Professor John Perkins CBE

Biography

Professor John Perkins was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2012.

John is currently an Honorary Professor at Manchester University, a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a member of the EPSRC Council.

His previous career highlights include:

• Provost at the MASDAR Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, 2009 to 2010
• Vice President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, 2007 to 2010
• Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Manchester, 2004 to 2009
• Principal, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, 2001 to 2004
• President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, 2000 to 2001
• ICI Australia Professor of Process Systems Engineering, University of Sydney, 1985 to 1988

In 2006 he was awarded a CBE for services to science and engineering.