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Sir Mark Walport FMedSci FRS

Sir Mark Walport is Foreign Secretary and Vice President, the Royal Society. He chairs Imperial College Health Partners, and is a trustee of the British Museum and the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.

Previous career highlights include: Trustee and latterly Chair of the Kennedy Memorial Trust, 2015 to 2025,Founding Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), 2017 to 2020,Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA), 2013 to 2017,Member and latterly Co-Chair of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, Director of the Wellcome Trust, 2003-2013,Professor and Head of the Division of Medicine, Imperial College London,Founder Fellow and first Registrar of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and Member of the Advisory Board of Infrastructure UK

Subject groups

  • Molecules of Life

    Molecular immunology

  • Cell Biology

    Cellular and humoral immunology, Cellular pathology, Genetics (excluding population genetics)

  • Health and Human Sciences

    Medicine, clinical studies, Molecular medicine

  • Other

    History of science, Public understanding of science, Science education at secondary level, Science policy, Scientific information provision, Publications

Sir Mark Walport FMedSci FRS
Elected 2011
Committees Participated Role
International Committee February 2024 - November 2026 Co-Chair
General Purposes Committee January 2024 - November 2026 Member
Publishing Board July 2023 - November 2026 Chair
Council May 2023 - November 2026 Foreign Secretary
Committee Advising Council on Honorary Candidates January 2023 - November 2026 Ex-Officio
Council November 2022 - April 2023 Member
Science, Industry and Translation Committee May 2014 - December 2016 Member
Nominations Committee June 2012 - December 2014 Member