Andrew Mackenzie selected as new UKRI chair

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Shell’s company chair to lead UK’s largest research funding body

The current chair of Shell, Andrew Mackenzie, has been chosen to chair the UK’s largest public funding body for scientific research.

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has selected Mackenzie to lead the UK research and Innovation board, according to an announcement from the government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.