PM’s new top scientist was nearly a construction worker in Chicago instead

The Prime Minister’s new chief science advisor, John Roche, never thought he’d be a scientist.

Roche was formerly the chief science advisor for the Ministry of Primary Industries, but one phone call changed the trajectory of his life: from never again expecting to set foot in academia to the highest position reserved for science in the Government.

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