Dr Ian Griffin

Former Chairman of ASDC & CEO, The Oxford Trust

Dr Ian Griffin was the CEO of The Oxford Trust, which operates the 'Science Oxford' science centre. After finishing a PhD in astronomy in 1990 he served in a number of roles including; Director of the Armagh Planetarium, Director BCC Observatory & Planetarium in Florida, CEO Auckland Observatory in New Zealand, Head of Education and Outreach for NASA's Hubble Telescope Programme and Director of MOSI in Manchester. He was an ASTC Noyce Fellow for 2009/10, serving on the Boards of the Oxfordshire Economic Partnership, Venturefest Oxford and a Trustee of the Oxfordshire Science Festival. I was also involved in the establishment of the Manchester Science Festival in 2007.