Dick Shaw has worked for CABI for 25 years and is now the Country Director for the UK responsible for the running of CABI’s UK science site in Surrey which absorbed the former CABI institutes of Parasitology, Entomology, Mycology and Biological Control. He is an applied entomologist, having completed both his MSc and PhD at University of London (now Imperial College) and specialises in Invasive Species.  Dick is also the Regional Coordinator for invasive species in Europe and the Americas and led the pioneering work on a suite of classical weed biocontrol projects for the UK.