Chris Skidmore appointed Chair of CETEx

We are delighted to announce that the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE has been appointed Chair of CETEx (the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise) and the CETEx Advisory Board. Chris has also been made a Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chris is a former UK Energy and Clean Growth Minister who signed the UK’s net zero commitment into law in 2019, and was Independent Chair of the UK Net Zero Review, publishing the Mission Zero Report in January 2023. He was also UK Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation between 2018-2020, and UK Minister for the Constitution 2016-2018. He is a former Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Chris is also currently the Chair of the Climate Action Coalition launched by Secretary John Kerry, and Chair and Founding Partner of Desmos Capital Partners.