The Board approves all significant funding applications, monitors progress, terminates projects where necessary and decides upon future strategic areas for investment. It is strongly weighted towards industrial representation.
Governance Board Members
Mark Hunter, Chairperson
Chief Data Officer and Director of Labs at Sainsbury’s Bank
Mark Hunter has over 20 years of experience in analytics. Mark held roles internationally, working in China, Hong Kong and Australia before returning to his native Scotland to take up the Chief Data Officer role at Sainsbury’s Bank in 2016. He has previously worked for Coles, Teradata and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Industry and Public Sector Members:
Frances Sneddon, Private sector
CTO, SIMUL8
Mark Logan, Private sector
Start-up & Scale-up advisor, non-exec, investor (former COO, Skyscanner)
Jo Watts, Private sector
Founder at Effini
Dave Shaw, Private sector
Tesco Bank
Roger Halliday, Scottish Government
Grant Smith, Private Sector
Consultant
John Brodie, Private Sector
Aquila Merkle
Dr Helen Brown, Private Sector
Non-Exec Director
Dr Zoe Webster, Public Sector
Innovate UK
Academic Representatives:
Professor Dave Robertson, Host University – The University of Edinburgh
Dean in Science & Engineering, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Aaron Quigley
Director, SICSA
Scottish Enterprise, Highland and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Funding Council (observers):
Robin Lee, SFC
Senior Policy/Analysis Officer, Scottish Funding Council
David Oxley, HIE
Interim Director of Sectors & Businesses, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)
David Smith, SE
Senior Executive at Scottish Enterprise
