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Management of the John Innes Centre

Management of the John Innes Centre

Centre Management Board (CMB)

CMB is the main executive body of the John Innes Centre. CMB holds whole-day meetings bi-monthly for major executive and policy decisions, with alternating bi-monthly, half-day discussion meetings that include the Heads of Research Departments, dealing with long-term strategic planning.

CMB Membership

  • Director, Professor Dale Sanders (Chair)
  • Deputy Director of Science, Head, Plant Growth and Development: Traits and Mechanisms (DEV ISP), Professor Mike Bevan
  • Head, Plant Perception and Response to the Environment (ENV ISP), Professor Giles Oldroyd 
  • Head, Understanding and Exploiting Plant and Microbial Metabolism (MET ISP), Professor Anne Osbourn  
  • Deputy Director Operations, Mr Gareth Williams OBE (Administrative Operations)
  • Chair of Faculty, Professor Allan Downie
  • Associate Member, Professor Mark Buttner
  • Junior Faculty Member, Dr Saskia Hogenhout
  • Junior Faculty Member, Dr Simon Griffiths
  • Director, The Genome Analysis Centre, Dr Jane Rogers
  • Head of Sainsbury Laboratory, Professor Sophien Kamoun
  • Science Operations Manager, Dr Steve Rawsthorne (Science Operations)
  • Research Contracts Manager, Dr Mary Anderson (TOC)
  • Head, Director's Office, Dr Carole Thomas