East Malling Research (EMR) has announced the appointment of Professor Peter Gregory as its new chief executive.
As well as taking charge of the research station in Kent from 1 May, Gregory will simultaneously take on the role of Professor of Global Food Security at the University of Reading.
Until recently Peter Gregory was the Chief Executive of the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) where he built strong research collaborations between SCRI and its partners.
In his new roles Gregory will spend four days a week at EMR and the remaining day at the University of Reading working with Reading’s new Centre for Food Security and its Director, Professor Richard Tiffin.
Gregory said: “I am delighted to be joining as chief executive at a time when fruit and food are back in the public eye. EMR's outstanding research is a key element of the UK’s future food and farming excellence.
"My role at the University of Reading will allow me to project EMR's work internationally and to bring a new generation of students into direct contact with the practicalities and challenges of producing and marketing high quality horticultural foods."
Dr Oliver Doubleday, chairman of EMR, said: “We are delighted to welcome Professor Peter Gregory. Following a distinguished academic career, Peter will be able to build on the great progress made by Mike Solomon over the past two years. I am confident Peter is just the person to guide EMR’s exciting and continuing development as one of the UK’s main horticulture R&D providers and extend EMR’s remit.”
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