Liz Cohen
Biography
Liz Cohen was appointed as Non-Executive Director at the Home Office in March 2026.
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 the United States.
Liz was a Non-Executive Director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) from April 2024 to September 2026. She chaired the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) at DSIT, giving her experience of complex public sector governance, financial stewardship, enterprise risk and assurance in a ministerial department.
Non-Executive Director
The non-executive director team come from the private sector with experience of managing large or complex organisations and projects.
Non-executive directors provide advice and bring an external perspective to the department. They also provide support, guidance and challenge on the progress and implementation of operational business plans, recruitment and succession planning.
Previous roles in government
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Non-executive board member