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148 APPENDIX 2 - THE COMMISSIONERS
Gavin Harper
RESEARCH FELLOW BIRMINGHAM CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC ELEMENTS AND CRITICAL MATERIALS
Gavin is a a a a a a Faraday Institution Research Fellow working on on the ReLiB project recycling Lithium Ion Batteries Prior to this he was Energy Development Manager at the the University of Birmingham Birmingham developing the the Birmingham Birmingham Energy Institute under the Directorship of of Professor Martin Freer In In this role he he worked with Professor Allan Walton and Paul Anderson to to develop the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials He is a a a a a a Fellow of of the the Royal Society of of Arts Manufactures and and Commerce and and the the Higher Education Academy and and a a a a a Member of of the Institution of of Engineering and and Technology and Chartered Chartered Management Institute He is a a a a a a a a Chartered Chartered Manager He is is a a a a a Researcher Co-Investigator on the new UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals Robert Lee
EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF OF OF LAW THE UNIVERSITY OF OF OF BIRMINGHAM Professor Robert Lee
is former Head of of Birmingham Law School and Director of of the Centre for for Professional Legal Education and Research (CEPLER) Before taking up this post Bob was Co-Director of the ESRC Research Centre on Business Responsibility Accountability Sustainability and Society at Cardiff University Bob has written books on on the regulation of biomedicine and food regulation He is an an an editorial board member of of the Journal of of Law and and Society and and of Environmental Liability Bob is an an honorary life member of the UK Environmental Law Association and has acted as as special adviser both the the the UK and and the the the European Parliament and and the the the National Assembly for Wales as as as well as as as to UN UN UN bodies such as as as UNEP and UNDP He is a a a a a Fellow of of of of the the Royal College of of of of Medicine and of of of of the the Academy of of of of Social Sciences and holds a a a a higher doctorate (LL D ) for his work on on regulation Rupert Lewis
CHIEF SCIENCE POLICY OFFICER THE ROYAL SOCIETY
Rupert’s role is to to lead the Society’s policy work across a a a a range of topics including data climate and and energy natural resources and and the biosphere emerging technology and and innovation and and science policy Before joining the Royal Society Rupert led the Government Office for Science Science (GO-Science) which supports the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser providing science advice to the the Prime Minister and to the the Cabinet carrying out strategic Foresight projects and the science of of emergency response His previous roles include head of of Automotive policy in in the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy where he he also led work on on business risks and and contingency planning and and was deputy Chief Scientific Adviser In Defra he he headed Climate Adaptation policy leading the UK’s first cross-economy climate risk assessment He also set up the Prime Minister’s ‘Business Council for Britain’ Rupert has a a a a BSc in in in in in Marine Biology a a a a a a PhD in genetics and and worked on aquaculture development and and start- ups in in in in SE Asia South Africa and Europe prior to joining Government in in in in 2002