The Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen has appointed Professor Brian D Clark and Dr Laura Meagher to serve on its Board of Governors for a term of three years.

Professor Brian D Clark is Professor of Environmental Management and Planning, at the University of Aberdeen and Co-Director of the MSc in Sustainable Rural Development, a Director of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), and Chairman of both the North Region Board and the Planning & Finance Committee of SEPA. He has forty years’ experience in urban and rural planning and environmental management in Scotland, the UK, Europe and overseas.

Dr Laura Meagher is a senior partner of Technology Development Group in Fife, a company specialising in strategic organisational change. Originally from the United States, she has been based in Scotland since 1999. Dr Meagher has a background in biotechnology both from a research and a commercialisation perspective. She was a co-founder and first vice president of the North Carolina Biotechnology Centre and was associate dean/ director of research for Cook College, Rutgers University from 1994-1999.

Commenting on their appointments, Andrew Raven, Chairman of the Board of Governors, said: “I am delighted to welcome Laura Meagher and Brian Clark to the Macaulay Board. They replace Dr Eileen Buttle and Dr Maurice Hankey to whom I am very grateful for their valued contributions during their time on the Board. Laura and Brian have a diversity of experience that will be very useful to us, spanning relevant areas of our science, the Scottish scientific community and the users of our research.”

The Macaulay Institute is the premier land use research institute in the UK. Two hundred and seventy staff are based at the Macaulay Institute at Craigiebuckler in Aberdeen. The Macaulay Institute aims to be an international leader in research on the use of rural land resources for the benefit of people and the environment and is involved in research across the globe; from Scotland to Chile and China. More about the Macaulay Institute can be found at www.macaulay.ac.uk.

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