Innovate UK has a Council that acts as an advisory group for the Executive Chair and organisation. The Council meets up to four 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 2025
Review all meeting minutes from 2024
Review all meeting minutes from 2023
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 Executive Leadership Board leads the organisation’s multifaceted teams to deliver our objectives within the government’s innovation strategy.
Executive Leadership Board
The members are:
- Tom Adeyoola, Executive Chair
- Bruce Adderley, Director Advanced Manufacturing
- Sarah Bell, Director Business Engagement Strategy
- Dean Cook, Director Business Growth & Global
- Gary Cutts, Director Digital and Technologies
- Sarah Goulding, Director Life Sciences
- Fran McIntyre, Managing Director, IUK Business Connect
- Scott O’Brien, Director of Innovation Finance
- Rob Saunders, Director Clean Energy
- Claire Spooner, Director Innovation Service
- Boryana Stambalova, Director Finance
- Dave Wilkes, Director Innovation Infrastructure
- Guy Woolley, Chief Operating Officer
Innovate UK senior leadership team: declaration of interests
Last updated: 8 June 2026