Iain Wright has 30 years of experience in conducting and managing research and development. He was appointed director of ILRI’s People, Livestock and the Environment Theme in November 2011. Formerly he was ILRI’s regional representative in Asia. Before joining ILRI, he worked at the Macaulay Institute, in Scotland. Through the 1990s and early 2000s, his research interests included development of agricultural systems to achieve both agricultural and environmental objectives, the effect of policy on livestock systems, and the role of agriculture in rural development. He has a wide experience of livestock systems in Europe and Asia. He managed a number of research programs at the Macaulay Institute, including the institute's research program on agro-ecosystems, which included research on land use change and land use systems and their impacts. From 2003 to 2006, he was chief executive of Macaulay Research Consultancy Services Ltd., the Macaulay Institute’s knowledge transfer company. He holds a PhD in animal nutrition and a BSc in agriculture.
