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