Governance

of The Oxford Martin School

Director

Professor Sir Charles Godfray was appointed Director of the Oxford Martin School on 1 February 2018.

Professor Godfray is a population biologist with broad interests in the environmental sciences and has published in fundamental and applied areas of ecology, evolution and epidemiology. He is interested in how the global food system will need to change and adapt to the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, and in particular in the concept of sustainable intensification, and the relationship between food production, ecosystem services and biodiversity. In 2017 he was knighted for services to scientific research and for scientific advice to government.

As well as leading the School, Professor Godfray is also a lead researcher of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food and the Oxford Martin Restatements project, a new approach to providing succinct summaries of scientific evidence around highly contentious topics.

Management Committee

The Oxford Martin School’s Management Committee has executive responsibility for managing the overall strategy of the School, including oversight of the School’s research funding and academic accountability of its research programmes. The current members are listed below.

Sarah Whatmore

Professor of Environment and Public Policy

Patrick Grant

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Chas Bountra

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Innovation)

Gavin Screaton

Head of the Medical Sciences Division

Sam Howison

Head of the Mathematical, Physical & Life Sciences Division

Timothy Power

Head of the Social Sciences Division

Daniel Grimley

Head of the Humanities Division

Advisory Council

The Advisory Council of the Oxford Martin School has been convened to ensure international focus and experience from a broad range of sectors is brought to bear on the School's strategy and research agenda. The Council provides valuable advice and ongoing support to the School, especially through the annual meeting in Oxford and other visits or events throughout the year.

Members:

Victor Chu, Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group
Vittorio Colao, Italy's Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition
Francis Finlay, Chairman Emeritus, EastWest Institute, New York
Shenggen Fan, Chair Professor, China Agricultural University
Orit Gadiesh, Chairman, Bain & Co
Ben Goldsmith, Chief Executive Officer, Menhaden Capital, and Founding Partner, WHEB Group
Mo Ibrahim, Founder, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Pascal Lamy, Former Director-General, World Trade Organization
Amory Lovins, Co-founder, Chairman Emeritus & Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
Trevor Manuel, Former Minister, Republic of South Africa
Lillian Martin, Oxford Martin School
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Former Director-General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India; former CEO, Infosys
Joseph Nye, Professor & former Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Peter Piot, Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; former Executive Director, UNAIDS
Martin Rees (Lord Rees of Ludlow), former President of the Royal Society, and Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford, and Chair of the Advisory Council
Mark Shuttleworth, IT entrepreneur and Founder of the Ubuntu Project
Sir Martin Sorrell, Former Chief Executive, WPP
HRH Prince Talal Bin Muhammad, Prince of Jordan
Andrew Pitt, Global Head of Research at Citi
Ernesto Zedillo, Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; former President of Mexico

Ex-Officio:

Charles Godfray, Director, Oxford Martin School
Sarah Whatmore, Head of Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, and Chair of the Management Committee for the Oxford Martin School