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DIUS Departmental Board

The Board provides the strategic leadership of the Department. This involves setting the Department's strategy and allocating resources, agreeing business plans and monitoring performance, enhancing Departmental capability and setting standards, values and controls.

The Board is chaired by the Permanent Secretary and meets on a monthly basis.

There are 3 non-Executive Directors on the Board to provide a non-Departmental perspective in decision-making. They provide an independent judgment on issues of strategy, planning, performance, and standards of conduct. Although they advise and question, they don't make executive decisions, and they remain independent of management, and free from any other relationships within government that might interfere with their role.

The Board's aims are to

  • Ensure the organisation delivers the Strategic Priorities and service delivery targets
  • Ensure effective allocation and management of resources, in line with the Strategic Priorities
  • Communicate DIUS' purpose, Strategic Priorities and vision to staff and other stakeholders
  • Monitor and improve Departmental performance internally and across Whitehall
  • Protect and enhance DIUS' reputation for professionalism, innovation, effectiveness, integrity and efficiency

DIUS executive and non-executive board members are listed below.

Kristina Murrin stood down from her position as a non-executive director on the Board on 5 January 2009 due to other work committments.

For more information about the organization structure, see our organogram

Executive Board Members


Ian WatmorePermanent Secretary
Ian Watmore
Prof John BeddingtonGovernment Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Government Office for Science
Prof John Beddington
Prof Adrian SmithDirector General, Science and Research
Prof Adrian Smith
Ruth ThompsonDirector General, Higher Education
Ruth Thompson
stephenmarstonDirector General, Further Education and Skills
Stephen Marston
Bill DickinsonDirector General, Finance and Corporate Services
Bill Dickinson
David EvansDirector, Innovation and International
David Evans
Zina EtheridgeDirector, Strategy
Zina Etheridge
Alun EvansDirector, Policy and Communications
Alun Evans
Shirley PointerDirector, Human Resources
Shirley Pointer

Non Executive Board Members