Director of Syngenta. Peter Doyle served as Director of
Oxagen, Avidex and Chairman of the Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences Research Council. He served as director
of ICI from 1989 until 1993 and of Zeneca Group PLC from
1993 until April 1999. He holds a BS (Hons) degree in pure
science and a PhD in chemistry from Glasgow University.
Director of Syngenta. Peter Doyle served as Director of
Oxagen, Avidex and Chairman of the Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences Research Council. He served as director
of ICI from 1989 until 1993 and of Zeneca Group PLC from
1993 until April 1999. He holds a BS (Hons) degree in pure
science and a PhD in chemistry from Glasgow University.
Director of Syngenta. Peter Doyle served as Director of
Oxagen, Avidex and Chairman of the Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences Research Council. He served as director
of ICI from 1989 until 1993 and of Zeneca Group PLC from
1993 until April 1999. He holds a BS (Hons) degree in pure
science and a PhD in chemistry from Glasgow University.
Doyle is also a director of Syngenta and when he first took up his BBSRC post in 1998 he was still the executive director of the Zeneca Group plc (1993-1999). In 1996 Zeneca introduced the first GM food into UK supermarkets, a tomato paste made from GM tomatoes. Zeneca's R&D director, Ed Dart, who oversaw that project served on the Council of the BBSRC.
Zeneca featured twice on Friends of the Earth's '50 Filthiest Factories' list for 1996. Doyle has been a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Protection. Prior to Zeneca Doyle was a Director of ICI (1989-1993)
