Non-executive board member
Liz Cohen
Biography
Liz Cohen was appointed as Non-Executive Board Member and Chair of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in April 2024.
Liz is an experienced non-executive director with more than 20 years of work across diverse environments and regions, including established global entities, start-ups, scale-ups, and not-for-profits in the UK, Australia, and United States.
Liz received her law degree from the University of Technology Sydney. She also achieved a Business Administration Masters and a Business and Environmental Management Masters from the University of Newcastle.
Non-executive board member
The main responsibilities of non-executive board members are to:
- attend meetings of the departmental board, chaired by the Secretary of State
- provide over-arching strategic guidance and insight to the department