Lord Vallance
Monday, 30 June 2025
Lord Vallance KCB FRS FMedSci FRCP HonFREng was appointed Minister of State (Minister for Science) on 5 July 2024. He was previously Government Chief Scientific Adviser from April 2018 to April 2023. He was also National Technology Adviser and Head of the Government Science and Engineering Profession.
Lord Vallance was President, R&D at GlaxoSmithKline from 2012 until 2017. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President, Medicines Discovery and Development. He joined the company in May 2006 as Head of Drug Discovery. He was a member of the GSK Board and the Corporate Executive Team.