Our Team
Henrietta Hopkins
Director
Henrietta co-founded HVM in 2005. Since then she has worked on a wide range of programmes encompassing topics as diverse as new horizon technologies, health, social care, climate change, environment and arts and heritage. Henrietta is an expert social researcher, lead facilitator and designer of deliberative dialogue research with a particular interest in bringing creativity to public and stakeholder engagement. She works closely with people a diversity of people with lived and professional experience of the issues that matter to everyone in society. She creates spaces for evidence based exploration of emotionally sensitive, complex and technical issues.
This week Henrietta is focused on analysing the fascinating results of our recent public dialogue for the Natural Environment Research Council, ensuring people’s views are heard on what matters in environmental science research.
Life includes motherhood, an opera company and a desire for dance. Click here for Henrietta's LinkedIn.
Suzannah Kinsella
Senior Associate
Suzannah designs engagement activities that help people to influence policies and services in informed and constructive ways. Her work in both the UK and Canada has involved people in areas such as health research, organ donation, autonomous vehicles, food security, social care and nuclear power. She is an experienced facilitator who has worked with advisory panels, deliberative workshops, public meetings and focus groups. She has been an associate of HVM's since 2016.
Alongside her work with HVM, Suzannah is a James Lind Alliance Adviser, guiding priority setting partnerships (PSPs) involving patients, clinicians and carers identifying the top 10 research priorities for a range of conditions and areas of health and social care.
Leah Holmes
Senior Associate: Development
Leah is an experienced leader and practitioner in public engagement and involvement, with a special interest in inclusive practice. She has worked within a range of contexts and cultures within the science and health research system and beyond, include academia, industry, research funding, formal and informal education and the NHS. Previous roles include Director of Vocal, a specialist team connecting people with health research, leading national multi-partner initiatives at the Wellcome Trust, and working as a scientific researcher.
At Hopkins Van Mil, Leah is working on organisational strategy and development, HVM operations and business development.
Outside of work, a perfect day includes rockpooling, football in the park, and a kitchen disco.
Sophie Reid
Researcher, Facilitator, Evaluator and Data Analyst
Sophie is an independent social researcher and experienced facilitator, with particular interest in food. She has recently completed an MA in Anthropology of Food at SOAS, University of London, covering topics such as food justice, sustainability, supply chains and heritage. Her previous engagement work has included projects across health, infrastructure and food, including online and face-to-face facilitation for a public panel to discuss food security issues.
Sophie is also a skilled evaluator with experience evaluating projects in health and social care, design and the arts and food and farming (including for the RSA Food, Farming & Countryside Commission). Sophie previously managed a research and evaluation programme at Design Council, which included understanding the role of design skills and design principles to tackle complex social challenges.
Outside of this, Sophie is a keen cook, radio host and music promoter, organising monthly music events in south-east London.
Hally Ingram
Senior Associate Facilitator
Hally has worked HVM since 2008 on significant deliberative programmes including for the Royal Society, the Wellcome Trust, the National Lottery Community Fund and the Citizens’ Biometrics Council for the Ada Lovelace Institute. She brings extensive experience in the field of dialogue and engagement, giving people a voice on issues that matter to society. Her work includes facilitating group discussions on complex and sensitive topics including health, heritage, transport and ecosystem management.
She was formerly External Affairs Advisor on Iran for Shell. To add depth to her work in dialogue and engagement, Hally obtained an MSC in Psychology (distinction) at Birkbeck, University of London, where she researched early signs of autism in toddlers
Jamie Hearing
Researcher
Jamie joined HVM as a researcher in June 2022. He works across HVM’s projects on research planning and design, delivery, coding and analysis. With a background in interdisciplinary studies, he is excited by the prospect of working collaboratively to make connections between different areas of experience, expertise and research.
Prior to joining HVM, Jamie worked as a healthcare assistant at a London hospital and before that as an assistant producer on TV documentaries. He graduated from UCL in 2016 with a BSc in Human Sciences and is currently completing an MA in Health Humanities, also at UCL, part-time. Drawing on these experiences, he is particularly interested in exploring topics in health and social care, as well as in the applications of genetics in medicine.
Outside of work, he enjoys being up a mountain or by the sea (but usually settles for a park in London).
Louis Mylne
Research Assistant
Louis recently joined the team having spent the last few months working as an Intern for Hopkins Van Mil. Having graduated from the University of York in 2021 with a BA in Politics and International Relations, Louis is working with the team by combining his passion for learning about differing points of view with his desire to create genuine societal change through research. His sense of mission stems from his experiences volunteering at charities like the Felix Project as well as during his time interning for the non-partisan pressure group More United.
As HVM’s Research Assistant Louis is involved in all aspects of our work including research logistics, participant recruitment, liaising with and supporting stakeholders and research participants. He manages research data and works on coding large swathes of qualitative and quantitative data that emerge from HVM’s deliberative programmes.
Outside of research Louis enjoys long distance cycling, 5-a-side football and playing his bass guitar.
Mike King
Senior Associate Facilitator
Mike is regularly brought in to the HVM facilitation team as experienced deliberative facilitator. Mike is an Environmental Scientist with a considerable body of work, both in the UK and internationally of designing and delivering constructive interactions between people and complex and contentious issues. With considerable knowledge and practical expertise in facilitation, stakeholder engagement and public participation he works with organisations to help them develop the strategies and delivery plans that engage people in ways that lead to productive outcomes for all concerned.
He has worked on a range of projects as a Senior/ Lead Facilitator including environmental and energy programmes including for the National Nuclear Laboratories, Welsh Government and Sellafield programme of public engagement on the future of nuclear energy in society. Most recently Mike, in his role as Director of Resources for Change, collaborated with HVM on a significant public dialogue for WWF-UK on land use.
Voyage Youth Team
Tech/Event Support Team
Last year HVM started working with five young people from the London charity Voyage Youth to help provide event and tech support for our fieldwork.
Nanungi is a first year mathematics student at the University of Bristol. In her free time she enjoys reading, studying languages and collecting manga.
Luyanda joined the HVM team after taking part in our NERC public dialogue on the environment and nature. Outside of the role she enjoys reading, playing guitar and the cello, going on walks and seeing friends.
Valeza is a 4th year student studying politics, philosophy and law at King’s College London. In her spare time she enjoys cooking and baking.
Dianne also joined the HVM team after taking part our public dialogue on the environment and nature. Alongside her work with HVM Dianne recently started an internship at Gallagher aerospace insurance.
Tyrese is currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering at Nottingham. He has already supported numerous fieldwork workshops on topics ranging from early human embryo research to digital health innovation.