Chair and members for new
Science and Technology Facilities Council appointed
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE
AND INDUSTRY News Release (P/2007/069) issued by The Government News
Network on 28 March 2007
Science and
Innovation Minister, Malcolm Wicks today announced the following
appointments: Peter Warry as chair of the new Science and
Technology Facilities Council, and Keith Burnett, Marshall Davies,
Michael Edmunds, Philip Greenish, Philip Kaziewicz, Anneila
Sargent, Richard Wade and Colin Whitehouse as members.
The SFTC brings together the work of the Particle Physics and
Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), the Council of the Central
Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) and the nuclear
physics work of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC). It will be responsible for particle physics,
astronomy, space science, nuclear physics, synchrotron radiation,
neutron sources and high power lasers, and will manage the
Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury laboratories. It will have a
budget of about £530 million per annum and employ more than 2000 staff.
Malcolm Wicks said:
"I welcome Peter Warry as the first Chair of the Science and
Technology Facilities Council. His wide ranging experience of
business and government makes him well qualified to provide a
strong contribution to the leadership and work of the Council. I
also welcome all the new members of the Council whose appointment
we are announcing today".
Peter Warry said:
"The Science and Technology Facilities Council is an
exciting opportunity for its research communities and to increase
the economic impact of our technologies, particularly through the
Daresbury and Harwell campuses. I look forward to working with
the new Council members and staff to forge an alliance that builds
on all that was best in CCLRC and PPARC"
All appointments are for three years from 1 April 2007, except
those of Richard Wade and Colin Whitehouse whose appointments are
for four years from 1 April 2007.
Notes to Editors
1. These appointments have been made in accordance with the
requirements of the Code of the Commissioner for Public
Appointments. None of the appointees, other than Michael Edmunds
who has leafleted on behalf of the Labour Party, have been
involved in any relevant political activities in the last five
years. All appointments are made on merit and political activity
plays no part in the selection process. However, in accordance
with the Nolan recommendations there is a requirement for
appointees' political activity to be made public. Peter Warry
is Chair of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
(PPARC) for which he receives an honorarium of £15,410 pa. He will
receive an honorarium of £15,410 pa as Chair of STFC. Members hold
the following other ministerial appointments: Keith Burnett,
Marshall Davies and Philip Greenish are members of the Council for
the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC); Michael
Edmunds, Philip Kaziewicz and Anneila Sargent are PPARC members,
for which they each receive an honorarium of £6,410 pa. All STFC
members will receive an honorarium of £6,410 pa, except Richard
Wade and Colin Whitehouse who as STFC employees receive no
additional payment as Council members.
2. Mr Peter Warry is Chairman of Kier Group PLC (construction and
housing), Victrex PLC (advanced materials) and BSS Group PLC
(distribution). His professional skills are as an engineer,
accountant and economist. He was Chief Executive of Nuclear
Electric and his career has included general management posts in
automotive, aerospace and telecoms. Between 1984-1986 he was a
special advisor in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit. He has
held an Industrial Professorship with the University of Warwick
since 1993 and is a member of their Faculty of Sciences Advisory
Board, a member of the Council of the University of Reading and a
member of the Foundation for Science and Technology. He is a
chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering,
Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and Fellow of
the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Since November 2001 he
has held the post of chairman of the Particle Physics and
Astronomy Research Council (PPARC).
3. Keith Burnett CBE FRS has been Head of the Mathematical,
Physical and Life Sciences Division at the University of Oxford
since 2005. He will shortly take up the post of Vice-Chancellor at
the University of Sheffield. He has been a member of the CCLRC
Council since 2005 and chaired its International Science Advisory sub-Committee.
4. Marshall Davies is a retired Director of Boots, an
ex-President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and a director or
member of a number of pharmaceutical associations and funds. He
has been a member of CCLRC Council and Chair of the Audit
Committee since 2005.
5. Michael Edmunds is Professor in the School of Physics and
Astronomy at the University of Cardiff, where he was previously
Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He has been a
member of PPARC Council since 2005 and chair of PPARC's
Science and Society Advisory Panel.
6. Philip Greenish has been Chief Executive Officer of the Royal
Academy of Engineering since 2003. Prior to this, he had a long
career with the Royal Navy where his final appointment was as Rear
Admiral, Chief of Staff (Support) to Commander-in-Chief Fleet. He
is a trustee of the Daphne Jackson Trust and had been a member of
CCLRC, the predecessor organisation to STFC, since 2005.
7. Dr Philip Kaziewicz has been Managing director of GI Partners,
a transatlantic private equity group, since 2001. He was
appointed a business member of PPARC Council in 2006. Although he
has been engaged in mainly commercial enterprises for the last ten
years, he has a science background, with a PhD in experimental
high energy physics funded through PPARC.
8. Anneila Sargent is Benjamin M Rosen Professor of Astronomy at
the California Institute of Technology. She has been a member of
PPARC Council since 2003. She has participated in and chaired
several high level advisory committees to the US National Science
Foundation, National Research Council and NASA.
9. Professor Richard Wade joined PPARC in April 2001 as Director
Programmes and Deputy Chief Executive. Previously he worked in
both the Technology and Space Science Departments at CCLRC as head
of the Engineering Division and then head of the Imaging Systems
Division. He has a broad background in Instrumentation and Project
Management covering a range of scientific areas including, ground
and space based astronomy, synchrotron radiation and particle
physics. Richard is currently President of the Council of the
European Southern Observatory, is a UK delegate to CERN Council
where he is also Chair of the Council Audit Committee, he is Chair
of the international ALMA Project Board and is Chair of the
European Coordinating Committing Committee for Astroparticle
Physics. He has held a visiting professorship at the University of
Wales since 2001
10. Professor Colin Whitehouse is currently CCLRC's Deputy
Chief Executive. He joined CCLRC as Director of Engineering in May
2003, before becoming Director of Daresbury Laboratory from April
2004 to December 2005. His personal field of research relates to
advanced semiconductor materials, nanotechnology and
next-generation device structures. At CCLRC, Colin is a member of
the executive board and also of the Board of CLIK, CCLRC's
new commercial exploitation company, and is also responsible for
all of CCLRC's Knowledge Transfer activities, including the
development of the new national Science and Innovation Campuses at
Daresbury and Harwell, which were announced by the Treasury in the
March 2006 Budget statement. He is a visiting Professor in the
Department of Materials at Oxford University and in the School of
Engineering at Birmingham University. He is also a member of the
MoD-DTI National Advisory Committee for Electronic Materials and Devices.
11. The Chief Executive of STFC is Professor Keith Mason whose
appointment was announced on 18 October 2006. His appointment for
five years will start on 1 April 2007. He is also a member of the
Council and is STFC's Accounting Officer. He is currently
Chief Executive of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research
Council (PPARC), a post he has held since August 2005. Prior to
that he was Head of UCL's Department of Space and Climate
Physics and Director, Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
12. STFC will be under the sponsorship of the Department of Trade
and Industry, which will provide most of its funding. More
information about STFC can be found at http://www.newrc.research-councils.ac.uk/mHome.aspx
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