David Parry

Chief Executive Officer

David Parry was appointed Chief Executive of SEHTA on February 1st 2006. Immediately prior to this he ran his own life sciences consultancy company and was a SEEDA enterprise hub director for 3 years when he actively helped 20 small technology-based businesses to grow. Davids' earlier background was in research and development. He has held positions of Head of Entomology and Plant Pathology at East Malling Research Station and Reader in Plant Pathology at Harper Adams University College. David has a track record in attracting funding from commercial, government and EU sources. His research work is widely published and he has written 2 books. David is a graduate of Imperial College and obtained his PhD from Imperial College at Wye.