Diamond Annual Review 2025-26

Chair’s report Management team Board of directors Prof Gianluigi Botton CEO Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz (Chair) Prof Gianluigi Botton Andrea Ward Victoria Grant Dr Roger Eccleston Prof Michael Fitzpatrick Dr Morag Foreman Dr Petra Oyston Company secretary Dr Sean Hird Andrea Ward CFO and Deputy CEO Dr Richard Walker Technical Director Dr Adrian Mancuso Director of Physical Sciences Dr Martin Walsh InterimDirector of Life Sciences As Chair of the Diamond Board, I ampleased to reflect on another year of scientific excellence and strategic progress. Diamond continues to play a vital role in world-leading research and innovation across a broad range of disciplines. Diamond’s status is due to the remarkable dedication of its staff, whose expertise supports the success of the facility and enables outstanding scientific outcomes for academic and industrial users. The collaborative spirit of Diamond’s staff, users, partners and stakeholders is central to its success. Over the past year, the facility has welcomed thousands of users fromacross the UKand around the world, enabling research that drives discovery and offers solutions to some of society’s most pressing challenges. Inmy role as Chair, I have witnessed a time of significant challenge but also opportunity. Like other UK facilities, Diamond continues to face risks around operational funding. Despite this, Diamond has continued to prepare for the future. Whilemaintaining a strong focus on operational excellence and responsible stewardship of public resources, Diamond is well placed to deliver the Diamond-II upgrade project which will see a leap forward in scientific capabilities. I was delighted to attend the official opening of the Diamond Extension Building inMarch, whichmarked amajor milestone in the technical delivery of the upgrade. The Diamond-II project is essential to the future of UK synchrotron science, andwe are committed to its delivery for the benefit of current and future generations of researchers. As we look ahead, we need to ensure that Diamond remains focused on accomplishing our long-termvision. The scientific landscape continues to shift, creating new opportunities to exploit and challenges to contendwith. I amconvinced that the leadership at Diamond, as well as those who drive it forward every day, will see success through their unwavering commitment. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank our stakeholders, the research councils, the UKgovernment and Wellcome for supporting the evolving needs of Diamond. Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz GBEDL FRS FMedSci FRCP FLSW Chair of the Board Advisory bodies Diamond Industrial Science Committee (DISCo) Prof Dave Brown, Vertex (Chair) Dr Andrew Barrow, Rolls-Royce Dr Helen Blade, AstraZeneca Dr Jonathan Booth, Johnson Matthey Dr Cheryl Doherty, GSK Dr Andrew Doré, Isomorphic Lab Prof Peter Dowding, Infineum Prof Jonathan Hyde, NNL Dr Andrew Johnson Dr Olga Kazakova, NPL Dr Jenny Moore, Syngenta Dr Ellen Norman, RSSL Dr Pamela Williams, Astex Pharmaceuticals Scientific SoftwareAdvisory Committee (SSAC) Steve Aplin, European XFEL (Chair) Yves-Marie Abiven, SOLEIL Stuart Campbell, Brookhaven National Laboratory Vincent Favre-Nicolins, ESRF Andrew Richards, Imperial College London Hannah Griffin, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source MachineAdvisory Committee (MAC) Andreas Jankowiak, BESSY (Chair) Eshraq Al Dmour, MAX-IV Pedro Fernandes Tavares, MAX-IV Gaël Le Bec, ESRF Amor Nadji, SOLEIL Montse Pont, CELLS Vadim Sajaev, APS Volker Schlott, SLS Christoph Steier, ALS Andy Wolski, University of Liverpool Romain Ganter, SLS Timo Korhonen, ESS Roberto Visintini, Elettra Diamond-II Sponsor Group Gianluigi Botton (Chair) Mary Barlow, EMBL-EBI Roger Eccleston, STFC Michael Fitzpatrick Jean Susini, SOLEIL Giles Robertson, DSIT Andrea Ward The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Prof Kristina Djinović-Carugo, EMBL (Chair) Dr Paul Adams, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Dr Steve Aplin, European XFEL Dr Elke Arenholz, NSLSII, Brookhaven National Laboratory Prof Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr Dina Carbone, MAX-IV Prof Peter Dowding, Infineum (DISCo Representative) Prof Chris Hardacre, University of Manchester Prof Phil King, University of St Andrews Dr Silvia Ramos-Perez, University of Kent (DUC Chair) Prof Matt Rosseinsky, University of Liverpool Prof Andrea Russell, University of Southampton Prof Christian Schroer, DESY Prof Stephen Skinner, Imperial College London Prof Xiaodong Zhang, Imperial College London Prof Elizabeth Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison Diamond User Committee (DUC) Dr Silvia Ramos-Perez, University of Kent (Chair) Dr Simon Kondrat, Loughborough University Prof Jose Artur Brito, ITQB NOVA Dr Colin Levy, University of Manchester Dr Daniel Toolan, University of Manchester Dr Ellen Heely, Open University Dr Hariom Jani, University of Oxford Prof Yasmine Sassa, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Dr Luke Daniels, University of Liverpool Dr Gary Nicol, University of Edinburgh Dr Rosa Arrigo, University of Salford Prof Anna Regoutz, University College London Dr James Everett, Keele University Dr Alexander Lunt, University of Bath Dr Richard Collins, University of Manchester Dr Josie Ferreira, University College London Oliver Thomas, University of Oxford Dr Stephen Marshall, University of Oxford Dr Sarah Gosling, Keele University Audit, Finance and Risk Committee (AFRC) Prof Michael Fitzpatrick (Chair) Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz Victoria Grant Stella Neophytou Jane Warren 5 6 Annual review 2025/26