Kirsty Whitehead
Biography
Kirsty Whitehead was appointed as a non-executive director at the Intellectual Property Office in September 2024.
Kirsty has leadership experience at both Board and Executive team level and has held senior leadership roles across the finance, technology and media sectors.
Kirsty has a strong background in governance, risk management and internal control in complex, high change environments and was an executive team member of two private-equity-owned companies undergoing extensive transformation programmes. Kirsty is currently a Director for Monamy Trustees Limited and has a passion for environmental issues
Non-executive board member, IPO
The role of our Steering Board is to advise Ministers, through our Director General, on our strategies and performance (including targets) as set out in our Corporate Plan. It also provides guidance from a commercial standpoint on our operation and development across a range of issues.
During the last 12 months, the Steering Board has provided advice and guidance on a wide range of topics, such as our Corporate Plan, Agency Targets, Intellectual Property Policy, Accounts and Risk Management.
The Steering Board meets six times a year.