Professor Chris Gaskell is Principal of The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, a position he took up in 2007.

A veterinary surgeon by profession, he was previously at the University of Liverpool, latterly as a PVC, and is currently a Vice Chairman of GuildHE, Chair of Defra’s Science Advisory Council (SAC) and a member of the Chief Scientist for Wales’ SAC; Chair of BBSRC Sustainable Agriculture Strategy Panel and the Food Research Partnerships’ Translation Sub Group. He is a member of the Boards of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), the Veterinary Laboratory Agency’s Owners Advisory group, the Animal Health Trust, the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI), and the BBC’s Rural Affairs Advisory Committee.