Digital Dairy Chain

Team Members

Come and say hello, and meet the Digital Dairy Chain team…

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Stuart Martin

Programme Director

With a degree in Business Studies and Marketing, I started a career as a professionally qualified packaging technologist, specialising in print, working on behalf of blue-chip clients in the UK and EU.

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Pauline Murray

Innovation Brokerage Project Manager

Having spent the last 20 years in project management I have significant experience of research, health and manufacturing projects within the higher education sector.

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Dr Michael Christian

Innovation Broker

I am a farm animal veterinary surgeon with commercial and technology transfer experience. I was a partner at Belle Vue Vets, a large dairy vet practice.

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Rachel Mirfattahi

Innovation Broker

I’m one of the Innovation Brokers for the Digital Dairy Chain and have come into this role with over 20 years’ experience working in and alongside the food manufacturing industry.

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Dr Rachael Wakefield

Technology Accelerator Programme Manager

I’ve had an interesting career journey over the last 30 years. On the science side, I graduated with a degree in microbiology, that took me initially into soil science and the study of pesticides in the environment.

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Viki Nocker

Promotion & Communications Manager

I see my role as Promotion and Communications Manager as a storyteller, I am here to find the good news stories and make sure our wider audience sees them!

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Mark Robertson

MAKER SPACE COORDINATOR

Based in SRUC’s Dairy Research & Innovation Centre in Dumfries, I  am working with a wide range of farmers, small to medium sized enterprises and restauranteurs across South-West Scotland and Cumbria, with the main purpose of facilitating new product development and/or diversifying product portfolio for the aforementioned. We have a maker space in Cumbria at Cows and Co. creamery in Appleby and a soon to open, new maker space in Ayrshire.

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Lynne Somerville

Skills Lead

My role is to lead the ‘Workforce of the Future’ which will aid the project in transforming and delivering against how the dairy sector and supply chain workforce is attracted and retained.

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Catherine Erte-Ewusie

Skills and Innovation Project Coordinator

I have joined this project with years of experience in co-ordination and the skills to plan, execute and monitor tasks, ensuring timely delivery of project outcomes to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver projects to a success.

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