Belinda Broughton (she/her)

Belinda joined the University of Exeter in September 2012, and is a project manager for Global Community Food for Human Nutrition and Planetary Health in Small Islands (Global CFaH), funded by NIHR. A collaborative international partner project working to understand the potential for improving household diet, nutrition, and food security, and reducing the burden of nutrition-related diseases by promoting increased community-based food production based on agroecological principles, in small island settings in the Caribbean, Pacific and Philippines,  where the challenges of climate change, food insecurity, and nutrition-related diseases particularly acute.

Before joining Global CFaH, Belinda was a project manager in the Strategic Delivery Unit (SDU) developing emergent proposals into viable business cases – undertaking extensive discovery and feasibility activity to understand the ‘as is’, explore the art of the possible and scope options -  presenting findings and writing business cases for governance approval.

Belinda has been a project manager for two research, development and innovation projects: ADD-TREES, a UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) funded research project developing user-bespoke AI-enhanced decision support tools to help land owners and policymakers explore tree-planting options to contribute to the expansion of UK woodland for Net Zero. Smartline, a large £9m ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) research, development and innovation project using technology to help people live healthier and happier lives. Belinda was responsible for operational delivery - budget & output monitoring, project compliance & governance, risk management, regular progress and financial reporting to the funder, partner relationship management, comms and dissemination, leading audits, recruitment and liaising with the project partners and funder.

Previously, at the University of Exeter, Belinda supported the delivery of a varied portfolio of projects funded by the European Structural Investment Fund (ESIF) programmes, 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 as the ESIF Impact and Partnership Development Officer and the ESIF Research Finance Manager. Ensuring compliance with funder regulations; submission of quarterly progress, output and financial reporting; monitoring budgets, business engagement activity and progress against key milestones;  and ensuring a robust evidence-base was maintained for audit.

Before joining the university in 2012, Belinda had a full and varied career, primarily within the higher education sector. Previous employers include Barts and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry (Queen Mary University of London), London South Bank University, University of Surrey, Surrey Police and Hardenhuish School.

Belinda has extensive and demonstrable leadership, team management, and operational delivery experience, primarily in the HE sector.