UKTI Board

The Role of the Board

The Board’s key responsibilities are to contribute to the delivery of UK Trade & Investment’s corporate objectives through

• providing leadership and strategic direction

• allocation of resources to deliver corporate objectives

• owning and managing the principal risks facing UK Trade & Investment

• helping to strengthen planning, performance and change management in UK Trade & Investment

• ensuring the operation of an effective corporate governance system of internal controls.

The Board Members

UKTI Executive Team

Nick Baird, Chief Executive Officer

Richard Paniguian CBE, Head of Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO)

Edward Oakden, Managing Director, Strategic Trade

Crispin Simon, Managing Director, Trade Development

Michael Boyd, Managing Director, Strategic Investment and Accounts

Sandra Rogers, Managing Director, Marketing & Communications Group

Jon Harding OBE, Chief Operating Officer

Charu Gorasia, Director, Finance & IT

Non-Executive members

Sir Eric Peacock, Non-Executive Board Member

Alan Jenkins, Non-Executive Board Member

Chris Fitzpatrick, Non-Executive Board Member

Mark Gostick, Non-Executive Board Member

Alex Dorrian, Non-Executive Board Member

Dale Murray, Non-Executive Board Member

Jan Ward, Non-Executive Board Member

Board member representing UK Export Finance

David Havelock, Interim Chief Executive, UK Export Finance

Board members representing BIS and FCO

Andrew Mitchell, Director, Prosperity, FCO

Rachel Sandby-Thomas, Director-General, Business & Skills, BIS

Board members representing Overseas Posts

Danny Lopez, Consul-General, New York and Director General for UKTI in the USA

Caroline Wilson, Consul-General, Hong Kong