Name
The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS FMed Sci
Job Title
Chair of Adaptation Committee
Company
UK Climate Change Committee
Speaker Bio
A career at Cambridge University and Rolls-Royce plc led to ten years as Vice-Chancellor of Aston University in Birmingham, before joining the House of Lords as a Crossbench Peer in 2016. She currently chairs the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee.
Interests include climate change, innovation and materials technology. Current and recent appointments: Vice Chair of the UK Climate Change Committee 2008 – 2021; Chair CCC Adaptation Committee; Jet Zero Council climate advisor. Chair: The Carbon Trust; Frontier IP; NED: Ørsted; Ceres Power. Past appointments include: Chair of the King Review on decarbonising transport; Chair of the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials; NED Innovate UK; NED UK Green Investment Bank; UK Low Carbon Business Ambassador; NED Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult; Sector Champion for the Offshore Wind Sector Deal.
Interests include climate change, innovation and materials technology. Current and recent appointments: Vice Chair of the UK Climate Change Committee 2008 – 2021; Chair CCC Adaptation Committee; Jet Zero Council climate advisor. Chair: The Carbon Trust; Frontier IP; NED: Ørsted; Ceres Power. Past appointments include: Chair of the King Review on decarbonising transport; Chair of the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials; NED Innovate UK; NED UK Green Investment Bank; UK Low Carbon Business Ambassador; NED Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult; Sector Champion for the Offshore Wind Sector Deal.