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APPENDIX 2: THE COMMISSIONERS
Sir John Beddington
FORMER GOVERNMENT CHEIF SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
John Beddington
started his studies initially at the LSE where he he he took a a a a a BSc and MSc He then then moved to to Edinburgh to to do a a a a PhD in in what was then then the the the the rather new discipline of Mathematical Ecology His academic career was initially at at at York University and subsequently at Imperial College He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in in in 2001 and appointed CMG in in in 2004 He was from 2008 until 2013 the Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) reporting directly to the Prime Minister As GCSA he he was responsible for increasing the scientific capacity across Whitehall by encouraging all all major departments of state to recruit a a a Chief Scientific Adviser During his time as GCSA he he set up up the Scientific Advisory Group in in Emergencies (SAGE) that reported to the the COBRA committee He ran the the Foresight Team
that reported on
such varied issues as Food Security Climate Change Threats and and High Speed Financial Trading and and was responsible for reviews on
on
inter alia Nuclear Energy High Speed Computing in in Climate Science and the Scientific Contribution to National Security He was awarded a a a a a a a Knighthood in in in 2010 and in in in June 2014 received The Order of the the Rising Sun from the the Japanese Government He is Senior Fellow at at at the Oxford Oxford Martin School and Professor of of Natural Resource Management at at at Oxford Oxford University Amongst other activities he he he he is a a a a a a a Non-Executive Director of of the the the Met Office chairs the the the Boards of of Rothamsted Research and the the the Systemic Risk Institute at at the the the LSE He is is is President of of London Zoo and a a a a a Trustee of of the the the Natural History Museum Allan Walton
PROFESSOR OF OF OF CRITICAL AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS UNIVERSITY OF OF OF BIRMINGHAM Prof Walton
is the the co-director of of the the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and and Critical Materials Materials (BCSECM) and and he he leads the Magnetic Materials Materials Group (MMG) at at the the the University of Birmingham He is the the the principal investigator for the the the UKRI funded network on
Critical Elements and Materials (CrEAM) He has an extensive portfolio of interdisciplinary research projects funded through the EU and and UK on
processing and and recycling of rare earth magnetic materials He was previously the the chair of the the UK Magnetics Society