PhD
Member (Lab) North East Region, England, European Parliament, Feb. 2000–2004
PhD
Member (Lab) North East Region, England, European Parliament, Feb. 2000–2004
CEng
Chief Executive, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, since 2017
Keeper of Palæontology, British Museum (Natural History), 1966–86
CB 1994; FREng
Chief Executive, North Sea Safety, Health and Safety Executive, 1991–94
PhD, DSc
Visiting Professor, Reading University, since 2000; Hon. Research Fellow, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, since 2003
OBE 1992; FREng
independent consultant, since 2010; Director: Halcrow Consulting (formerly Halcrow Fox), 1999–2009; Blackpool Urban Regeneration Co., 2005–10
CB 2006; CChem, FRSC
Director, Jon Bell Associates Ltd, 2006–18
CB 2008
Director General, Strategic Technologies, Ministry of Defence, 2005–09
Special Projects Co-ordinator, Bristol Zoo Gardens, 1995–2003
Director, M3@Consulting Ltd, since 2020
Deputy Director, British Museum (Natural History), 1982–89, and Keeper of Mineralogy, 1975–89
OBE 1981
Chief Executive Commissioner, Scout Association, 1987–95
CBE 2011; PhD; FRSE; CBiol, FRSB; FLS
Her Majesty’s Botanist in Scotland, since 2010; Chair, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, since 2014
Eur Ing, CEng, FIMechE
Partner, Bee Services, since 1996
PhD, LLD
Chairman, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, 2004–09; Executive Chairman, UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission for Iraq, 2000–03
FREng
Director, Admiralty Research Establishment, Ministry of Defence, 1984–88, retired; consultant engineer, since 1988
independent consultant, since 1993
MP (SNP) Kilmarnock and Loudoun, since 2015
Managing Director, Lapley Enterprises, since 2015