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

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology