Dr Will Lovegrove
University roles and responsibilities
- Head of the Technology Transfer Office
- Managing and growing the pipeline of University-wide commercialisation opportunities
- Ensuring University of Surrey intellectual property is protected
- Exploiting University research/expertise to generate income & impact
- Advising the University of Surrey Seed Fund Ltd on investment decisions
- Interim joint-responsibility for the Innovation Strategy Directorate
Previously, in 2014, with financial support from Innovate UK (the UK Government's innovation agency) I created an R&D project called 'systemsync' which harnessed cloud technology to reduce costs associated with transfer of business data between organisations. This lead to the creation of a technology start-up known as pensionsync which pioneered the electronic transfer of financial data between payroll software and pension providers. In August 2019 pensionsync was acquired by Australian cloud payroll provider KeyPay. I have a Ph.D and a 1st BSc (hons) in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham. I am a member of the Money and Pensions Service 'pensions dashboard' Steering Group, and have a lifetime achievement award from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.