Thomas Pearse Lyons

Biography

Dr. Thomas Pearse Lyons, founded Alltech Inc. in 1980 and also serves as its President. Dr. Lyons served at Irish Distillers, Dublin, Ireland from 1970 to 1973, Bricon (UK) Eaderston, Worcester, England, from 1973 to 1976 and Biocon (US), Lexington, Ky from 1976 to 80. Dr. Lyons is widely recognized as an innovative industry leader. His scientific expertise, combined with an acute business sense, helped revolutionize the animal feed industry through the introduction of natural ingredients to feed. Now in its fourth decade of business, Alltech improves the health and performance of people, animals and plants through natural nutrition and scientific innovation. Dr. Lyons received his bachelor’s degree from University College Dublin, Ireland, and obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Birmingham, England. He later worked as a biochemist for Irish Distillers before founding Alltech. Since then, he has authored more than 20 books and numerous research papers in scientific journals. Dr. Lyons was acknowledged as leading one of the top 100 fastestgrowing high tech companies by World Trade Magazine. He has been recognized for his contributions to science and industry and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Dublin City University, Ireland;University College Dublin, Ireland; the University of Plymouth, England; Heriot-Watt University, Scotland; and the University of Kentucky, Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University, the University of Pikeville and Northern Kentucky University, United States. In 2012, Dr. Lyons was named Business Person of the Year by Business and Finance, was honored as one of Irish America’s Business 100 and received the prestigious Ireland-U.S. Council Award for Outstanding Achievement. In 2013, he was selected to receive the Commander’s Award for Public Service, a rarely presented official U.S. Army medal. He was also given the Gold Medal for Industry and Commerce, the Royal Dublin Society’s flagship award. In 2014, he was honored with the Sir Michael Smurfit Business Achievement Award from the Ireland Chamber of Commerce - USA as well as the prestigious Henry Clay Medallion, whose past recipients include Ted Turner, Itzhak Perlman, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein and several of the United States’ most respected elected officials. Dr. Lyons continues to serve on the editorial board of Critical Reviews in Biotechnology and was named in 2014 to the editorial board of the Journal of the Institute of Brewing. Dr. Lyons spearheaded Alltech’s commitment to international equestrian sport, beginning with the AlltechFEI World Equestrian GamesTM 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky, which led to his receipt of the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s first-ever Legacy Award in 2011, and including the record-breaking Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™2014 in Normandy, France. He received BS in Biochemistry and Chemistry from Dublin University, Dublin, Ireland and M Sc in Brewing and Phd in Yeast Fermentation from University of Birmingham, England completing Formal Education in 1969.

Research Interest

Business Management