Deputy Director, Driving the Electric Revolution, Innovate UK
Venn is Deputy Director for Driving the Electric Revolution. This Challenge is growing the UK’s Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) supply chains across all sectors from energy to rail, automotive to marine and industrial to aerospace. This is being done through co-investment with industry in collaborative research and development projects, providing accessible industrialisation equipment and the development of the skilled workforce that sits behind this.

Venn joined UKRI from TRL (the UKs Transport Research Labs) where he was ULEV and Energy lead and worked on numerous Electric Vehicle infrastructure projects. Prior to this he led and worked on low emissions vehicle projects at Transport for London.