How Innovate UK is governed

Our work is overseen by a council, which sets overall objectives and direction. The Council meets six times a year.

Innovate UK Council

Council members

Members have a range of expertise in research and innovation that is drawn across business, entrepreneurship, investment, technology, economics and business impact evaluation. They also have different characteristics and professional backgrounds.

See all members of Innovate UK council

Innovate UK council members: declaration of interests

Council meeting minutes

Review all meeting minutes from 2024

Review all meeting minutes from 2023

Review all meeting minutes from 2022

Review all meeting minutes from 2021

Meetings from before this date are available on the UK Government Web Archive

More information

Email: support@iuk.ukri.org

Innovate UK senior leadership team

Our senior leadership team leads the organisation’s multifaceted teams to deliver our objectives within the government’s innovation strategy.

Senior leadership team members

The members are:

  • Stella Peace, Interim Executive Chair and Executive Director, Healthy Living and Agriculture
  • Rob Shaw, Chief of Staff
  • Lisa Hazelden, Chief Product Officer
  • Mike Biddle, Executive Director, Net Zero
  • Guy Woolley, Chief Operating Officer
  • Stella Peace, Executive Director, Healthy Living and Agriculture
  • Dean Cook, Executive Director, Place
  • Dave Wilkes, Director, Innovation Ecosystem
  • Boryana Stambolova, Finance Director

Innovate UK senior leadership team: declaration of interests

Last updated: 11 October 2024

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