Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
United Kingdom · public body
About this body
Current board (31)
| Professor John Latham CBE Chair | Non-executive board member, Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee | 2026 - present |
| Alexandra Jones | Director General for Growth, International, Science and Technology | 2026 - present |
| Amanda Brooks CBE | Interim Permanent Secretary | 2026 - present |
| Anas Sarwar | Minister of State (Minister for Trade) | 2026 - present |
| Professor Dame Angela McLean | Government Chief Scientific Adviser | 2023 - present |
| Blair McDougall MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Reindustrialisation) | 2026 - present |
| Caleb Deeks | Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare) | 2026 - present |
| Caragh McKiernan | Chief Operating Officer (job share) | 2026 - present |
| Ceri Smith | Director General, Office for Investment | 2026 - present |
| Chris McDonald MP | Minister of State (Minister for Science, Innovation and Investment) | 2026 - present |
| Dr Dave Smith | National Technology Adviser | 2026 - present |
| David Bickerton | Chief Strategic Business Adviser | 2026 - present |
| David Sayer | Non-executive board member | 2026 - present |
| Gavin Lambert | Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare) | 2026 - present |
| Iain Anderson | Non-executive board member | 2026 - present |
| Isobel Stephen | Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports (Jobshare) | 2026 - present |
| Jaee Samant | Director General, Business Group | 2026 - present |
| Joanna Crellin CMG | Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports (Jobshare) | 2026 - present |
| Joanna Crellin CMG | Non-executive Board Director | 2024 - present |
| The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP | President of the Board of Trade | 2026 - present |
| The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP | Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade | 2026 - present |
| The Rt Hon Kanishka Narayan MP | Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence) | 2026 - present |
| Kate Dearden MP | Minister of State (Minister for the Future of Work) | 2026 - present |
| Kate Joseph | Director General, Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR) | 2026 - present |
| Lord Leong CBE | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Enterprise) | 2026 - present |
| Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Space, Cyber and Regulatory Reform) | 2026 - present |
| Mike Clancy | Non-executive board member | 2026 - present |
| Nita Clarke OBE | Non-executive board member | 2026 - present |
| Paul Drechsler CBE | Lead non-executive board member | 2026 - present |
| Rebecca Woodward | Chief Operating Officer (job share) | 2026 - present |
| Dr Roni Savage FREng | Non-executive board member | 2026 - present |
Past board (53)
| Professor John Latham CBE Chair | Non-executive board member, Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee | 2024 - 2026 |
| Alexandra Jones | Director General, Growth, Science and International | 2026 - 2026 |
| Alexandra Jones | Director General, Science, Innovation and Growth | 2023 - 2026 |
| Amanda Brooks CBE | Interim Permanent Secretary | 2026 - 2026 |
| Amanda Brooks CBE | Director General, Trade Negotiations DBT | 2023 - 2026 |
| Amanda Brooks CBE | Director General, Trade Negotiations, DIT | 2021 - 2023 |
| Professor Dame Angela McLean | MOD Chief Scientific Adviser | 2019 - 2023 |
| Blair McDougall MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Caleb Deeks | Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare) | 2023 - 2026 |
| Caleb Deeks | Director General, Market Frameworks (Jobshare) | 2023 - 2023 |
| Caleb Deeks | Director General, Market Frameworks (Jobshare), BEIS | 2021 - 2023 |
| Ceri Smith | Director General, Office for Investment | 2023 - 2026 |
| Ceri Smith | Director General, Strategy and Investment, DIT | 2021 - 2023 |
| Ceri Smith | Director | 2016 - 2021 |
| Ceri Smith | Director, Business Bank and Public Data Group (PDG) Unit, Shareholder Executive | 2013 - 2016 |
| Chris McDonald MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Industry) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Dr Dave Smith | National Technology Adviser | 2023 - 2026 |
| David Bickerton | Chief Strategic Business Adviser | 2025 - 2026 |
| David Bickerton | Director General, Business Group | 2023 - 2024 |
| David Bickerton | Director General, Business Sectors, BEIS | 2021 - 2023 |
| David Sayer | Non-executive board member | 2024 - 2026 |
| Gavin Lambert | Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare) | 2023 - 2026 |
| Gavin Lambert | Director General, Market Frameworks (Jobshare) | 2023 - 2023 |
| Gavin Lambert | Director General, Market Frameworks (Jobshare), BEIS | 2021 - 2023 |
| Gavin Lambert | Acting Director General, Business Sectors, BEIS | 2019 - 2019 |
| Iain Anderson | Non-executive board member | 2024 - 2026 |
| Isobel Stephen | Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports (Jobshare) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Jaee Samant | Director General, Business Group | 2024 - 2026 |
| Jaee Samant | Director General, Public Safety Group | 2021 - 2024 |
| Jaee Samant | Director General, Market Frameworks, BEIS | 2017 - 2021 |
| Jaee Samant | Director General, Strategy, Growth, People and Legal, BEIS | 2016 - 2017 |
| Jaee Samant | Director General, Skills, Deregulation and Local Growth, and Legal, BIS | 2016 - 2016 |
| Joanna Crellin CMG | Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports (Jobshare) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Joanna Crellin CMG | Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports | 2024 - 2025 |
| Joanna Crellin CMG | Director General, Trading Systems | 2023 - 2024 |
| Joanna Crellin CMG | Director General, Trading Systems, DIT | 2020 - 2023 |
| Joanna Crellin CMG | HM Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean | 2018 - 2020 |
| Joanna Crellin CMG | British Consul General, São Paulo | 2015 - 2020 |
| The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP | Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) | 2025 - 2026 |
| The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP | President of the Board of Trade | 2024 - 2025 |
| The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP | Secretary of State for Business and Trade | 2024 - 2025 |
| The Rt Hon Kanishka Narayan MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Online Safety) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Kate Dearden MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Kate Dearden MP | Assistant Whip, House of Commons | 2024 - 2025 |
| Kate Joseph | Director General, Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR) | 2024 - 2026 |
| Lord Leong CBE | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | 2026 - 2026 |
| Lord Leong CBE | Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) | 2024 - 2026 |
| Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Economy) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE | Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Mike Clancy | Non-executive board member | 2024 - 2026 |
| Nita Clarke OBE | Non-executive board member | 2024 - 2026 |
| Paul Drechsler CBE | Lead non-executive board member | 2024 - 2026 |
| Dr Roni Savage FREng | Non-executive board member | 2024 - 2026 |
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