RisingWISE: Meet the team
oxford team
LOUISA TREVAIL, ENTERPRISING WOMEN PROGRAMME MANAGER
Louisa has a background in education and have worked as a senior teacher in schools for a number of years, including roles in leadership. Before completing her Postgraduate Certificate of Education she worked as a Conference Manager for events agencies and for Oxfam GB, and previously as a graduate in public relations in London. She now works in the Training and Researcher Culture Development Team at the University of Oxford for MPLS (Maths, Physics and Life Sciences division) delivering the ambitious Enterprising Women programme of activities.
Sally Charles, Enterprise Programme Manager
Sally is the divisional lead for Enterprise Training and Events curated for the Researcher community within MPLS. She has responsibility for the running and strategic development of a portfolio of programmes and initiatives that support the growth of mindsets and skillsets for Innovation, Impact, Enterprise, and Entrepreneurship.
Wider Team
DR SHIMA BARAKAT
Dr Shima Barakat is the founder and CEO of Cambridge BAST Ltd. Until spring 2024 she was an Associate Professor and Director of the Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Programme at the University of Cambridge. She has personally supported over 200 start-ups and 450 entrepreneurial women. Her work for the last 25 years has focused on helping organisations ‘start right’ or develop their practices to embed sustainability at the heart of what they do. Shima is an experienced board member and chair, including as a Trustees of the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship in the UK and currently sits on the EPSRC Strategic Advisory Team (SAT) for Engineering. Shima has a particular interest in exploring how and why entrepreneurial people do or don’t do things, especially in terms of mindset and competences. Recently her work focuses on global challenges, and the ecosystem and education/training needs of entrepreneurs and their ventures in providing solutions to such big challenges.
DR ANNE MILLER
Dr Anne Miller has recently retired from her position as MPLS Enterprise Manager at the University of Oxford, but remains involved with RisingWISE on a consultancy basis and will be attending the programme, as well as continuing to deliver aspects herself. Her previous roles included Associate Director of ESKTN, funded by Innovate UK , and principal environmental advisor at MAKE-UK, developing and delivering environmental training for industry in partnership with IEMA, the professional institute for environmental practitioners. She has been an academic and group leader in Environmental Sciences for over 25 years, developing and delivering numerous innovative programmes in different institutions, and co-founding the Oxfordshire social enterprise consultancy EiE.
Annabel Sherwood
Annabel Sherwood is partner and Impact Programmes Manager at Cambridge BAST Ltd. Annabel worked for University of Cambridge for several years, as Impact Programmes Coordinator for women’s enterprise and entrepreneurship programmes, and previously as PhD Administrator. In the Centre of Development Studies. She works on the EIT Food We Lead Food programmes, for professional women leaders working in the sustainable food sector, and collaborates with University of Oxford colleagues on the RisingWISE programme for women early career researchers working in STEMM. Before joining the University, Annabel worked as an educator in Deaf and Special Education in schools for over 12 years. She is a qualified ESL teacher, Spanish speaker, and lived in Venezuela for 5 years.