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Nominations now open for the techUK Smart Infrastructure Systems Council
techUK's Smart Infrastructure Systems (SIS) Council is the leadership body that works with the SIS Programme by:
- Setting the strategic direction for workstreams within the Smart Infrastructure and Systems programme;
- Representing techUK’s members in the energy, utilities, and transport sectors as a united voice shaping major decisions on infrastructure policy and holding the Government and regulators accountable;
- Continuing to lead regular engagement with key stakeholders and decision-makers on the challenges, opportunities and developments facing the UK’s energy, utilities, and transport sectors;
- Enabling businesses to build relationships with each other, enhancing commercialised and optimised cross-sector innovation.
This is an excellent opportunity to help shape the strategic direction of the SIS Programme and represent the Council’s views in engagement with key decisionmakers.
Members can log in to access the nomination form and the terms of reference.
Any techUK members involved in the energy, heat, water or transport sectors are welcome to nominate themselves. Please note that members must be able to commit to attending and actively participating in the SIS Council activities as set out in the Terms of Reference (ToR) before a nomination is accepted.
techUK is committed to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion across our leadership bodies, and encourage members to put forward diverse representatives that will bring a range of views and experiences to the Council.
Key dates for the upcoming elections:
- Tuesday 24 February 2026: Nominations open.
- Friday 6 March 2026: Nominations close.
- IF NEEDED: Wednesday 11 March 2026: Elections open.
- IF NEEDED: Wednesday 25 March 2026: Elections close.
- Chair and Co-Chair to be elected following first Council meeting in Q2 2026.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss what it means to be a member of the SIS Council, please do contact one of the SIS Programme team below.
Robert Price
Robert Price
Robert joined techUK in January 2025 as our Programme Manager for Transport and Mobility.
He works on a wide range of areas across road, rail, aviation, and maritime, with an overarching focus on enabling, advocating, and championing the technological innovations that will build the transport systems of the future.
Prior to this role, Robert worked in the House of Commons for a Member of Parliament and in public affairs roles in both agency and trade association settings. He holds a Philosophy, Politics, and Economics degree from the University of Oxford as well as a Graduate Diploma in Law.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2000
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjlprice/
Jade van Zuydam
Jade van Zuydam
Jade joined techUK in September 2025, leading our data centres work on energy and water. As Junior Programme Manager, she works with industry and government to shape policy and advance sustainability, resilience and the UK’s net zero goals.
She brings a background in research, journalism and advocacy. Prior to joining techUK, Jade worked at The Economist developing international conferences to debate the most important ideas of our time, before moving into freelance journalism for their daily newsletter, The World in Brief. Her writing explores the intersection of environmental and social justice issues, from climate litigation and energy grids to sustainable agriculture. As programme manager at Digital Leaders, she engaged a network of over 100,000 members on digital transformation and its implications for policy, public services and decarbonisation.
Jade holds an MSc in Environment, Politics and Development from SOAS University of London, and a BA (Hons) in History and International Relations from the University of Exeter.
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach is Programme Assistant at techUK, he works on a range of programmes including Data Centres; Climate, Environment & Sustainability; Market Access and Smart Infrastructure and Systems.
Before that Lucas who joined in 2008, held various roles in our organisation, which included his role as Office Executive, Groups and Concept Viability Administrator, and most recently he worked as Programme Executive for Public Sector. He has a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Cracow University.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2006
- Twitter:
- @techUK
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-banach-50139650
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