Professor Graeme Reid is Chair of Science and Research Policy at University College London.  

He has spent most of his career at the interface between science and Government, having worked in the Business Department, the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury before moving to UCL in 2014.

Graeme was specialist advisor to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee during three inquiries, first on Brexit then on industrial strategy.  He is a member of the Government’s Senior Stakeholder Group on Research and Innovation.  Together with Sir Adrian Smith, he wrote a report for the UK Science Minister on post-Brexit frameworks for international research collaboration. Graeme has led research and innovation policy reviews for the Scottish Funding Council, Universities Wales and the Welsh Government.

Graeme is a member of the Council of Research England. He is a member of the Board of the National Physical Laboratory and chair of NPL's Science and Technology Advisory Council. He is strategic advisor to the National Centre for Universities and Business.

Previous roles include chair of the board at the Campaign for Science and Engineering (2014-20), Trustee of the Association of Medical Research Charities (2014-20) and member of the Council of CERN (2011-14).

Graeme began his career at the National Engineering Laboratory.  He has a BSc in Physics and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Chartered Engineer.