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, Interim Chief People Officer
- Christine Ashton, UKRI Chief Information Officer
- Poli Stuart-Lacey, Chief of External Affairs and Communications, UKRI
- Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council
- Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, 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
- Dr Stella Peace, Interim Executive Chair, 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 Michele Dougherty, Executive Chair, Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Dan Shah, Interim Chief of Investment Planning and Strategy
See our declaration of interests.
Last updated: 30 January 2025