Source for many years. Under her directorate we have worked to secure the funding for Diamond-II and navigate unprecedented times for the business. From changing working policies and procedures due to the pandemic, to international science diplomacy, she has helped propel Diamond’s world-changing science ambitions. I am confident this appointment will set us up in the strongest position to deliver on our future scientific and technical ambitions for the UK.
Diamond Light Source is the UK's national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
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