The Steering Board
The role of our Steering Board is to advise Ministers, through our Director General, Sir Adrian Smith, on our strategies and performance (including targets) as set out in our Corporate Plan. It also provides guidance from a commercial standpoint on our operation and development across a range of issues.
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.
The Steering Board meets four times a year. Its current membership consists of:
- Bob
Gilbert,
Chair
Independent board member
Non-Executive Chairman of Paintbox Group - David
Roberts
Independent board member
Ex-Senior Vice President of IP at Glaxo SmithKline
Chairman, Stratagem IPM Ltd - Mary Champion
Independent board member
Freelance IT Management Consultant (previously Vice President at Capgemini) - Sir Adrian Smith
Director General of Knowledge and Innovation, BIS
A member from the Department of Business Innovation and Skills - Sir
Anthony Pigott
Independent board member
Chairman of a Defence/Security Strategic consultancy firm (FutureWins) - Gary
Austin
Independent board member
Chief executive of a2om International - John Alty
Chief Executive Officer, Intellectual Property Office
Additionally members of our Executive Board attend meetings, though they are not formally members of the Steering Board.