Innovation is all about the future, but how will it influence and support future societies and economies as we work towards a fairer and more inclusive United Kingdom? Join Jeremy Silver, CEO of Digital Catapult as he speaks with Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK, about his mission to inspire, involve and invest – building skills and driving diversity to help create real progress out of great ideas and using innovation to build a brighter future for everyone – both here in the UK and across the globe. 

Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, which forms part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Indro is a highly experienced technology CEO and business leader with a track record of leading innovation and technology commercialisation in businesses of all sizes across the world – from publicly listed and multinational corporations to new venture and private equity-backed technology companies. He has extensive experience of leading fast growth; start-up; spinouts; restructuring; turnaround and successful mergers and acquisitions, spending much of this time in Asia and the US.
With a strong personal interest in the development of skills for industry, he co-founded the UK Electronics Skills Foundation and served on the SEMTA (now Enginuity) board for nine years, where he was Chairman of the committee managing their investment fund. He is a passionate advocate for diversity, equality, and inclusion. Indro has a degree in Engineering Science from Oxford University and graduated from the Wharton Advanced Management Program. He speaks several languages.