Ian James Warrington CNZM is a New Zealand horticultural scientist and science administrator.[1] He is a former chief executive of HortResearch (now Plant & Food Research).[2] He was a senior administrator at Massey University until his position was axed in a cost-saving move.[3]
Warrington earned a master's degree at Massey University in 1974 with a thesis on artificial light spectra and plant growth.[4]
Warrington received the T. K. Sidey Medal in 1984, an award set up by the Royal Society of New Zealand for outstanding scientific research.[5][6] In the 2011 New Year Honours, Warrington was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science.[7]