1-2-3 Food

We speak with leading figures in the Food and Drink sector, covering one business success, two challenges and three forecasts for the sector.

Our contributors so far include:

Allan Wilkinson - Head of Agrifoods at HSBC UK
Angela Karp - Director and Chief Executive of Rothampstead Research
April Dear - Site Development Manager at Cranswick Foods
Chris Holland - Managing Director of Holmach Ltd
Chris Holmes - Founder and CEO of SMASH
Chris White - Managing Director at Fruitnet Media International
Christine Tacon - Chair of MDS Ltd
Dan Parker - CEO of Veg Power
Duncan Farrington - Founder of Farrington’s Mellow Yellow
Duncan Swift - Partner and Head of Food at Moore UK
Edwin Bark - Experienced CEO in the plant-based sector
Erik Wallin - Founder and CMO of Northfork
Garry Bainbridge - Co-founder of Ish Fish
Greg Campher - Founder of Easy Jose Coffee
Guy Moreton - CEO of MorePeople
Halvard Grimstad - Head of Deployment at Saga Robotics
Jack Bobo - Director of Global Food and Water Policy at The Nature Conservancy
Jack Ward - CEO of The British Growers Association (BGA)
Jake Norman - Head of Sales at OAL (Olympus Automation Ltd)
James Lloyd-Jones - Founder and CEO of the Jones Food Company (JFC)
John Giles - Divisional Director of Promar International
Karen Green - Food business mentor and author
Kristian Moeller - Managing Director of GLOBALG.A.P
Lance Harris - Member of New Futures Network
Laura Ryan - Founder and Global Chair of Meat Business Women
Lee Chapman - Director of Arctica
Lindsay Boswell - CEO of food charity FareShare
Louise Cairns - Chief Executive of The National Skills Academy for Food & Drink
Mandy Lucas - Founder of Farm Animal Welfare Consulting
Marcus Coleman - CEO of Seafish
Mike Davies - Executive Chairman of Eider Vertical Farming
Marion Regan - Managing Director of Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd
Mark Suthern - Head of Agriculture and Food for Barclays Bank
Nathan Gray - Co-Founder and CEO of Advanced Biotics
Niall Macalister Hall - CEO at Beinn an Tuirc Distillers
Nicola Thomas - Director of the Food and Drink Exporters Association
Norman Bagley - Head of Policy at the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers
Paul Hargreaves - CEO of Cotswold Fayre
Paul Jenkins - Founder of ThePackHub
Peter Durose - Managing Director of Coregeo
Pev Manners - Managing Director of Belvoir Fruit Farms
Phil Acock - Managing Director of Fourayes
Richard Harrow - CEO of the British Frozen Food Federation
Robert Kedzlie - Founder and Managing Director of NPD Direct
Ruth Hoban - Head of Sustainability at New England Seafood International (NESI)
Rupert Hargreaves - Director of Global Plant Genetics
Sam Feller - Co-Founder of Popcorn Shed
Sarah Dunning - Chair of the Westmorland Family
Shane Brennan - CEO of the Cold Chain Federation
Simon Pattinson - Co-founder of Montezumas
Simon Pearson - Founder and Director of the Lincoln Institute of Agri-Food Technology
Simon Stenning - One of the UK's leading minds on the eating out market
Steph Norman - Co-founder of Norlo Coffee
Steve Maxwell - CEO of Worldwide Fruit
Steve Osborn - Co-founder of Aurora Ceres
Stuart Piccaver - Chief Executive of JEPCO
Tara Mei - Founder of Bread and Jam
Tessa Clarke - Co-founder of Olio
Tom Russell - MD of The Food Incubator
Val Braybrooks - Dean of the University of Lincoln's Holbeach Campus
Vee Gururajan - Executive Board Director at Branston Limited
Wayne Martindale - Associate Professor at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM)
William Burgess - Chairman of Burgess Farms/Produce World Group