Professor Dame Anne Glover
President, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Role
In March 2015 Professor Dame Anne Glover was appointed to the board of Scottish Enterprise. Professor Dame Anne Glover re-joined the University in June 2015 to take up her Vice-Principal role, following a period of sabbatical at the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin.
Background
Professor Dame Anne Glover joined the University of Aberdeen in 1983 and pursued a distinguished career in microbiology, including the launch of a spin-out company based on her research. While on secondment from the University, Professor Dame Anne Glover was appointed the first Chief Scientific Adviser to Scotland (2006-2011) and then the first Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission (2012-2014).