Sir Gordon Conway
Professor for international development
Imperial College London
In addition to his current role, Gordon Conway is also Director of Agriculture for Impact focusing on European support of agricultural development in Africa. From 2005-2009 he was Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department for International Development. Previously he was President of The Rockefeller Foundation and Vice-chancellor of the University of Sussex. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2004 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2007 and then made Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in 2005. Mr Conway was recently President of the Royal Geographical Society.
