Got a question for us?
Take a look through our staff list below to see who to contact. Call 0303 303 0303 and ask to speak to the relevant team.
Alternatively, please feel free to contact us at customer.service@anthonynolan.org.
If you have an emergency related to stem cell or cord transplants or arrangements for your donation outside of office hours, please call 0771 059 9161 to speak to a member of the Operations and Patient Services team.
Operations and Patient Services
Manages the process of supporting donors making initial enquiries and applying to join the register, searching for patient matches, collecting and delivering blood samples, organising the collection and delivery of stem cells, and providing care to donors after the donation process.
Chief Operating Officer
- Nicola Alderson, Chief Operating Officer
- Lucy Hallett, EA to the Chief Operating Officer
Search and Selection
Searching for matched unrelated adult and cord blood stem cell donors, including the specialist Graft Identification and Advisory Service (GIAS).
- Lottie Marchant, Senior Search and Selection Services Manager
- Timothy Dunn, Search and Selection Services Supervisor
- Kira Maeso Kyne, Search and Selection Services Supervisor
Donor and Transplantation Services
- Ann O'Leary, Director of Donor and Transplantation Services
- Paul Johnson, Head of Registry Services
- Charlotte Spain, Head of Search and Donor Liaison
- Dr. Angharad Pryce, Senior Medical Officer
- Dr. Irina Evseeva, Head of Specialist Services
Donor Services
Supporting donors from the point of completing applications to joining the register and organising the collection and delivery of blood samples.
- Lisa Cawley, Donor Liaison Manager
- Pallvi Senghani, Donor Liaison Supervisor
- Lucy Marshall, Donor Liaison Supervisor
- Tim Cronin, Register Enrichment Supervisor
Donor Provision
Organising all aspects of stem cell provision to UK transplant centres and overseas registries; supporting donors though the process of voluntary donation.
- Charley Adams-Fairhurst, Senior Donor Provision Manager
- Zia Whitaker, Donor Provision Supervisor
- Lottie Davies, Donor Provision Supervisor
Volunteer and Logistics Management
Inducting, supervising, and supporting volunteer couriers, volunteer donor visitors and other operations volunteer roles.
- Alice Maclennan, Volunteer and Logistics Manager
Donor Follow Up
Follow up for donors 10 years post donation.
- Emily Chan, Donor Follow Up Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Adeline O’Keeffe, Senior Donor Follow Up Coordinator
- Eleonora Bojakowska-Wijas, Senior Donor Follow Up Coordinator
Specialist Services
Organising professional training and providing expert advice on processes and services to the Operations and Patient Services and customers.
- Edel Harkin, Registry Processes Adviser
- Sophie Macleod, Service Development Supervisor
Patient Services
Providing support and information to people receiving stem cell transplants and their families.
- Dawn Hart, Director of Patient Services and Cell Collection
- Rachel Miller, Lead Nurse & Head of Patient Services
- Tom Bishop, Head of Patient Information
- Sarah Rogers, Head of Patient Involvement
- Dr. Christina Yiallouridou, Senior Research Manager – Patient Services
Quality & Regulation Team
- Salmah Ahmed, Director of Quality and Regulation
- Hirasine Sengomona, Head of Quality - Registry
- Eleanor Leaney, Head of Quality, CCC, CTC and Cord
- Zahira Nahim, Quality and Regulation Support Officer
Cord Blood and Cell Therapy Centre
Nottingham
Our address is: Anthony Nolan Cell Therapy Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS
- Dr Roger Horton, Head of Clinical Innovation & Partnerships
- Christopher Leonforte, Head of Cell Therapy Centre
- Dr. Claire Simpson, Clinical Delivery Manager
- James Mcleod, Cell Therapy Centre Operations Manager
King’s College Hospital Collection Site
Our address is: Anthony Nolan Cord Collection, Nightingale Birth Centre, 4th Floor, Golden Jubilee Wing, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
- Site Manager: Rashelle Dinham
University Hospitals Leicester Collection Sites: Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital
Our address is: Anthony Nolan Cord Collection UHL, Maternity Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 4PW
- Site Manager: Jayna Odedra
Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester
Our address is: Anthony Nolan Cord Collection, Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, 5th Floor (Research) St Mary's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL
- Site Manager: Shauni Higgins
Cell Collection Centre
The Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre is hosted within the Clinical Research Facility at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham.
Our new cell collection centre, which opened in 2025, is dedicated to providing apheresis services and ensuring the wellbeing of our donors.
Cell Collection Centre team
- Dawn Hart, Director of Patient Services and Cell Collection
- Lizzie King, Head of Operational Services – Cell Collection Centre
- Laura Dalling, Lead Nurse, Cell Collection Centre