The Prime Minister has appointed three new members to the Council for Science and Technology (CST). They are:

Professor Peter Davies

Professor Alan Gilbert

Dr. Philip Ruffles CBE

The Prime Minister also re-appointed the following 13 members to the CST. They are:

Professor Sir John Beringer CBE

Professor Geoffrey Boulton QBE FRS FRSE

Professor Janet Finch CBE DL AcSS

Professor Wendy Hall CBE FREng

Dr. Hermann Hauser FREng

Professor Alan Hughes

Dr. Sue Ion QBE FREng

Sir Paul Nurse FRS

Sir Keith Peters FRS AMS

Dr. Krishnamurty Rajagopal FREng

Professor Michael Sterling FREng

Professor Kathy Sykes

Dr. Mark Walport AMS

The Prime Minister also appointed Professor Janet Finch as CST independent co-chair. Professor Finch will act as co-chair alongside the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir David King.

CST is the UK Government’s top-level advisory body on science and technology policy issues. It reports directly to the Prime Minister. CST’s remit is to advise the Prime Minister, the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales and the responsible Minister at the Northern Ireland Office on strategic science and technology policy issues that cut across the responsibilities of individual Government Departments.

Full details of CST’s terms of reference and organisation can be found at:

www.cst.gov.uk

Appointments were made in accordance with the guidance from the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The appointments will run for three years from 1 March 2007.