Chief Executive

The Chief Executive of the RSC Dr Richard Pike, who took up his post on Wednesday 1 February 2006, has extensive career experience and personal interests in the chemical sciences, especially in the linked global issues of energy and the environment.

Dr Pike has worked in a wide spectrum of scientific, engineering and management roles in the UK and internationally, with a long track record in the chemical sector notably in the oil, gas and petrochemicals industries.

Richard Pike, who is both a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Engineer, brings to his Royal Society of Chemistry role a portfolio of experience that complements many of the society's current and future strategic objectives such as working for sustainable energy and the environment, better interaction with industry, support for education and publishing of journals, a field in which it is already a world player.