Iain Gray, chief executive of the Technology Strategy Board, is one of eight members to join the Council for Industry and Higher Education.
Also joining CIHE’s council are Roger Bone, president of Boeing UK; Alberto de Benedictis, chief executive of Italian industrial group Finmeccanica; Olly Benzecry, managing director for technology consulting firm Accenture; and Simon Lowth, chief financial officer of AstraZeneca.