Membership
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-02)

Details of the Council's members and register of interests.

The members are senior figures from the fields of science, engineering and technology. They are appointed by the Prime Minister, in line with guidance from the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (https://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/regulating-appointments/governance-code/). CST invites non-members to join sub-groups to advise on specific pieces of work.

Chairs
- Professor Dame Angela McLean (https://www.gov.uk/government/people/angela-mclean) DBE, FRS - Government Chief Scientific Adviser
- Lord Browne of Madingley (https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lord-browne-of-madingley) FRS, FREng - Senior Advisor on Climate and Net Zero, General Atlantic; Chairman of the Francis Crick Institute; Fellow and former President of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Members
- Professor Julia Black (https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/julia-black/) CBE FBA FRSA - Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford
- Avid Larizadeh Duggan (https://www.otpp.com/en-ca/modals/bios/avid-larizadeh-duggan/) OBE - Senior Managing Director, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Teachers’ Venture Growth
- Mark Enzer (https://www.mottmac.com/en-gb/about-us/people-listing-page/mark-enzer/) OBE FREng FIChemE FICE - Strategic Advisor, Mott MacDonald; Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge and Imperial College London
- Professor Dame Lynn Gladden (https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/directory/lynn-gladden) DBE FREng FRS - Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge
- Professor Jim Hall (https://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/person/professor-jim-hall) FREng FICE - Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks, University of Oxford
- Saul Klein (https://www.gov.uk/government/people/saul-klein) OBE - Co-founder and Managing Partner, Phoenix Court
- Priya Lakhani (https://www.century.tech/about-us/) OBE - Founder CEO, CENTURY-Tech
- Sir John Lazar (https://raeng.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/staff-trustee-board-and-committees/president-of-the-royal-academy-of-engineering) CBE FREng - President, Royal Academy of Engineering (ex-officio member)
- Professor (Emeritus) Nick McKeown (https://www.stanford.edu/~nickm) FREng - Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- Professor Andrew Morris (https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/fellow/Professor-Andrew-Morris-0008889) CBE FRSE FMedSci – President, Academy of Medical Sciences (ex-officio member)
- Sir Paul Nurse (https://royalsociety.org/people/paul-nurse-12012/) OM CH FMedSci PRS - President, Royal Society (ex-officio member)
- Professor Brooke Rogers (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/brooke-rogers) OBE FRSA FHEA - Professor of Behavioural Science and Security and Vice Dean (People & Planning) for Social Science and Public Policy at King’s College London
- Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt (https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/about-jesus-college/our-community/people/nigel-shadbolt/) FRS FREng FBCS - Professor of Computing Science at the University of Oxford; Principal of Jesus College, Oxford; Co-Founder and Chair of the Open Data Institute
- Richard Slater (https://www.unilever.com/our-company/our-leadership/richard-slater/) - Chief R&D Officer, Unilever
- Professor Susan J Smith (https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/susan-smith-FBA/) FBA - President, British Academy (ex-officio member)
- Paul Taylor CBE FREng - Director, Morgan Stanley International
‘Ex-officio members’ are people who become members automatically because they hold a particular office.

Observers
- Dr Dave Smith (https://www.gov.uk/government/people/dave-smith) - National Technology Adviser
- Alexandra Jones (https://www.gov.uk/government/people/alexandra-jones) - Director General, Science and Innovation at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
- Jessica Glover (https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jessica-glover) - Director General, Growth and Productivity at HM Treasury
Register of interests

Members are required to declare any personal, political or business interests that could, or could be seen to, influence their judgement.
- CST register of members’ interests (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-members-interests--2)