Membership
Details of the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council's members and the council's terms of reference.
The members of the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council (ISAC) are senior figures consisting of business leaders, academics and trade unionists, who have a notable track record in their fields.
Members will:
- engage closely with businesses, trade unions and local leaders
- monitor and evaluate progress on growth-driving sectors
- make recommendations to ministers
- work closely with other bodies, like Skills England and the Migration Advisory Committee
Chair
- Dame Clare Barclay DBE – President, Enterprise and Industry (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), Microsoft
Members
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Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell DBE DL FRS FMedSci FRSB FBPhS MAE, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester (deputy chair)
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Dr Aislinn Rice, Director, Software NI
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Professor Dame Diane Coyle DBE, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge
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The Rt Hon Greg Clark, Executive Chair of University of Warwick Innovation District
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Greg Jackson CBE, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Octopus Energy
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Professor Henry G Overman OBE, Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics (LSE)
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Henrik L Pedersen, CEO, Associated British Ports
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Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
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Roy Rickhuss OBE, General Secretary Community Trade Union
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Tunde Olanrewaju CBE, Senior Partner, McKinsey
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Chris Grigg CBE, Chair of the National Wealth Fund (ex officio member)
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Phil Smith CBE, Chair of Skills England (ex officio member)
‘Ex-officio members’ are people who become members automatically because they hold a particular office.
Members are subject to completion of full security clearances as per all public appointments.
Terms of reference