Our Executive Committee provides strategic advice to the UKRI Board and is the day-to-day coordinating body for UKRI activity. It provides leadership across the councils and ensures collaboration on strategy and operational matters.
The committee is chaired by the Chief Executive and includes the Executive Chairs of the nine UKRI councils.
Committee members
- Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Chief Executive, UKRI
- Siobhan Peters, Chief Finance Officer, UKRI
- Chris Ball, Chief People Officer
- Christine Ashton, UKRI Chief Information Officer
- Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council
- Professor Guy Poppy, Interim Executive Chair, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Stian Westlake, Executive Chair, Economic and Social Research Council
- Professor Charlotte Deane, Executive Chair, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Indro Mukerjee, CEO, Innovate UK
- Professor Patrick Chinnery, Executive Chair, Medical Research Council
- Professor Louise Heathwaite Executive Chair, Natural Environment Research Council
- Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Executive Chair, Research England
- Professor Mark Thomson, Executive Chair, Science and Technology Facilities Council
The following attend Executive Committee in an advisory capacity as observers:
- Katrina Nevin-Ridley, Director of External Relations, Communications and Public Engagement
See our declaration of interests.
Last updated: 9 July 2024