UK Government Investments

UK Government Investments (UKGI) is a company owned by the Government of the United Kingdom which combines the former functions of the Shareholder Executive and UK Financial Investments.

UK Government Investments Limited

Company type	State owned holding company
Predecessors	Shareholder Executive UK Financial Investments
Founded	1 April 2016; 9 years ago (2016-04-01)
Headquarters	London, England, UK
Key people	Vindi Banga (Chairman)
Parent	HM Treasury
Website	www.ukgi.org.uk

UKGI manages a portfolio of businesses, including Channel Four Television Corporation and previously NatWest Group.^[1][2]

History

The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in London.^[3]

On 30 May 2025, UKGI sold the last of the UK government's shares in NatWest Group.^[4]

List of companies

As of August 2025, the public sector and state owned enterprises, wholly or partially owned, which the UKGI works with are:^[5]

• Atomic Weapons Establishment
• British Business Bank
• Channel Four Television Corporation
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Eutelsat OneWeb
• Government Property Agency
• National Energy System Operator
• National Highways
• National Wealth Fund
• Network Rail
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Ordnance Survey
• Post Office Limited
• Reclaim Fund^[6]
• Royal Mint
• Sheffield Forgemasters
• Sizewell C nuclear power station
• UK Asset Resolution
• UK Export Finance
• United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory
• Urenco Group

Senior leadership

• Chairman: Vindi Banga (since September 2021)^[7]
• Chief executive: Charles Donald (since March 2020)

List of former chairmen

1. Robert Swannell (2016–2021)^[8]

List of former chief executives

1. Mark Russell (2016–2019), who had been deputy chief executive at the Shareholder Executive since 2008 and chief executive of that body from 2013 until its merger into UKGI.^[9]