Meet the team


Naomi GarnettProgramme Manager
Naomi is the Programme Manager for the Surrey Heartlands Academy. Her role is to oversee the delivery of a range of projects designed to enable other STP workstreams to deliver effectively and consistently

Luke BurtonKnowledge Programme Manager
Luke leads the Knowledge pillar of the Academy which includes Population Health, Surrey Office of Data Analytics, and Surrey Priorities Committee

Lisa MardellCommunications Manager
Lisa’s role is to share the work of the Academy across the Surrey Heartlands partnership

Jade WinnettSystem Leadership Programme Manager
Jade leads the Leadership pillar of the Academy which includes supporting, enabling, training and developing existing and potential System Leaders. This includes the Surrey 500 programme.
Negin Sarafraz-ShekarySenior Public Health Lead
Negin’s role is to implement the Surrey Heartland Evaluation Strategy and support the workstreams with their program evaluation to evidence impact.

Sreya PokkaliResearch and Engagement Officer
Sreya’s role is to co-ordinate research that ensures the Surrey Heartlands workforce is involved in the transformation of care services.

Aalia Khan GP
Aalia Khan is a GP in Surrey and her work for the Academy focuses on supporting the Connect pillar by helping to create dynamic, virtual, reference panels for different workstreams in the Health and Care Partnership

Jillian OwensProgramme Manager
Jillian is a Programme Manager (Technology Navigation) with the Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network and is responsible for spread and adoption of innovation.

Peter CarpenterProgramme Director
Peter is responsible for delivery oversight of the portfolio of programmes for the Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network