Dr Tim Bradshaw

Dr Tim Bradshaw

Head of Enterprise & Innovation

Tim was appointed Head of the CBI’s new Enterprise & Innovation group in January 2009. 

The group covers all aspects of Innovation, Science and Technology-related policy including standards, R&D design & creativity, innovation culture, technology strategy, Foresight, business-university links, knowledge transfer and exploitation, high-level skills, and links between procurement and innovation etc.  The group also leads on manufacturing policy and issues of relevance to small and growing businesses – including tax and competitiveness issues, access to finance, the manufacturing and enterprise strategies and business support simplification etc.  The group’s aim is to support the development of an effective innovation ecosystem in the UK and a competitive environment for businesses to grow – working with business to identify needs and share best practice, and working with government to articulate business priorities and facilitate change.

Tim takes a particular interest in how businesses organise themselves to innovate and has been involved in a number of innovation surveys and campaigns with the CBI and with various parts of government.

Prior to this appointment Tim worked on CBI innovation policy for a number of years, in particular developing CBI innovation surveys and lobbying work that lead to the introduction of R&D tax credits for companies of all sizes.  This lobbying success alone has released over £2 billion of additional funding for larger firms conducting R&D in the UK.

For its first two years of operation, Tim also acted as independent Secretary to Defra’s top-level Science Advisory Council, conducting work into a wide range of policy issues such as risk, the management of bovine TB in badgers, quality assurance and peer review and the development of Defra’s science and innovation strategy.

Tim’s previous areas of work include:  with the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee – as a committee specialist adviser;  with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council dealing with postgraduate training and policy issues;  and as specialist researcher for the Centre for Volcanic and Tectonic Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas working on issues related to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in the US.