Stella Peace
Stella Peace is a British research, development and innovation leader. She is Managing Director of Innovate UK, a council of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).[1]
Career
Peace has worked in research and development leadership roles in industry and public-sector innovation. Before joining Innovate UK, she held senior roles at Unilever and was Chief Research and Development and Quality Officer at Nomad Foods.[2]
At Innovate UK, Peace served as Executive Director for Healthy Living and Agriculture.[2]
In August 2024, UKRI announced that Peace had been appointed Interim Executive Chair of Innovate UK. She took up the role in October 2024, following the departure of Indro Mukerjee.[2]
In March 2025, the UK Government announced Tom Adeyoola as the preferred candidate for Executive Chair of Innovate UK. The announcement stated that Peace would continue to play a major role at UKRI as Innovate UK’s Executive Director of Healthy Living and Agriculture.[3]
UKRI later listed Peace as Managing Director of Innovate UK.[1]
Peace is also listed as a member of the governance group for the Longitude Prize on AMR, a prize focused on antimicrobial resistance.[4]
Selected works
- Peace, Stella (2024). "Collaborative synergies—Routes to unlock the potential of industry–academic partnerships". Nutrition Bulletin. 49 (2): 123–125. doi:10.1111/nbu.12682.[5]
See also
- Innovate UK
- UK Research and Innovation
- Tom Adeyoola
- Longitude Prize
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "How Innovate UK is governed". UK Research and Innovation. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Interim Innovate UK executive chair appointed". UK Research and Innovation. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ "New executive chair selected to boost innovation and growth across the UK". GOV.UK. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ "Longitude Committee". Longitude Prize on AMR. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ↑ Peace, Stella (31 May 2024). "Collaborative synergies—Routes to unlock the potential of industry–academic partnerships". Nutrition Bulletin. 49 (2): 123–125. doi:10.1111/nbu.12682. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
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