Heidi Dyson is the Group Manager for Public Funding Management at TWI. She has over 20 years’ experience in collaborative projects funded by key public bodies from the EU and the UK. Heidi also ran her own Consultancy company from 2014 to 2019 where, among other things, she co-wrote proposals for SMEs, reviewed proposals, achieving a high success rate, and provided various training on proposal writing and financial management for proposals and projects all over Europe, the UK and Turkey. During this period, Heidi was an
expert evaluator, rapporteur and expert reviewer for the Horizon 2020 programme.

She also gave briefings on behalf of UK Government agencies and intermediaries on the SME instrument from an Evaluator’s point of view. Heidi brings to the
training her practical knowledge of the full life cycle process of collaborative projects, from proposal writing and delivery of live projects through to financial and contractual matters, and audit.