UK Investment Council

The UK Investment Council aims to enhance UK inward investment and inform the UK’s independent trade policy by providing a forum for global investors to offer high-level advice to DBT ministers and wider government.

The UK Investment Council was established on 27 April 2021.

Role

The Investment Council’s principal purpose is to provide a platform to influential global investors so that they can highlight their perspectives, priorities and concerns relating to UK inward investment.

Chair and structure

The Council is chaired by the Minister for Investment at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).

The secretariat function is provided by DBT.

The Council typically meets 4 times a year. Ad hoc meetings with specific members may occur, as and when pertinent topics and issues arise.

Membership

The Investment Council consists of 38 members.

Membership for the period 2023 to 2024 is:

  • Minister for Investment (chair)
  • Annette King, Accenture Song
  • John Harrison, Airbus UK
  • Christina Bates, Allstate NI
  • Anne Glover CBE, Amadeus Capital Partners
  • Andrew Sillitoe, Apax Partners
  • Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, BP
  • Tara McGeehan, Conseillers en gestion et informatique (CGI)
  • James Bardrick, Citi UK
  • Maximilian Biagosch, CPP Investments
  • Alison Kay, Ernst & Young
  • Lady Heywood, (Suzanne), Exor, CNHi & Iveco
  • Arjun Gupta, Government of Singapore Investment Company (GIC)
  • Marc Waters, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
  • Laura Fleming, Hitachi Energy
  • Ian Stuart, HSBC UK
  • Christian Salbaing​, Hutchison Whampoa (Europe) Ltd
  • Katherine Bennett CBE, HVM Catapult
  • Georgiana (JoJo) de Noronha, Kraft Heinz
  • Sir Nigel Wilson, Legal & General
  • Paul Livingston, Lockheed Martin UK
  • Shemara Wikramanayake, Macquarie Group
  • Dr Anish Shah, Mahindra Group
  • Mohamed Mansour, Man Capital
  • Seiichi Kuwata, Marubeni
  • Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, The University of Manchester
  • Julia Prescot, Meridiam
  • Yukinobu Nakano, Mitsui
  • Clare Woodman CBE, Morgan Stanley
  • H.E. Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi, Mubadala Investment Company
  • Greg Jackson, Octopus Energy
  • H.E. Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia
  • William Vereker, Santander UK
  • Keith Anderson, Scottish Power
  • Liv Garfield CBE, Severn Trent Water
  • Carl Ennis​, Siemens GB&I
  • Allison Kirkby, Telia Company AB
  • Eva Lindholm, UBS
  • Sir Terry Matthews OBE, Wesley Clover

Membership is reviewed after one year.