“The Hutton board reflects the broad interests of the research institute in the knowledge we need to combine understanding and perspectives of the environment, agriculture and food if we are to solve the really big issues around sustainable land use”

The James Hutton Institute has announced four new non-executive Board appointments, bringing plant scientist Professor Alyson Tobin, communications expert Elizabeth Wade, conservation specialist Susan Davies and farmer George Lawrie to its Board of Directors.

Professor Alyson Tobin is a former Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of St Andrews. She is Deputy Vice Chancellor at York St John University, and is a collaborator on a grant investigating mature plant resistance to potato viruses.

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