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
- Angela Paradise, Interim Chief People Officer
- Christine Ashton, UKRI Chief Information Officer
- Poli Stuart-Lacey, Chief of External Affairs and Communications, UKRI
- Dan Shah, Chief of Investment Planning and Strategy (job share)
- Hugh Harris, Chief of Investment Planning and Strategy (job share)
- 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
- Tom Adeyoola, 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
See our declaration of interests.
See the UKRI Executive Committee terms of reference.
Last updated: 18 June 2025