HESA Data Futures

Emily is a Project Manager at HESA, who has spent the last 5 years working on the Data Futures programme. She is responsible for the Business Change and Data workstream deliverables, working closely with the internal project teams as well as key external stakeholders within the sector.

James Smith is Chief Information Officer at Birkbeck, University of London, where he is responsible for the delivery of Library and IT services that are relied upon by Birkbeck’s staff, students, and commercial customers. The services provided support student engagement with the life-changing educational opportunities that are central to the institution’s mission, internationally recognised research, and the administration of the enterprise. Prior to his current role, James has worked on corporate system implementation projects (on both the customer and supplier side), small and large scale institutional change projects, process discovery and improvement. James has been a UCISA trustee since 2021 and is chair of UCISA-CISG.