New Director

30 January 2003

Professor Mark Walport is to be the new Director of the Wellcome Trust. Currently Professor of Medicine and Head of the Division of Medicine at Imperial College London, Professor Walport will formally take up his position on 1 June.

A former Governor of the Wellcome Trust, Professor Walport will succeed Dr Mike Dexter, who retired at the end of March following a five-year term as Director. Sir Dominic Cadbury, Chairman of the Wellcome Trust, said: "Mike Dexter has made an invaluable contribution to the Trust over the past five years and the appointment of Mark Walport as his successor ensures that strong and effective leadership of our affairs will be continued."

See also

• Wellcome Trust appoints new director (Press release: 30 January 2003)