Eight new members have been appointed to the Council for Science and Technology (CST), which advises the Prime Minister and the Cabinet on strategic science and technology policy issues.
The new members include Mark Enzer OBE, strategic advisor at Mott MacDonald and visiting professor at the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London; Professor Dame Lynn Gladden DBE, shell professor of chemical engineering at the University of Cambridge, and former executive-chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Priya Lakhani OBE, founder CEO of CENTURY Tech, and co-founder of the Institute for Ethical AI in education; and Avid Larizadeh Duggan OBE, senior managing director, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Teachers’ Venture Growth.
Joining them will be Professor (Emeritus) Nick McKeown, senior fellow at Intel Corporation, professor (emeritus) of electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford University and visiting professor of engineering and senior research fellow at Oxford University; Professor Sir Nigel Richard Shadbolt, professor of computer science at the University of Oxford, principal of Jesus College, Oxford and co-founder and chair of the Open Data Institute; Richard Slater, chief R&D officer for Unilever; and Paul Taylor CBE, director of Morgan Stanley International and non-executive Director on the Defence Technology and Innovation Board at the Ministry of Defence.
Welcoming the new members, Professor Dame Angela McLean, the government chief scientific adviser and co-chair of CST, said: "The eight new members bring extraordinary breadth and depth of experience: from AI and data to chemical engineering and venture capital. I am confident that new members will further invigorate the Council and its ability to provide robust advice on the government’s high-level priorities for science and technology. I look forward to collaborating across a wide range of topics to further embed specialist knowledge of the UK’s strength in science and technology into the heart of government decision-making."
