Innovate UK executive chair Ian Campbell to step down

Resignation comes after Campbell voiced concerns over innovation agency’s lack of autonomy and prominence

Innovate UK’s interim executive chair, Ian Campbell, is stepping down after voicing concerns about the innovation agency’s lack of autonomy.

Campbell, who has been at the helm of the funder since 2018, is leaving for a new role in a health and life science organisation, a spokesman for UK Research and Innovation confirmed.