Awards, accolades & appointments 6 Hutton Highlights The James Hutton Institute has welcomed three new leading figures to its board of directors, with a new chair due to take up post in early September. Well-known and respected Scottish environmentalist Susan Davies will become the institute’s chair having been a trustee since 2017. Davies, who has been chief Executive of the Scottish Seabird Centre since 2019 and is also a former Director of Conservation at the Scottish Wildlife trust. She will replace Ian Gambles, who has been in the role as Chair for nine years. The new members of the board are Dr Rebekah Widdowfield, Vice Principal at St Andrews University, Professor Ian Wall, former CEO of The EDI Group, and David Gray, Chair of The Gannochy Trust. Together, they bring a wealth of experience from across government, education, academia, finance and public engagement to the Hutton’s work across land, crops, water and the environment. Davies says: “I couldn’t be prouder to be taking over as chair of what is quite rightly considered one of the world’s leading research institutes. The Hutton helps societies across the globe respond to ever-growing challenges around food security, sustainable management of our natural resources and netzero. “We are all at a milestone moment in working together to build the economic, environmental, and societal resilience to climate change and tackling nature loss. I look forward to working with the team at the Hutton to ensure science continues to have a positive and lasting impact for us all.” Ian Gambles welcomed the new board members and thanked outgoing members, Elizabeth Wade and Archie Gibson for the contributions they have made. Hutton welcomes new chair and board members Dr Rebekah Widdowfield Professor Ian Wall David Gray Susan Davies
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