About CSR

Simon Jukes serves as People and Systems Director at CSR Scientific Training. With extensive leadership experience, Simon ensures that our People and Systems infrastructure supports excellence in training, delivering seamless pathways for apprentices and employers alike. Under his guidance, we remain agile and responsive in a fast-evolving landscape, aligning our operational frameworks with sector innovations and employer needs.

Simon’s contributions extend beyond operational leadership: his commitment to stakeholder engagement strengthens our partnerships with professional bodies, regulators, and industry leaders—ensuring our training provision remains relevant, rigorous, and future-ready.

Elisa began her career as a Biomedical Scientist in Microbiology, progressing to manage the Microbiology Department and serve as Pathology Training Manager, gaining 13 years of experience within the NHS and becoming a chartered scientist in 2012. During her NHS career, she also acted as an Assessor for the IBMS, evaluating professional portfolios, and was recognised as Young Scientist of the Year, presenting her master’s research at the Gothenburg Federation of European Microbiological Societies conference in 2009.

After leaving the NHS, Elisa led the development of the Healthcare Science Assistant and Associate apprenticeship programmes at CSR Scientific Training. She has played a pivotal role in expanding the organisation’s presence in the healthcare sector, building a strong delivery team, and overseeing the successful implementation of these programmes.
Elisa holds teaching, assessor, and internal quality assurance qualifications and has 9 years’ experience in Education. Outside of work, she enjoys travelling and spending time with her husband, their three children, and close friends.

Trudy has dedicated her career to Customer Relations with over 25 years of experience within the science and healthcare science sector. Throughout her career, she has built trusted relationships by prioritising integrity, honesty and genuine partnership at every step. A founding member of CSR, Trudy has served as Customer Relations Director since 2023.

Alongside her customer-focused role, Trudy is a qualified and highly experienced Designated Safeguarding Lead. For the past eight years, she has led CSR’s team of seven safeguarding officers, ensuring learners receive the highest standard of care and support when it is needed most.

Outside of work, Trudy enjoys a full and active family life with her husband and two teenage children. She is an avid swimmer and has a passion for history, art and travel.

Lynda began her career as a Personal Assistant before flying with British Caledonian Airways as an Air Stewardess. After having her children, she retrained as a teacher — the start of a 38-year career in further education.
She taught Business Administration and IT at Henley College in Coventry, later moving into teacher education with Warwick University and becoming an Advanced Practitioner specialising in Teaching, Learning and Assessment.

Lynda went on to lead Teaching and Learning as Head before joining CSR as Quality Manager, and now Director of Quality. Lynda oversees compliance with awarding body regulations and ensures every learner has the best possible experience at CSR. She is especially proud that in March 2025, CSR was graded Outstanding across the board for its apprenticeships.

Her focus now is on upholding these high standards while adapting to the evolving world of education. Outside of work, Lynda enjoys tennis, walking, caravanning, supporting Coventry City as a season ticket holder, and spending time with family and friends.

Danny began his career as a research chemist at Pfizer, where he worked for seven years. He then spent a period in academia pursuing his PhD at the University of Cambridge.

With experience from both industrial and academic settings, Danny joined CSR in 2015 to help develop and expand CSR’s portfolio of science apprenticeships and to promote them to a diverse range of employers. In his current role as Funding and Data Director at CSR, Danny plays a role in the organisation’s strategic financial management and planning.

He also serves on the Royal Society of Chemistry’s panel of apprenticeship accreditation assessors, where he participates in assessing training providers’ accreditation applications and contributes to the continuous improvement of science apprenticeship programmes across the chemical sciences sector. Outside of work, he enjoys playing badminton and watching all kinds of sport, especially football and Formula 1.

Rob has 8 years’ experience in industrial biology and 18 years’ experience in education, including delivery management, quality assurance and qualification design. Rob started his career as a DNA Analyst for the Home Office in Wetherby. Later he became senior molecular biologist and training manager at TDL Genetics. In 2005 he became curriculum manager for molecular biology and forensic science for a Midlands based college.

Whilst undertaking this role, Rob established and founded CSR. Rob has also worked for Oxford and Cambridge RSA examining board as a qualifications manager. He was responsible for the country’s first forensic science apprenticeships at the Laboratory of the Government Chemist. Rob holds work-based qualifications in assessment in the workplace and internal quality assurance and is currently working towards a post graduate qualification in Educational Assessment at the University of Cambridge. Rob is married with two children.

In his spare time, Rob coaches the junior rugby teams at Aston Old Edwardians Rugby club.