Defence Secretary announces new additions to Innovation Panel
Friday, 30 November 2018 19:48
The expansion of the Defence Innovation Advisory Panel comes as the
Department responds to their first independent report on innovation
in Defence. The report concluded that an innovation ecosystem has
emerged in Defence over the last year and is broadly working well.
It has advised the Department on several ways it can continue to
develop its approach to become more...Request free trial
The expansion of the Defence Innovation Advisory Panel
comes as the Department responds to their first independent
report on innovation in Defence.
The report concluded that an innovation ecosystem has
emerged in Defence over the last year and is broadly
working well. It has advised the Department on several
ways it can continue to develop its approach to become
more innovative.
In its response, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) outlined
their commitment to improve the delivery of innovation
and how it will meet the challenges. This includes
recruiting a new Director of Defence Innovation, and
improving the way data collection, sharing and analysis
is delivered within the Department.
A new team of innovation experts have joined the
dedicated Panel helping the MOD gain a military
advantage through imagination, ingenuity and
entrepreneurship.
The four new Panel members are:
- Chair of the Henry Royce Institute, :
- CEO of software company, ARM Holdings: Simon Segars
- Co-founder of What If: Dave Allan
- Associate Dean for Innovation at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology: Professor Fiona Murray
They join Major Tim Peake, the first British astronaut
at the European Space Agency; former Chief Executive of
Innovate UK: Ruth McKernan; general partner at Google
Ventures: Tom Hulme; and Chief Executive of BMT Group:
Sarah Kenny.
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