Semiconductor Advisory Panel
Information about Semiconductor Advisory Panel including its role and members.
The UK Semiconductor Advisory Panel was established by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to provide a formal conduit for industry, academia and government to work closely together to deliver on the government’s strategic aims for the semiconductor sector. These aims include growing the UK semiconductor sector, safeguarding the UK against supply chain disruption, and protecting the UK against the security risks arising from semiconductor technologies.
The panel is co-chaired by the Minister for AI and Online Safety, Minister Kanishka Narayan MP, and respected UK semiconductor industry veteran Dr Jalal Bagherli CBE. It includes a small group of core panel members in addition to the co-chairs, comprising representatives from business and technology across the UK’s semiconductor strengths, as well as experts in venture capital, skills and research.
Membership
- Minister Kanishka Narayan MP – Minister for AI and Online Safety
- Â CBE- Chairman, PTSL; Chair, Nanoco technologies Plc
- MBEÂ - Chair, Quantum Dice; NED and Advisor, Mach42; Independent NED, Aerospace Technology Institute
- Â - Chair in Microelectronic Systems, University of Sheffield
- Â - Executive VP and Chief Architect, Arm
-  – Strategy Director, Cornerstone – University of Southampton; Chair, Semiconductor Expert Working Group for UKTIN
- Â - Executive Director, Pragmatic Semiconductor
- – CEO, Clas-SiC Wafer Fab Ltd
- - CEO and CFO, IQE
- – Board Member, Filtronic; NED, Solid State PLC
- Andrew Evans – Senior Director, KLA
- – Corporate VP for EMEA, Cadence Design Systems
- - Professor of Materials Science at University of Cambridge; Co-Founder, Porotech
Related documents
Minutes
- , 5 December 2025
- , 17 September 2025
- , 14 July 2025
- , 3 April 2025
- , 27 November 2024
- , 17 May 2024
- , 28 March 2024
- , 2 February 2024
- , 17 November 2023
- , 14 September 2023
- , 3 August 2023