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The longstanding leader of the Natural Environment Research Council on Horizon, budgets, diversity and more
Duncan Wingham is an outlier among recent leaders of the UK’s research councils.
Before stepping down from the top job at the Natural Environment Research Council in June, Wingham was the longest-serving council chief by a wide margin, having led NERC since 2012.