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UK Space Agency Register of Board Members’ Interests
Updated 13 November 2025
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1. Non-Executive Members
| Name | Position | Details |
| Lord David Willetts | Chair,Non-Executive Member | Remunerated positions: President, Resolution Foundation Think Tank; Chair, Regulatory Innovation Office; Non-Executive Director (NED), Biotech Growth Trust; NED, Tekcapital; [now ended] NED, Satixfy; NED, Darktrace; Co-Chair, SynBioVen investment; Visiting Professor, King’s College London; Advisor, Creator Fund; [now ended] Board member, Sirius Insight Constellation Ltd. Non-remunerated positions: Advisory Council Member, European Space Policy Institute; Director, Thames Holdings; Chair, Foundation for Science and Technology; Co-Chair, Pontignano; Board Member, Royal Society, President’s Advisory Conference; Member of Advisory Board, Council of Centre for British Studies; Steering Group member, Onward Science Superpower programme; Member of Council, University of Southampton; Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for OECD; Vice-Chair, APPG for Universities; Vice-Chair, APPG on International Students; Vice-Chair, APPG on Space |
| Fiona Rayment | Non-Executive Member | Remunerated positions: NED, Nuclear Restoration Services; Member of the Science and Technology Advisory Council (DESNZ). Non-remunerated positions: Governor/Trustee, University of Central Lancashire; Nuclear Institute President |
| Kevin Shaw | Non-Executive Member | Remunerated positions: Consultant and Strategic Advisor, MOD & SKYNET 6; Director, Astrionic Systems Ltd Personal Services Company; Consultant, Aragorn Systems Ltd; Associate/consultant and Executive Business Advisor, Global Security and Disaster Management Ltd. Non-remunerated positions: Armed Forces Christian Union Leadership Mentor |
| Peter Watkins | Non-Executive Member | Remunerated positions: Advisor, specific projects for MOD/Dstl for QinetiQ and RAND Europe (non-space related associate work). Non-remunerated positions: Member of Council, Cranfield University; Member of Advisory Board and Visiting Professor at KCL Freeman Air & Space Institute; Member of Council of Advisors and CDEA for RAND Europe think tank |
| Keira Shepperson | Independent Non-Executive Member for ARAC, not remunerated. Left the Agency in July 2024 | Remunerated positions: Employee at British Business Bank; (from 1 July 2024) Non-Executive Management Committee Member and Audit and Risk Committee Chair of the Parole Board |
| David Parker | Non-Executive Member | Remunerated positions: European Space Agency (ESA) ECSAT Development Manager; Visiting Professorial Fellow at University of Southampton |
| Stuart Martin | Non-Executive Member | Remunerated positions: NED for AAC Clyde Space; Advisor for iSEE; Advisor for Astroscale; Advisor for Citicourt & Co; Owner and Director of Applied Orbits Ltd. Non-remunerated positions: Visiting Professor at Imperial College University; NED Chair for Watermarq; NED for OceanMind; NED Chair for Space Solar Ltd.; Chair of Board of Trustees of National Space Centre |
| Sarah Pumfrett | ARAC Chair and Non-Executive Member | Remunerated positions: ARAC Chair and Board member, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board; External Audit & Risk Committee member, Scottish Fiscal Commission; Audit & Risk Committee Chair, Disclosure Scotland; Non-Executive Board Member of the Security Industry Authority |
2. Executive Directors
| Name | Position | Details |
| Paul Bate | CEO and Board member | Trustee of the National Space Centre (non-remunerated); Council Member on the Foundation for Science and Technology (non-remunerated) |
| Annelies Look | DCEO / Chief Delivery Officer | None declared |
| Chris White-Horne | DCEO / Chief Delivery Officer | None declared |
| Claire Barcham | Corporate Services Director and Board member | None declared |
| Craig Brown | Investment Director | [now ended] Board member of Society for Space and Satellite Professionals International (non-remunerated); [now ended] Steering Board member for Space Park Leicester (non-remunerated); [now ended] Lay Member of Council at University of Leicester (non-remunerated) |
| Anu Ojha | Championing Space Director | [April 2018 to March 2024 – now ended] Member of STFC Council (non-remunerated from point of appointment at UK Space Agency); Honorary Professor and teaching positions, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester (non-remunerated); Board member on ISU (International Space University) Board of Trustees |
| Chloe Sowter | People Director - left the Agency in September 2024 | None declared |
| Julie Black | Missions and Capabilities Director for Space Science, Space Exploration and Discovery | None declared |
| Matthew Archer | Missions and Capabilities Director for Launch, ISAM and Space Sustainability | None declared |
| Harshbir Sangha | Missions and Capabilities Director for EO, Space Security & Resilience, PNT and NSpOC | None declared |
| Evan Haselwood | Finance Director | None declared |
| Joanna Paterson | People Director - left the Agency in March 2025 | None declared |
| Catherine Banks | Finance Director - left the Agency in July 2024 | None declared |