Executive Board
The Executive Board has been established to assist the Chief Executive in leading The Institute of Cancer Research to achieve its strategic aims and objectives within the approved strategies and budgets and is responsible for formulating strategies, plans and budgets for approval by the Board of Trustees.
Professor Kristian Helin
Chief Executive and President
Carol Ford
Chief People Officer
Professor Kevin Harrington
Head of Division – Radiotherapy and Imaging
Professor Clare Isacke
Dean of Academic & Research Affairs
Paul Norris
Chief Financial Officer
Professor Jonathon Pines
Head of Division – Cancer Biology
Dr Barbara Pittam
Chief Research and Academic Officer
Dr Olivia Rossanese
Head of Division and Director – Cancer Therapeutics
Latest ICR News
Overuse of CT scans could cause 100,000 extra cancers in US
The overuse of CT scans could cause over 100,000 cases of cancer in the US – with almost 10,000 cases in children, researchers have warned.
ICR welcomes NICE recommendation of capivasertib for advanced breast cancer
The Institute of Cancer Research, London, strongly welcomes the decision by NICE to recommend the targeted breast cancer drug, capivasertib, in combination with fulvestrant, for treating the most common type of advanced breast cancer with specific biomarker alterations (PIK3CA, AKT1 or PTEN).
Simple spit test could finally turn the tide on prostate cancer
A spit test, where a sample can be collected at home, is more accurate at identifying future risk of prostate cancer for some men than the current standard PSA blood test, according to a study by ICR scientists.
ICR and life sciences company QBiotics launch new collaboration to study potential cancer drug derived from rainforest tree species
Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, are collaborating with life sciences company QBiotics to unravel the molecular and cellular mechanisms of a potential new cancer drug.