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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

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What we do

We drive good growth, good jobs and opportunity across the UK. We support businesses to invest, innovate, export and grow, powered by science and technology.

BIST is a ministerial department, supported by 2 agencies and public bodies.

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Our ministers

Our management

Amanda Brooks CBE
Interim Permanent Secretary
Professor Dame Angela McLean
Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Jaee Samant
Director General, Business Group
Caragh McKiernan
Chief Operating Officer (job share)
Rebecca Woodward
Chief Operating Officer (job share)
Caleb Deeks
Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare)
Gavin Lambert
Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare)
Joanna Crellin CMG
Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports (Jobshare)
Isobel Stephen
Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports (Jobshare)
Kate Joseph
Director General, Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR)
Alexandra Jones
Director General for Growth, International, Science and Technology
Ceri Smith
Director General, Office for Investment
David Bickerton
Chief Strategic Business Adviser
Dr Dave Smith
National Technology Adviser
Paul Drechsler CBE
Lead non-executive board member
Professor John Latham CBE
Non-executive board member, Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
Iain Anderson
Non-executive board member
Mike Clancy
Non-executive board member
Nita Clarke OBE
Non-executive board member
Dr Roni Savage FREng
Non-executive board member
David Sayer
Non-executive board member

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Find export support for UK-based businesses

Resolve an immediate challenge or find the information to get your exports moving. If you have a specific question and can't find an answer, you can also contact the Export Support Service.

Find out how to set up or do business in the UK

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Freedom of Information

Information Rights Unit
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY
United Kingdom