Jack Olney
Executive Director, Centre For Health Economics & Policy Innovation
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Olney is an executive leader who transitioned from a PhD in infectious disease epidemiology and mathematical modelling into directing the Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation at Imperial College Business School. Over 11 years he has built CHEPI into the School’s largest research centre, overseeing 30 faculty and staff, 15 active projects, and securing over £13M in grant revenue. He combines deep technical expertise in epidemiological modelling and agent-based simulations with hands-on operational leadership, fundraising, and partnership development. Jack is experienced in managing complex data assets and compliance across ethical, financial and funder requirements, while also acting as a high-level ambassador to policy and academic partners. Notably, his career path reflects a self-taught expansion from coding models in C++, R and Python to strategic centre management—demonstrating rare fluency across research, technical delivery and institutional leadership.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Modern Epidemiology, Master of Science (MSc), Modern Epidemiology at Imperial College LondonArdingly CollegeWarden ParkBSc (Hons), Biology, BSc (Hons), Biology at University of SouthamptonTavistock and Summerhill School
Github Skills (49)
hubot10
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chat10
sublime-text9
robotics9
shinydashboard9
sublime9
reactivity8
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r-package7
rstudio7
web-development6
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jackolney/blog
Mar 2017 - Nov 2022
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 5 years 9 months
jackolney/CascadeDashboard
Aug 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:182 pushes, 11 branches, 2 tags in 7 months
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