Net Zero Innovation Board

The Net Zero Innovation Board provides strategic oversight of government funding of net zero innovation programmes.

Composition of the Board

The Net Zero Innovation Board is chaired by Professor Dame Angela McLean, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, with representatives from:

HM Treasury are observers.

The Devolved Administrations also attend Board meetings, and the Board has recruited independent members from the private sector.

The Independent Board members are:

  • Ian Simm (appointed May 2019 and extended until May 2025), Impax Asset Management, Founder and Chief Executive
  • Beverley Gower-Jones (appointed June 2022 and ending in June 2025), Clean Growth Fund, Managing Partner
  • Philip Taylor (appointed June 2022 and ending in June 2025), University of Bristol, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise

Role of the Board

The Energy Innovation Board was set up in November 2016 to provide an opportunity to collaborate at a strategic level on energy innovation. In December 2020, the Board revised its Terms of Reference to encompass innovation related to delivery of the UK’s net zero ambition and was renamed the Net Zero Innovation Board.

Its role is to:

  • provide strategic oversight of public programmes on energy innovation
  • identify opportunities for enhanced collaboration on both UK and international energy innovation priorities
  • ensure that government spend is aligned with government priorities
  • provide clear recommendations to ministers and others across government (with ownership of the mechanisms) to address issues identified by the Board

Terms of Reference

Minutes of the Net Zero Innovation Board

Net Zero Innovation Board March 2024: summary note (PDF, 129 KB, 2 pages)

Net Zero Innovation Board December 2023: summary note (PDF, 113 KB, 2 pages)

Net Zero Innovation Board October 2023: summary note (PDF, 113 KB, 2 pages)

Net Zero Innovation Board July 2023: summary note (PDF, 111 KB, 1 page)

Net Zero Innovation Board February 2023: summary note (PDF, 226 KB, 1 page)

Net Zero Innovation Board November 2022: summary note (PDF, 235 KB, 1 page)

Net Zero Innovation Board September 2022: summary note (PDF, 227 KB, 1 page)

Net Zero Innovation Board May 2022: summary note (PDF, 249 KB, 1 page)

Net Zero Innovation Board March 2022: summary note (PDF, 107 KB, 1 page)

Net Zero Innovation Board August 2021: summary note (PDF, 155 KB, 1 page)

Net Zero Innovation Board June 2021: summary note (PDF, 132 KB, 1 page)

Net Zero Innovation Board March 2021: summary note (PDF, 136 KB, 1 page)

Net Zero Innovation Board December 2020: summary note (PDF, 136 KB, 2 pages)

See the Energy Innovation Board for earlier minutes.

Contact details

NZIBSecretariat@energysecurity.gov.uk