The Steering Board

The role of our Steering Board is to advise Ministers, through our Director General, Alun Evans, on our Corporate Plan and performance (including targets). It also provides guidance from a commercial standpoint on our operation and development across a range of issues.

The Steering Board meets four times a year and David Richards is chairperson. Other members include Alun Evans, Director General, Science and Research, Zina Etheridge, Strategy & Communications Director, DIUS and 4 additional external members with relevant experience from industry or commerce. Our Chief Executive is also a member. Our other Board members attend all meetings, though they are not formally members of the Steering Board.

During the last 12 months, the Steering Board has provided advice and guidance on a wide range of topics, such as our Corporate Plan, Agency Targets, Intellectual Property Policy, Accounts and Risk Management.

Its current membership is:

• Alun Evans
  Director General, Office of Science and Research
• Zina Etheridge
  Strategy & Communications Director, DIUS
• Ian Fletcher
  Comptroller-General and Chief Executive, UK Intellectual Property Office
• David Richards
  Independent board member
  Principal Finance Officer at  the National Assembly for Wales
• Geoffrey Drage
  Independent board member
  Chairman of Creative X-Ray Limited and Richframe Limited
• David Roberts
  Independent board member
  Ex-Senior Vice President of IP at Glaxo SmithKline
• Kathryn Bishop
  Independent board member
  Director of Naughton Consulting Ltd
• Mary Champion
  Independent board member
  Freelance IT Management Consultant

Minutes of previous meetings are available on request.