Innovation Board

Meet the Lancashire Innovation Board

The Lancashire Innovation Board is a cohort of senior business leaders, innovation experts and academics drawn from across Lancashire. The board oversees the work of Innovate Lancashire, and the implementation of the Lancashire Innovation Plan.

The Lancashire Innovation Board is also a subgroup of the Lancashire Business Board, a private-sector advisory group which works alongside the Lancashire Combined County Authority to deliver the county’s Growth Plan. 

Professor Graham Baldwin (Chair)

Vice Chancellor , University of Lancashire

Mike Kenny (Deputy-Chair)

Associate Director of Innovation and Industry Partnerships , Health Innovation North West Coast

Dion Williams (Deputy-Chair)

Director of Research, Enterprise & Innovation , Lancaster University

Tony Attard OBE DL

Chair , Panaz

Michael Gibson

CEO , Fuuse

Lisa Ashby-Dowling

Regional Manager for the North West , Innovate UK

Professor Melissa Conlon

Commercial Director , AMRC North West

Jane Dalton

Founder and Managing Director , Groundswell Innovation 

Rommany Jenkins

Place Engagement Lead , UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Rachel Westray

Site Communications Partner , Westinghouse Electric Company

Russell McGrath

Senior Business Development Manager , Sedulo

Judson Smythe

Managing Director , MGS Technical Plastics 

Sam O’Keefe

R&D Director , Victrex Plc

More about Innovate Lancashire

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Innovation Plan

The Lancashire Innovation Plan is an ambitious five-year economic development and inward investment strategy for the whole of the county developed in partnership with the Lancashire Innovation Board.

About us

We accelerate innovation across Lancashire to drive economic growth and increase inward investment - joining the dots, building networks, and facilitating new collaborations on a local, regional and national level. 

Our Projects

Innovate Lancashire has developed and delivers a number of successful projects and high-impact interventions to boost Lancashire’s innovation economy. Find out more about our projects.

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