Sarah Payne

SARAH PAYNE is a Chartered Marketer with the Chartered Institute of Marketing and has over 20 years’ experience in marketing and communications. Sarah joined the LRDC in July 2025 from global research and technology organisation TWI Ltd, where she managed the marketing and communications for a wide range of projects, programmes and services, as well as a portfolio of Innovation Centres (university-TWI partnerships).

Her skills set ranges from formulating and implementing integrated marketing communications plans and strategies through to tactical delivery of targeted campaigns, branding and event management. With a background spanning most major industries, Sarah particularly enjoys working with technical experts to turn complex subject matter into compelling stories that generate impact.