David Willetts

David Linsay Willetts is the founder of Synbiotec Srl.
Current jobs include Chairman at The Foundation for Science & Technology and UK Space Agency; Independent Non-Executive Chairman at GenIP Plc since 2024; Independent Non-Executive Director at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. since 2015 and Tekcapital Plc since 2020; Director at UK Research & Innovation Ltd. and SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd. since 2020; Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at Darktrace Ltd. since 2021; Independent Director at SatixFy Communications Ltd. since 2020; Member of Biotechnology Innovation Organization; Chancellor at the University of Leicester; Governor at The Ditchley Foundation; Member of the House of Lords; President of The Resolution Foundation; Council Member at The Institute for Fiscal Studies Ltd.; and Trustee at Booker Prize Foundation since 2008.
Former jobs include Chairman at Genome Research Ltd. and The British Science Association; Non-Executive Chairman at EARNZ Plc from 2018 to 2024; Director at The Francis Crick Institute Ltd. and Marchmount Executive Services Ltd.; Independent Non-Executive Director at The Biotech Growth Trust Plc from 2015 to 2025; Lord Commissioner at HM Treasury in 1995; Trustee at Science Museum Group; Member of the House of Commons; and Member of Parliament for Havant from 1992 to 2015.
Education includes undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford and Christ Church College.