"Kyle had demanded the Turing Institute focus on defense, national security, and sovereign capabilities. That represented a dramatic narrowing of its three-way focus on health, environment, and security, which had only been established a year earlier. The minister had held the threat of defunding over the organization, warning that his department would only guarantee overall funding for the next year, and national security and defence funding for the following three."
"At the same time, the board "launched a process to appoint a new CEO who will oversee the next phase of the Institute that will see it step up its work on defence, national security and sovereign capabilities." In October, it announced a "new science and innovation programme" with a heavy emphasis on defense, national security, and resilience, as well as the appointment of former RAF Air Commodore Blythe Crawford to advise the board. At the time, it said the programme marked the "conclusion of an internal transformation process" and would be driven forward by the incoming CEO."
Professor Mark Girolami has been appointed acting CEO of the Alan Turing Institute and will resume Chief Scientist duties after a new CEO takes over. Dr Jean Innes stepped down following a period in which government intervention shifted the Institute’s priorities. Peter Kyle demanded a focus on defence, national security and sovereign capabilities, threatening funding and limiting guarantees to one year of overall funding and three years for security and defence. The board initiated a CEO search and launched a new science and innovation programme emphasizing defence, national security and resilience, and appointed Blythe Crawford as an advisor. No new CEO has yet been named.
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