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Council Members across all nine UKRI councils
Individuals presented by Perrett Laver to UKRI
Appointed candidates
Appointed candidates are from ethnic minorities background
In addition to senior and strategic leadership experience in a relevant area of research and/or innovation, candidates were expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the mission and priorities of UKRI and the respective council.
The campaigns also explicitly sought to support UKRI’s diversity goals, with a clear brief to deliver genuinely diverse candidate fields for each council, including with respect to gender, ethnicity, sector, career stage, and geography.
Multiple Appointments
The campaign has been hugely successful to date with 202 candidates invited to interview (49% female, 20% ethnic minority background) resulting in the appointment of 74 new Council Members across all of UKRI’s councils.
Sample of Appointments
Of the total 74 appointments made to date, 53% are female and include Steve Bagshaw, Professor Anne Ferguson Smith, Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, and Dr Neil Parry to BBSRC; Chris Ganje, Tunde Olanrewaju, Caroline Plumb, Dr Annette Doherty, Professor Simon Weeks, and Dr Mark Treherne to Innovate UK; Dr Andy Griffiths and Professor Simon Hollingworth to MRC; and Dr Angeli Möeller and Hitesh Thakrar to STFC.
