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Kate Robson Brown

Professor Kate Robson Brown is Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact, at University College Dublin, Ireland. In this role she leads both UCDResearch (discovery and applied research) and NovaUCD (enterprise and commercial activities), and is the University AI Champion. She is Professor of Engineering Mathematics and Biological Anthropology. She is a member of the Ireland National Advisory Forum for Space Research, Honorary Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science and AI, President of the European Low Gravity Research Association, co-chair of the UK Space Academic Network, and a Visiting Professor in Data Science at Strathmore University in Nairobi. Her previous role was Director of the Jean Golding Institute for Data Science and AI at the University of Bristol. Her research explores the computational modelling of the microstructure and performance of living tissues and manufactured materials and their response to changing and extreme environments, including space. She has a collaborative ESA and UKSA funded experiment currently in orbit on the ISS.

Tanuja Randery

Tanuja Randery is VP and Managing Director of Amazon Web Services (AWS) UKI, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), where she is responsible for setting EMEA strategy and guiding the company鈥檚 growth across the region. Tanuja has more than 25 years of strategic, commercial and operational experience working across three continents. Prior to joining AWS she held senior leadership positions at Schneider Electric, BT Global Services, COLT and EMC. She is a former Partner at McKinsey & Company, where she was responsible for leading enterprise transformation projects in the technology and industrial sectors.

Tanuja previously served as non-executive director on the board of BusinessLDN, and Proximus Group, and as a trustee for Save the Children UK. She is committed to advancing diversity and equity in leadership and throughout the tech sector and is the founder of the PowerWomen Network鈥攁 cross-industry network for senior women business leaders.

Born and educated in India, with a Master鈥檚 degree from Boston University, Tanuja has lived in London for the past 21 years.

Remuneration and Governance Code

Trustees of the Natural History Museum are not remunerated. This appointment has been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office鈥檚 [Governance Code on Public Appointments].

The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election. Kate Robson Brown and Tanuja Randery have not declared any significant political activity.