Agri-tech Leadership Council: membership
Published 27 March 2015
Members of the Agri-tech Leadership Council
George Eustice MP, Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment, Defra
George Freeman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Judith Batchelar, Director of Sainsbury’s Brand
Professor Ian Crute, Independent board member of Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
Dr David Lawrence, Non-Executive Director, Syngenta
Ian Noble, Senior Director; Breakthrough Foods, PepsiCo
James Townshend, CEO, Velcourt Group PLC
Jim Godfrey, Chairman, Innovate UK’s Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform and Member of BBSRC Council
Sir John Beddington, Former Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Professor Robert Webb, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham
John Shropshire, CEO, G’s Group
Professor Tim Wheeler, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development
Dr Tina Barsby, CEO, NIAB
Kevin Baughan, Director of Technology and Innovation, Innovate UK
Professor Jackie Hunter, Chief Executive Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)