Rt Hon Lord Drayson of Kensington
He graduated from Aston University in Production Engineering, followed in 1986 by a PhD in robotics. In 1993 he co-founded PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc in Oxford which specialised in the production of vaccines, and was Chief Executive until 2003 when PowderJect was acquired by Chiron Corp.
In May 2005 Lord Drayson replaced Lord Bach as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement and as Government Spokesman for Defence to the House of Lords.
In 2007 he was promoted to Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support. In the same year he also became a Minister of State in the newly created Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, combining this with his role in the Ministry of Defence. In late 2007 he decided to stand down from ministerial responsibilities but rejoined the Brown Government as Minister of State for Science and Innovation in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in October 2008 following a Cabinet reshuffle.
Between 2001 and 2002 he was the Chairman of the BioIndustry Association, and has been Chairman of the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign since 2002. Since 2003, he has been the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University.