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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced yesterday (26 May) that Professor Timothy Richard Dafforn will become the department’s Chief Scientific Adviser, on 1 June.
He will succeed Professor John Perkins CBE in the role, which aims to ensure that the BIS’s policies, operations, and contributions to wider government issues are underpinned by ‘fit-for-purpose science, technology and engineering advice’.[/fusion_text][fusion_button link=”http://resource.co/article/bis-appoints-professor-dafforn-chief-scientific-adviser-10165″ color=”default” size=”” type=”” shape=”” target=”_blank” title=”” gradient_colors=”|” gradient_hover_colors=”|” accent_color=”” accent_hover_color=”” bevel_color=”” border_width=”1px” icon=”” icon_position=”left” icon_divider=”no” modal=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”1″ alignment=”” class=”” id=””]Read full article[/fusion_button][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]