Neil Brown, Project Manager

Neil has over 30 years of experience in the innovation, academia and service sectors and is an experienced project, programme & change manager.

He joined the PMO team at Strathclyde in 2025, having worked in a programme management role previously at The Scotland 5G Centre, also within Strathclyde, delivering projects to scale up the deployment & adoption of 5G connectivity in industry & public sectors, and has also worked at the University of Edinburgh in similar roles within data innovation & digital curation environments. Neil also had a previous spell at Strathclyde as a Programme Manager within the EEE department.

Neil is currently managing the Financial Systems Cloud Project which is currently scheduled to run until the end of 2027. 

Graham Christie, Business Change Manager 

Graham is an experienced change management professional with a proven track record of delivering digital change initiatives in a higher education setting. Most recently, he led a multi-year cloud transformation programme. In addition to leading projects and programmes, he mentors and supports project managers and project boards.

With a keen interest in ensuring change initiatives are benefits-led and demonstrate impact, Graham led the development of a benefits management framework to support the implementation of the Digital Strategy.

He has extensive governance experience acquired through his role as committee manager for the University’s senior digital committee.

An effective communicator and facilitator, Graham has held various learning and development roles in the private and public sector prior to joining Strathclyde.

Gabriella Farquhar, Project Manager

Gabriella joined the PMO team in 2024 to deliver projects supporting the Digital Strategy. She has over 20 years of project delivery experience working in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

After graduating from Aston University, she trained as a business analyst on the British Airways Graduate Programme, Gabriella then moved into project delivery and consultancy at IBM working for a range of clients including SAP, the Child Support Agency, the Department of Work and Pensions and KMPG. After eight years at BSkyB delivering billing and operational efficiency projects, she most recently has been working at Cycling UK delivering projects within the active travel sector.

Gabriella has delivered a range of different projects including systems implementation and enhancement, behaviour change and process improvement. She is currently managing the Oracle GDPR Compliance project, which will ensure data protection legislation compliance for in-house Oracle and Pegasus Business Applications.

John Palmer, Engagement & Training Officer

John has over 30 years’ experience in the IT industry in both the public and private sectors, encompassing roles in technical support, business analysis, software consultancy, and training and learning support. He joined Strathclyde in 2006 and has extensive experience of developing and delivering learning support for IT-related projects.

John played a key role in the recent Cloud Transformation Programme developing the resources required to support the University’s move to M365 and the new digital tools introduced during the programme.

Dedicated to creating and delivering quality learning resources, John’s current role focuses on the Microsoft Power platform tools and the crucial contribution these tools will make to the University’s Digital Strategy.

Lisa Toon, Project Manager

Lisa is an experienced learning and development professional with a passion for working with people to achieve desired outcomes.

A graduate of Strathclyde Business School, Lisa has worked in the private, public, and charitable sectors in a variety of roles involving training, business change, business development, communications, and stakeholder engagement.

Lisa has worked at the University since 2017 and has been involved with several business change projects, engaging with stakeholders to ensure smooth transitions to new processes, procedures, and systems. Lisa is currently managing the Digital Accessibility project, which aims to improve accessibility across the University's website and other portals.

Evelyn Trearty, Business Change Manager

Evelyn is an experienced Business Change Manager with a passion for developing governance and project management practices to support Digital Strategies. Her responsibilities include working closely with key stakeholders across the university to ensure Digital Strategy projects are aligned with corporate objectives and focused on achieving benefits.

Evelyn is an excellent communicator and collaborator, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholder at all levels of the university. She leads the power platform user groups, encouraging users across the university to use digital tools to streamline their processes and improve their productivity. Evelyn is committed to delivering high-quality results and is always looking for new ways to innovate and improve.

Evelyn has worked at the university since 2007 and has experience in leading and managing complex change initiatives. She has recently led the business change needed to successfully introduce several new digital tools as part of the cloud transformation programme.