Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence
The Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK's Ministry of Defence is responsible for providing strategic management of science and technology issues in the MOD, most directly through the MOD research budget of well over £1 billion, and sits as a full member of the Defence Management Board and the Defence Council, the two most senior management boards within the MOD.
List of MOD Chief Scientific Advisers
- Sir Henry Tizard, 1946 - 1952
- Sir John Cockcroft, 1952 - 1954
- Sir Frederick Brundrett, 1954 - 1960
- Sir Solly Zuckerman, 1960 - 1965
- Sir Alan Cottrell, 1966 - 1967
- Sir William Cook, 1966 - 1970
- Sir Hermann Bondi, 1971 - 1977
- Sir Ronald Mason, 1977 - 1983
- Sir Richard Oswald Chandler Norman, 1983 - 1988
- Sir Ronald Oxburgh, 1988 - 1993
- Sir David Davies, 1993 - 1999
- Sir Keith O'Nions, 2000 - 2004
- Sir Roy Anderson, 2004 - 2008
- Sir Mark Welland, 2008 - 2012
- Vernon Gibson, 2012 - 2016 [1]
- Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte, 2017 - 2018 [2][3]
- Simon Cholerton, 2018 - present (Interim) [4]
See also
Notes
- ↑ "Professor Vernon Gibson". UK government. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ↑ "D2D CRC Board Director becomes Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Ministry of Defence". Data to Decisions CRC. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ↑ "Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte". gov.uk. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "Simon Cholerton". gov.uk. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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