The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has appointed David Gregory as chairperson from 1 March.
He brings to the position over four decades’ experience spanning the entire food chain from agriculture to aquaculture, fisheries through to food production and retail to food service.
Mr Gregory said: “I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with such an outstanding and high-quality industry and to supporting the excellent work being done by SAIC. The aquaculture industry is hugely important to the rural economy in Scotland and I look forward to playing a part in delivering the 2030 plan for Scottish aquaculture.”
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Currently, he is president of the Institute of Food Science and Technology, chairman of Acoura, non-executive director of 2 Sisters Food Group, trustee and past chairman of the board of trustees at the British Nutrition Foundation and a member of the governing council and chair of the audit committee of The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
A chartered scientist, he is a member of the industrial advisory board of the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh and a visiting professor at the University of Reading Centre for Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy.
Formerly, he was non-executive director of the British Retail Consortium Trading Ltd, chairman of Red Tractor Assurance and director of technology at Marks and Spencer (M&S), where he was one of the authors of Plan A – the retailer’s 100-point sustainable business plan.
Mr Gregory replaces Jack Perry CBE.
