Colin Campbell

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Scotlands leading crop research organisation, the James Hutton Institute, has announced that Professor Colin Campbell, the current director of science excellence, is to be made interim chief executive.

Campbell, a world authority on soil research, will take up the post in September when the current chief executive Professor Iain Gordon leaves to take up the position of deputy vice chancellor at the James Cook University in his native Australia.

Making the announcement this week, Ray Perman, chairman of the institutes board of directors, said:

"The Institute has established a worldwide reputation for the excellence of its science, and it is right that we should search globally for the right person to lead it on the next stage of its progress. We have begun the process, but it is likely to be 2016 before we can make an appointment. After consultation with the staff, the board is pleased that Colin Campbell has agreed to lead the management team in the interim.

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