THE COUNCIL
The Council is an advisory board with senior representatives from Government, parliament, industry and the research community. It has a mixture of individual appointments and some ex-officio members, as set out in the Foundation's Articles of Association.
Council Members
| The Rt Hon the Lord Willetts* FRS, Chair | |||||||||||||
| Ex-Offico Members | |||||||||||||
| Professor Sir Adrian Smith PRS President, The Royal Society | |||||||||||||
| Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE, President, Royal Academy of Engineering | |||||||||||||
| Professor Julia Black CBE PBA, President, British Academy | |||||||||||||
| Professor Dame Anne Johnson DBE PMedSci, President, The Academy of Medical Sciences | |||||||||||||
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Professor Sir John Ball FRS FRSE, President, The Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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| Professor Hywel Thomas CBE FREng FRS FLSW MAE, President, The Learned Society of Wales | |||||||||||||
| Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng, Chair, EngineeringUK | |||||||||||||
| Professor Carole Mundell, President, Science Council | |||||||||||||
| Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council, UKRI | |||||||||||||
| Professor Melanie Welham, Executive Chair, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UKRI | |||||||||||||
| Professor Alison Park, Interim Executive Chair, Economic and Social Research Council, UKRI | |||||||||||||
| Professor Dame Lynn Gladden CBE FRS FREng, Executive Chair, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UKRI | |||||||||||||
| Indro Mukerjee, Chief Executive, Innovate UK, UKRI | |||||||||||||
| Professor Fiona Watt FRS FMedSci, Executive Chair, Medical Research Council, UKRI | |||||||||||||
| Professor Sir Duncan Wingham, Executive Chair, Natural Environment Research Council, UKRI | |||||||||||||
| David Sweeney, Executive Chair, Research England, UKRI | |||||||||||||
| Professor Mark Thomson, Executive Chair, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UKRI | |||||||||||||
| Dr Sally Howes OBE, Chair, Steering Board, UK Space Agency | |||||||||||||
| Appointed Members | |||||||||||||
| Professor Polina Bayvel CBE FRS FREng | |||||||||||||
| Sir John Beddington CMG FRS FRSE HonFREng | |||||||||||||
| Mr Justice Birss | |||||||||||||
| Sir Drummond Bone FRSE | |||||||||||||
| Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz FRS FRCP FMedSci FLSW DL | |||||||||||||
| The Lord Broers FRS FREng HonFMedSci | |||||||||||||
| Sir Donald Brydon* CBE | |||||||||||||
| Sir Anthony Cleaver HonFREng | |||||||||||||
| Simon Denegri OBE | |||||||||||||
| Sir Gordon Duff FRCP FRCPE FMedSci FRSE | |||||||||||||
| Dr Paul Golby CBE FREng | |||||||||||||
| The Lord Haskel | |||||||||||||
| Professor The Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield FBA | |||||||||||||
| Dr Julian Huppert | |||||||||||||
| The Rt Hon Professor The Lord Kakkar PC FMedSci* | |||||||||||||
| Professor Sir David King ScD FRS HonFREng | |||||||||||||
| The Lord Krebs Kt FRS FMedSci Hon DSc | |||||||||||||
| Emma Lindsell | |||||||||||||
| Professor Sarah Main* | |||||||||||||
| Professor The Lord Mair CBE FRS FREng | |||||||||||||
| Dr Julie Maxton CBE* | |||||||||||||
| Patrick McHugh | |||||||||||||
| Jonathan Neale FIET FIOD CEng | |||||||||||||
| John Neilson* | |||||||||||||
| The Rt Hon the Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG | |||||||||||||
| Sir Paul Nurse FRS FMedSci HonFREng | |||||||||||||
| Chi Onwurah MP | |||||||||||||
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| Note: Council members marked with an * are also members of the Trustee Board |