Chemistry business leader to head UK’s national life sciences institute

The UK’s newly minted national life sciences institute, the Rosalind Franklin Institute near Oxford, has appointed chemist and business leader Vivienne Cox as first chair. She will develop the institute’s vision and strategy. Cox will bring experience working with large firms. She is non-executive director of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, involved in directing the publishing company Pearson and the offshore drilling and shipping firm Stena, and chairs steel component producer Vallourec’s board.