Sarah Wellard

Sarah is Innovation Lead for Digital Ethics at Innovate UK. Her work focuses on how digital ethics can make a direct and positive impact on economic growth, quality of life and the environment.

Through analysing the links between technology, people and policy she identifies opportunities most likely to create impact, always with the aim to ensure that innovative digital solutions are employed to benefit UK businesses. Creative and commercially aware, Sarah is passionate about integrating environmental, social and governance factors into the investment process.

Prior to her current role, Sarah worked on The Sustainable Innovation Fund (SIF), a £191 million fund with the aim to support new green innovations, helping all sectors of the UK recover, grow and create new opportunities from the aftermath of the global health pandemic.