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Peter Lennox
ESR
Chief executive
- Appointed August 2020.
- Previously chief executive of MetService and its international subsidiary, Metraweather.
- Long experience in biotechnology and meteorology, as well as in commercial and scientific disciplines.
- Director of biotechnology networks for Scottish Enterprise, the national economic development agency of Scotland. After emigrating in 2002, became director of Industry NZ’s biotechnology sector.
- Has post-graduate degrees in biochemistry and biological sciences from Queen's University (Belfast) and Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh), as well as an MBA in Finance and Strategy from Glasgow University.
Career
Food and Beverage IndustryOperational Director
Jan 1983
- Dec 1989
Scottish Enterprise
Director Biotechnology Scotland, Director
Jan 1989
- Dec 2002
NZ Trade and Enterprise / Te Taurapa Tūhono
Group General Manager
Jan 2002
- Dec 2011
Metservice / Te Ratonga Tirorangi
Chief Executive Officer
May 2011
- Jul 2020
ESR
CEO
Jul 2020
- Present
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