UKERC Governance

UKERC reports to a Supervisory Board and is advised by an independent Advisory Board.  A Research Committee manages UKERC's Research Fund  and is a sub-Committee of the Advisory Board.

Supervisory Board 

UKERC reports into its Supervisory Board annually. 

The Board comprises representatives from the three research councils that fund the Centre: the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board provides high-level advice to the Executive and Research Directors on:

• The strategic direction of the Centre, including its interaction with Government and the Research Councils and its role respective to other UK energy initiatives
• Its collaboration, communications, and outreach strategies, including liaison with the business sector and policymakers
• Its networking and co-ordination activities nationally and internationally
• The Centre's research programme

UKERC's Advisory Board meets at least twice a year. Its members are:

Graeme Sweeney - Shell (Special Advisor)

Keith Allott - WWF

Chris Anastasi - International Power plc

Kersti Berge - Ofgem

Duncan Botting - Global Smart Transformation

Paul Durrant - DECC

Tom Delay - The Carbon Trust

Fiona Fox - Science Media Centre

Tony Grayling - Environment Agency

Arnulf Grubler - International Institute for Applied Systems

Nick Hartley - Oxera

Linda Pooley - The Scottish Government

John Scott - Chiltern Power Limited

Philip Selwood - Energy Savings Trust

Sabine Semke - Juelich Research Centre

Diana Urge-Vorsatz - Central European University (CEU), Budapest

Research Committee

A new Research Committee was formed in 2009 and oversees Calls for Proposals under the new UKERC Research Fund; in UKERC Phase II (2009 – 2014), about 40% of research resources is channelled through the fund.