A steering group comprising Imperial College London senior researchers, Sanofi Pasteur directors and Ipsos MORI research directors provide ongoing academic input, project management and strategic direction.
Research directors or team leaders at universities divide their time between teaching and research, which is not usually the case at government laboratories.
The two were also given seats on the firm's management committee, the first research directors to hold that position in several years, Mr. Melnick said.
IN the latest turn of the screw, some research directors are taking aim at the annual investor polls conducted by Institutional Investor magazine.
"Gentrification is real – the wealthier population now want to stay close to job hotspots in the city centre," explains Neal Hudson, one of Savills' research directors.
In research institutes, women represent 54% of postdocs, 24% of senior scientists, 20% of principal scientists and 19% of research directors.
