Barbara oversees the development and management of clusters on the Harwell and Daresbury Campuses. She has established a high profile for the Space and the HealthTec Clusters and is leading the development of new Clusters including EnergyTec.

Barbara joined STFC in 2010 as Executive Director of Business Development. Successes included the creation of ISIC (now Satellite Application Catapult) at Harwell and of the High Performance Computing Centre (Hartree) at Daresbury.

Barbara joined STFC from EADS Astrium (now Airbus DS), where she managed Business Development across Europe for the ¤3.2 billion joint ESA / EU Earth Observation Programme for Global Monitoring of Environment and Security (now Copernicus) and secured a number of large contracts. She graduated in Electronic Engineering at the University of York, completed her PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Radar Imaging at the University of Sheffield and holds a Certificate in Management from the Open University.