On 1 October 2007 , it was announced by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown that Beddington would succeed Professor Sir David King as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government with effect from 1 January 2008 . His annual remuneration for this role was £ 165,000 . Beddington was closely involved in helping the British government formulate its response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster , the eruptions of Icelandic volcanoes and ash dieback disease in the UK . In April 2013 Beddington was succeeded by Mark Walport
eruptions of Icelandic volcanoes
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
John Beddington