8 May 2008
The Prime Minister has appointed Professor David J Drewry and Dr Derek Langslow CBE as Trustees of the Natural History Museum for a term of four years from 6 May 2008.
Biographies
Professor Drewry is Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hull, a Visiting Professor at the University of London, Queen Mary and Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
His background is in the earth sciences and climate change on which he has published extensively and he has held senior positions at both academic and scientific organisations, as Director of the British Antarctic Survey, the Scott Polar Research Institute, and as Deputy Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council. He was also Director General of the British Council for a short time. Professor Drewry is a non-executive director of The Deep (millennium project) in Hull and a Trustee of the Antarctic Heritage Trust. He was President of the International Arctic Science Committee between 1994-2002, Vice-President of the Royal Geographical Society from 1991-1993 and served on the Intergovernmental Panel on climate change.
Dr Langslow was Chief Executive of English Nature (EN) from 1990 to 2000. Previously he worked as a research scientist and lecturer at Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities before joining the Chief Scientist Team of the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC). Initially he ran the ornithological research programme before being responsible for the management of the team. For three years he was Director of Personnel and Finance and later Chief Scientist. Dr Langslow has sat on several Boards, Trusts and Committees and led Quinquennial Reviews. He has recently retired as a Trustee of the Heritage Lottery Fund (to February 2008) and chaired their Audit Committee. Currently he is also Chairman of East of England Tourism.
Notes for Editors
1. The Museum was looking for skills and experience in one or more of the following areas: Business/Finance, Scientific and Academic Management
2. The Natural History Museum is internationally recognised for its dual role as a centre of scientific excellence and as a leading visitor attraction, presenting natural history to the general public through exhibitions and online. Its objectives are to discover and make available to the scientific community the information contained within its collections of natural specimens and to entertain, interest and educate people of all ages in natural history.
3. The posts are not remunerated. Reasonable expenses can be claimed.
4. The appointments have been made in accordance with the OCPA Code of Practice. Appoints are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. Neither of the candidates has undertaken any significant political activity during the past five years.
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