Annabel Sherwood, Impact Programmes Coordinator

Annabel Sherwood joined the department as Impact Programmes Coordinator in 2022. She works on the EIT WE Lead Food programme, for professional women leaders working in the sustainable food sector. She coordinates WE for Impact, which aims to deliver impact from research by equipping women faculty at Cambridge with the tools and resources to engage with the public, policymakers, industry and the Cambridge entrepreneurial cluster. Annabel also works with colleagues at the University of Oxford on RisingWISE, a programme for women postdocs and early career researchers working in STEMM.

Prior to this, Annabel worked as PhD administrator for the Centre of Development Studies. Before joining the University, she worked as an educator in Deaf and Special Education in primary and secondary schools for over 12 years. She is a qualified ESL teacher, and lived in Venezuela for 5 years, teaching.