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 Sir David Cannadine PBA, President, British Academy |
| Professor Dame Anne Johnson DBE PMedSci, President, The Academy of Medical Sciences |
| Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP, Interim President, The Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| Professor Hywel Thomas CBE FREng FRS FLSW MAE, President, The Learned Society of Wales |
| Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng, Chair, EngineeringUK |
| Position vacant, 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 |
| Dr Sarah Main* |
| Patrick McHugh |
| John Neilson* |
| Professor The Lord Mair CBE FRS FREng |
| Dr Julie Maxton CBE* |
| Jonathan Neale FIET FIOD CEng |
| The Rt Hon the Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG |
| Sir Paul Nurse FRS FMedSci HonFREng |
| Chi Onwurah* MP |
| The Lord Oxburgh KBE FRS HonFREng |
| The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM Kt FRS |
| The Baroness Sharp of Guildford |
| Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE FIET* |
| Phil Smith CBE |
| Isobel Stephen* |
| Professor Sir Michael Sterling FREng |
| Sir Hugh Taylor KCB |
| The Lord Trees MRCVS, FMedSci, HonFRSE |
| Sir Peter Williams CBE FRS FREng |
| The Lord Willis of Knaresborough |
| Note: Council members marked with an * are also members of the Trustee Board |