Back into black tie again and the Mistress and I made our way over to the Royal Society of Medicine on Wimpole Street for the 21st Ralph Anderson Lecture hosted by the Worshipful Company of Horners. The lecture this year was given by Dr Ian Shott CBE and proved to be a fascinating and thought-provoking evening.
Dr Shott is Managing Director of Arcinova, a contract research and development company, and Shott Trinova through which he invests in, chairs and leads a portfolio of life science businesses. He previously held several global leadership positions, with multi-national life science companies (ICI, AstraZeneca, Lonza, ChiRex and Rhodia). He is also Chair of the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Committee.
Focusing on the emerging digital world in general and in particular its influence on polymer manufacturing, recycling and usage, Dr Shott was able to bring his extensive experiences to bare and give some insights into the future. He tackled some searching questions from the floor ranging from Brexit to Government funded research, all of which were expertly dealt with. Dr Shott is clearly in command of his brief and was a first-class orator. A privilege to hear his thoughts.
The lecture was followed by a buffet supper expertly laid out for the very sizable audience. It provided for a lot of useful networking and I used the opportunity to discuss recycling and reuse of plastic bottles with a number of Masters connected with our industry. A useful evening.
Thank you to the Horners for their generosity and hospitality.
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