The Chairmen of Governing Boards of the Macaulay Land Use and the Scottish Crop Research Institutes today announced the appointment of Ray Perman as the Chair of the new scientific research institute, which will be created by bringing the Aberdeen and Invergowrie based institutes together in April 2011.

Michael Gibson CBE, ARAgS Chairman of the Macaulay Governing Board, said:”I am very proud that the Macaulay is going to be a founding partner in what will be one of Europe’s foremost scientific institutes that is based here in Scotland”.

Chairman of the SCRI Governing Board Peter Berry CMG, said: “I look forward greatly to working with Ray over the next year to establish the world class new institute which is our vision for this merger of two great Scottish scientific institutions”.