Dr Bryony Wakefield is the Director of Research Management & Innovation, King’s College London. The Research Management & Innovation Directorate (RMID) at King’s is dedicated to providing comprehensive and wide-ranging professional support across the research ecosystem. This includes ensuring that the university maintains and develops relationships and research partnerships with funding organisations both domestically and internationally; leading King’s work on capital funding bids; and managing the university’s investment in research. Bry leads the strategic and operational direction of each of the area’s functions. She is responsible for the service delivery model for research and innovation across the university and works collaboratively with Faculty leads to ensure services are aligned to university strategy and business needs.

Bry and the wider RMID senior leadership team work closely with the Vice President (Research & Innovation) Professor Bashir M. Al-Hashimi and Vice-Principals, in collaboration with colleagues across the Faculties and our partners, to provide the best environment, support and networks for our community, from postgraduate research students to senior academics. Our teams of professional services staff provide advice, support, platforms and services to our research community.

Having previously worked as the Executive Director, Research Services at the University of Glasgow, Bry joined King's in 2024. Prior to this, she worked in Australia, holding senior research management roles at the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne. This experience is complemented by her work as a Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, teaching into the Masters in Research Administration. Her interest in research management and innovation is further enhanced by her work with the U.S. based National Council of University Research Administrators, and in 2023 she was President of NCURA. Bry has been a member of the International Network of Research Management Societies Council and is a Fellow of the Australasian Research Management Society.