cc: "David Falvey" , , , , , , "Chris Rapley" , "Nick Owens" , , , "Howard Roe" , , , "Chris Franklin" , "Colin Read" , "David Brown" , "David Bloomer" , "Ed Hill" , "Graham Shimmield" , "John Hansford" , "Michael Tricker" , "Nigel Collins" , "Pat Nuttall" , "Phil Heads" , "Philip Newton" date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:31:46 +0100 from: "David Lynn" subject: Head of International to: , "Andrew Hellawell" , "Andrew Richardson" , "Angela Atkinson" , "Candy Sorrell" , "Dana Zajacova" , "Deborah Cosgrove" , "Gail Lambourne" , "Liam Cubbin" , "Lynne Porter" , "Mary Thornton" , "MBFC" , "Marion O'Sullivan" , "Michelle Wickenden" , "Nicola Lewis" , "Sheila Anderson" , "Sylwina Szalkowska" , "Bill Barnett" Dr Ruth Boumphrey will be joining NERC, as Head of International, on 10 June. Ruth is currently completing a six month secondment to DEFRA's Research Policy International Division. She has worked for the Environment Agency (both Head Office and two National Centres) for the last five years and, before that, for the National Rivers Authority. An ecotoxicologist by training, Ruth has also worked for Environment Canada. Ruth's new responsibilities will include: - ensuring that NERC's planning and priority setting is done in an international context; - representing NERC's and UK interests by contributing to international S&T policy development and decisions; - maximising international science opportunities for the benefit of the UK environmental science community. David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr David Lynn Director Natural Environment Research Council Planning and Communications Directorate Polaris House North Star Avenue Swindon Wilts SN2 1EU Tel: 44 (0)1793 411706 Fax: 44 (0)1793 411524 e-mail: dwl@nerc.ac.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~