The Steering Board

The role of our Steering Board is to advise Ministers, through our Director General, Prof. 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:

• David Richards, Chair
  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
• Prof. Adrian Smith
  Director General, Office of Science and Research
• Zina Etheridge
  Strategy & Communications Director, DIUS
• Ian Fletcher
  Comptroller-General and Chief Executive,
  UK Intellectual Property Office

Additionally members of our Executive Board attend meetings, though they are not formally members of the Steering Board.

Minutes of previous meetings are available on request.