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Joe Edwards

Executive Director, UK Competitiveness & Devolved Nations
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Joe Edwards is the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥â€™s Executive Director for UK Competitiveness and Devolved Nations.

His team leads the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥â€™s work on industrial and investment policy, and overseas the delivery of the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥â€™s strategy in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Joe initially joined the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ in February 2020 as a Government Affairs Manager, before taking on the Competitiveness brief in July 2023, and joining the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥â€™s leadership team full-time in April 2026.

Prior to joining the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, Joe spent several years as a senior public affairs manager at the Royal Society – the UK’s national academy for science. Before that he worked in a number of political roles in the UK Parliament. 

Last modified: 01 April 2026

Last reviewed: 01 April 2026