Funders Forum: Core Members

 

Name

Title

Representing

Professor Adrian Smith (Chair)

Director General of Science and Innovation (DGSI)

Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS)

Pam Alexander

Chief Executive, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)

Regional Development Agencies

Stephen Kerr

Head of Higher Education & Learner Support Division

Scottish Enterprise

Professor Sir Richard Brook

Director of the Leverhulme Trust

Non-medical Research Charity

Professor Rick Trainor

President, UUK

University Sector

Rachel Garside-Jones

Head of Knowledge Development and Transfer Branch

Welsh Assembly Government

Professor Ian Diamond

Chief Executive, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Research Council: Sustainability

Professor Alan Thorpe

Chief Executive, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Research Council: Strategy

Professor Phil Gummett

Chief Executive

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)

Professor John Beddington

Chief Scientific Advisor

Government CSA

Simon Denegri

Funders' Forum representative of the AMRC

Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)

Fergus Devitt

Director of Higher Education

Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI)

Mark Batho

Chief Executive

Scottish Funding Council (SFC)

John NeilsonDirector, Research BaseDIUS

Professor David Eastwood

Chief Executive

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

Ric Parker  



Director of Research & Technology, Rolls Royce  

Industry

Professor Malcolm Grant  

Chairman

Russell Group


Helen Fleming/Polly Payne


Heads of Science & Industry Team  


HM Treasury

Iain GrayChief ExecutiveTechnology Strategy Board (TSB)

Dr Mark Walport  

Director

Wellcome Trust