PhD
Member (Lab) North East Region, England, European Parliament, Feb. 2000–2004
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CEng, FREng
Senior Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa Operations, Equinix, since 2021
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General Secretary, Open Spaces Society, since 1984
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CBE 1981; FRSE 1980; FRSA; FICFor; JP
Chairman, Countryside Commission for Scotland, 1972–82
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Keeper of Palæontology, British Museum (Natural History), 1966–86
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CB 1994; FREng
Chief Executive, North Sea Safety, Health and Safety Executive, 1991–94
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PhD, DSc
Emeritus Professor, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, since 2007 (Hon. Research Fellow, 2003)
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OBE 1992; FREng
independent consultant, since 2010; Director: Halcrow Consulting (formerly Halcrow Fox), 1999–2009; Blackpool Urban Regeneration Co., 2005–10
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DBE 2013
PC 1993; MP (Lab) Derby South, since 1983
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CB 2006; CChem, FRSC
Director, Jon Bell Associates Ltd, 2006–18
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CB 2008
Director General, Strategic Technologies, Ministry of Defence, 2005–09
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Special Projects Co-ordinator, Bristol Zoo Gardens, 1995–2003
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Head, Naval Ships Delivery Group, Ministry of Defence, since 2020
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Deputy Director, British Museum (Natural History), 1982–89, and Keeper of Mineralogy, 1975–89
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OBE 1981
Chief Executive Commissioner, Scout Association, 1987–95
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CBE 2011; PhD; FRSE; CBiol, FRSB; FLS
Her Majesty’s Botanist in Scotland, 2010–22; Chair, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, since 2014
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Eur Ing, CEng, FIMechE
Partner, Bee Services, since 1996
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PhD, LLD
Chairman, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, 2004–09; Executive Chairman, UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission for Iraq, 2000–03
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FREng
Director, Admiralty Research Establishment, Ministry of Defence, 1984–88, retired; consultant engineer, since 1988
