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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
- Michael Walker - Professor in the Institute of Global Food Security at Queen’s University, Belfast
- 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