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-Officio Members

Professor Sir Adrian Smith PRS President, The Royal Society
Sir John Lazar CBE FREng, President, Royal Academy of Engineering
Professor Susan J Smith PBA, President, British Academy
Professor Andrew Morris CBE FRSE PMedSci, President, The Academy of Medical Sciences
Professor Sir John Ball FRS FRSE, President, The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Professor Hywel Thomas CBE FREng FRS FLSW MAE, President, The Learned Society of Wales
Iain Conn FREng FRSE, Chair, EngineeringUK  
Professor Catherine Ross CSci CBiol, President, Science Council  
Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council, UKRI
Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith Executive Chair, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UKRI
Stian Westlake, Executive Chair, Economic and Social Research Council, UKRI
Professor Charlotte Deane MBE Executive Chair, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UKRI
Tom Adeyoola, Chief Executive, Innovate UK, UKRI
Professor Patrick Chinnery FMedSci FRS, Executive Chair, Medical Research Council, UKRI
Professor Louise Heathwaite CBE FRS Executive Chair, Natural Environment Research Council, UKRI
Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Executive Chair, Research England, UKRI
Professor Michele Dougherty, Executive Chair, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UKRI
The Rt Hon the Lord Willetts FRS, Chair, Steering Board, UK Space Agency

Trustees

The Rt Hon Professor The Lord Kakkar PC FMedSci
Professor Sarah Main
Dr Horia Maior
Dr Dame Julie Maxton
Jonathan Neale FIET FIOD CEng
John Neilson
Daniel Shah
Viscount Stansgate

Appointed Members

Professor Tariq Ali
Dr Paul Bate
Professor Polina Bayvel CBE FRS FREng 
Sir John Beddington CMG FRS FRSE HonFREng
Mr Justice Birss 
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz FRS FRCP FMedSci FLSW DL
The Lord Broers FRS FREng HonFMedSci 
Sam Carling MP
Sir Anthony Cleaver HonFREng
Simon Denegri OBE
Professor The Lord Mair CBE FRS FREng
Patrick McHugh
The Rt Hon the Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG
Chi Onwurah MP
The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM Kt FRS 
The Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Professor Sir Michael Sterling FREng 
Professor Julia Sutcliffe
Dr Claire Thorne
The Lord Trees MRCVS, FMedSci, HonFRSE
The Lord Willis of Knaresborough