Opinions and comments from Food and Drink leaders.
1-2-3 Food
We speak with leading figures in the Food and Drink sector fortnightly covering:
- One success - For their business
- Two challenges and three forecasts - For their sector
Our contributors so far include:
- Simon Stenning - one of the UK's leading minds on the eating out market
- Karen Green - food business mentor and author
- Mark Suthern - head of Agriculture and Food for Barclays Bank
- Nicola Thomas - director of the Food and Drink Exporters Association
- Erik Wallin - founder and CMO of high-tech business Northfork
- Steve Osborn - co-founder of food innovation business Aurora Ceres
- Guy Moreton - CEO of food and agriculture recruitment specialists MorePeople
- Sam Feller - co-founder of gourmet popcorn brand Popcorn Shed
- John Giles - divisional Director of Promar International
- Val Braybrooks - Dean of the University of Lincoln's Holbeach campus
- Christine Tacon - chair of fresh produce training and recruitment scheme MDS Ltd
- Paul Jenkins - founder of packaging consultancy ThePackHub
- Greg Campher - founder of sustainable coffee brand Easy Jose Coffee
- Lee Chapman - director of multi-disciplinary practice, Arctica
- Steve Maxwell - CEO of Worldwide Fruit
- William Burgess - Chairman of Burgess Farms/Produce World Group
- Shane Brennan - CEO of the Cold Chain Federation
- Duncan Swift - Partner and Head of Food at accountants Moore UK
- Jake Norman - Head of Sales at OAL (Olympus Automation Ltd)
- Niall Macalister Hall - CEO at Beinn an Tuirc Distillers
- Norman Bagley - Head of Policy at the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers
- Peter Durose - Managing Director of Coregeo.
- Robert Kedzlie - Founder and Managing Director of NPD Direct
- Mike Davies - Executive Chairman of Eider Vertical Farming
- Duncan Farrington - Fourth generation farmer and founder of Farrington’s Mellow Yellow
- Wayne Martindale - Associate Professor at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM)
- Garry Bainbridge - Co-founder of online fish retailer ish Fish
- Simon Pattinson - Co-founder of leading chocolate brand Montezumas
- Edwin Bark - Experienced CEO in the plant-based sector
- Lindsay Boswell - CEO of food charity FareShare
- Laura Ryan - Founder and Global Chair of Meat Business Women
- Pev Manners - Managing Director of Belvoir Fruit Farms
- Mandy Lucas - Founder of Farm Animal Welfare Consulting
- Kristian Moeller - Managing Director of GLOBALG.A.P c/o FoodPLUS GmbH
- Vee Gururajan - Executive Board Director at Branston Limited
- April Dear - Site Development Manager - Cranswick Foods
- Marion Regan - Managing Director of Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd
- Rupert Hargreaves - Director of Global Plant Genetics
- Lance Harris - Member of New Futures Network
- Tessa Clarke - Co-founder of global food sharing app Olio
- Tara Mei - Food entrepreneur and founder of Bread and Jam
- Dan Parker - CEO of Veg Power
- Chris White - Managing Director at Fruitnet Media International.
- Paul Hargreaves - CEO of Cotswold Fayre
- Marcus Coleman - CEO of Seafish
- Allan Wilkinson - Head of Agrifoods at HSBC UK
- Richard Harrow - CEO of the British Frozen Food Federation
- Tom Russell - MD of The Food Incubator
- Nathan Gray - Co-Founder and CEO of Advanced Biotics