Dale Sanders

In March 2010 the John Innes Centre announced that Professor Dale Sanders had been appointed as its new Director and Chief Executive.

The Farmers Guardian reported in an article on the appointment:

Prof Sanders, currently head of biology at the University of York, is a leading authority in the control crop traits such as nutritional value of foods and resistance to drought. He has also been outspoken in his support for genetically modified technology.^[1]