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About Oxitec Overview |
Board of Directors Executive
Luke Alphey, Research Director
He was a member of the Royal Society working party that investigated 'The Use of GM Animals', and contributed to a report on the use of GM mosquitoes to combat malaria and other diseases. Non-Executive
Christopher holds degrees in Agriculture and Forest Sciences and Agricultural Economics from Oxford and Reading Universities respectively. He has worked for over twenty years in developing agricultural and forestry businesses throughout the world. He founded a forestry business as a joint venture with SGS, which became the recognized world leader in its field. He was Director of International Services at SGS responsible for worldwide development of voluntary certification programmes linked to the United Nations Agenda 21 programme for sustainable development. |
“As a technology which can benefit society, the physical
environment and Nature at the same time, Oxitec’s science
is poised to make a valuable contribution in many advanced and
developing countries” “Oxitec’s potential to significantly
change the way in which we control insect populations damaging
to agriculture and human health without the use of chemicals will
have a major positive impact on human welfare and the environment.
This fact, together with an impressive team at Oxitec is why I
am a non-executive director of this fast growing and innovative
company.”
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David Brooks, Chief Executive
After
completing a degree at Cambridge and a PhD at Dundee, Luke held
research posts at Imperial College, London and the University of
Dundee, was a lecturer at the University of Manchester and then
became an MRC Senior Research Fellow and Reader in Genetics at
the Dept of Zoology at Oxford University, where he is now a
Visiting Professor. He is the inventor of the RIDL™ system, and
a founder of Oxitec.
Landon T. Clay
Robert Rickman
Edward Mott
Christopher Upton