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‘Frog One’ to Head Science at NERC
‘Frog One’ to Head Science at NERC

‘Frog One’ to Head Science at NERC

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? And hey, it is (nearly) the end of the week. So here’s another in our sporadic series of lookalikes. This time NERC has taken the brave move to appoint the baddie from 1971 thriller The French Connection as its Director of Science.
Iain Gilliespie, AKA Alan Charnier, AKA ‘Frog One’, was previously Head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Science and Technology Policy Division. As far as Fundermentals is aware, he has never tried to smuggle anything, from Marseilles or elsewhere, in the boot of an unsuspecting French TV personality. However, if anyone has information to the contrary…

Charnier
Gillespie

“popeye doyle” by daves cupboard is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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