Michael E. Knowles

Dr. Michael E. Knowles is a pharmacist and medicinal chemist who spent the first half of his career with the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, where he became the chief scientist (Fisheries & Food) and head of the Food Science Group. In that position he was a member of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides, the Committee on Veterinary Medicines, and chair of the Steering Group on Chemical aspects of Food Surveillance. The second half of his 44-year career was spent with The Coca...See more

Dr. Michael E. Knowles is a pharmacist and medicinal chemist who spent the first half of his career with the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, where he became the chief scientist (Fisheries & Food) and head of the Food Science Group. In that position he was a member of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides, the Committee on Veterinary Medicines, and chair of the Steering Group on Chemical aspects of Food Surveillance. The second half of his 44-year career was spent with The Coca-Cola Company, where he became the vice president of Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, from which he retired in 2013. As a graduate of the University of Nottingham, Dr. Knowles is a fellow of several scientific societies; past global president of the ILSI and chair of the ILSI Europe Board; a liveryman of the Society of Apothecaries, London; and a freeman of the City of London. His scientific publications are mainly in the area of food safety, and he is joint founding editor of the journal Food Additives and Contaminants. He is a former chair of the Food Group of the UK Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), former chairman of the Board of the European Technology Platform's "Food for Life,? a former governing council member of the International Union of Food Science & Technology, and chair of its membership committee and various other committees dealing with food safety and regulatory affairs in EU food and drink associations. See less