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, FREng
Senior Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa Operations, Equinix, since 2021
MP (Lab) Weston-super-Mare, since 2024
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
Emeritus Professor, since 2007, and Hon. Research Fellow, since 2003, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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
Special Projects Co-ordinator, Bristol Zoo Gardens, 1995–2003
Head, Naval Ships Delivery Group, Ministry of Defence, 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
His Majesty’s Botanist in Scotland (formerly 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
Managing Director, Lapley Enterprises, 2015–20
Chief Scientific Adviser to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1990–95
Chief Executive, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2020–23; independent advisor