Council member

Professor Dame Anne Glover

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Anne Glover

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).