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Defra's senior officials' meetings, January to March 2025

Updated 26 June 2025
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Senior Official's Name Date Name of individual or organisation Purpose of Meeting
Christian Cubitt Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Sebastian Catovsky Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
David Hallam Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Emma Donnelly Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
David Hill Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Anna Caffyn Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Mark Thompson Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Sue Bateman Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
James Stone Nil return Nil return Nil return
Kirsty Wildgoose Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
James Greenway Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Nicola Bettesworth Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Sarah Homer Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Colin Dingwall Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Vicky Moore Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Gideon Henderson Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Ceri Morgan Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Kate Smaldon Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Chris Hobley Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Joanne Bradshaw Nil return Nil return Nil return
Mark Thompson Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Christine Middlemiss Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Emma Campbell Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Sally Randall Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Deborah Hankins Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Mike Rowe Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Edward Barker Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Andrea Ledward Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Gareth Baynham-Hughes Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Colin Banno-Thornton Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Janet Hughes Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Toby Nation 2025-01-07 The Food Foundation Attended meeting with Executive Director to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Toby Nation 2025-01-08 National Farmers Union Attended meeting with Terry Jone, NFU Director General to discuss food related farming issues
Charlotte Baker 2025-01-21 Farm Tenancy Forum Attended a Joint industry and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Group meeting to explore all issues relating to the tenant farming sector in England; provide ongoing engagement and feedback between Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the tenanted sector
Charlotte Baker 2025-01-28 Food & Drink Sector Council (FDSC) Roundtable, FDSC is a formal industry between government partnership, bringing together senior leaders representing the whole of the agri-food chain and government to address the strategic issues and seize opportunities facing the agri-food chain. While members do belong to organisations, they have been invited for their expertise in the sector and take up posts on 2 yr basis. Appointments are made by open and fair competition
Charlotte Baker 2025-02-18 Little Moons Attended meeting with Flor Healy, non-executive chairman to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Charlotte Baker 2025-02-19 Bidfood Attended meeting with Andrew Selley, Chief Executive Officer to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Charlotte Baker 2025-02-19 Cranswick Attended meeting with Tim Smith, Chair of Cranswick to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Charlotte Baker 2025-03-03 Lord Toby Harris and Professor Tim Lang Food resilience and preparedness
Charlotte Baker 2025-03-26 Food & Drink Federation (FDF) Attended FDF President's Committee to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-01-23 Institute for Grocery Distributions (IGD) Attended meeting to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-01-30 Institute for Grocery Distributions (IGD) Meeting with Sarah Bradbury, Chief Executive Officer to IGD to disuss work on food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-07 National Farmers Union Attended meeting with Terry Jone, NFU Director General to discuss food related farming issues
Tessa Jones 2025-02-10 Institute for Grocery Distributions (IGD) Meeting with Sarah Bradbury, IGD Chief Executive Officer to disuss work on food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-14 Institute for Grocery Distributions (IGD) Meeting with Sarah Bradbury, IGD Chief Executive Officer to disuss work on food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-27 Institute for Grocery Distributions (IGD) Meeting with Sarah Bradbury, IGD Chief Executive Officer to disuss work on food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-03-07 Institute for Grocery Distributions (IGD) Meeting with Sarah Bradbury, IGD Chief Executive Officer to disuss work on food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-03-14 Institute for Grocery Distributions (IGD) Meeting with Sarah Bradbury, IGD Chief Executive Officer to disuss work on food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-06 Sainsbury Attended meeting with Simon Roberts, Sainsbury's Chief Executive Officer to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-26 Sainsbury Attended meeting with Simon Roberts, Sainsbury's Chief Executive Officer to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-07 Food & Drink Federation Attended meeting with Karen Betts, Food & Drink Federation Chief Executive Officer to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-07 Sofina Foods Attended meeting with Ash Amirahmadi, Sofina Foods Chief Execitve Office to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-26 Nesta Attended meeting with Ravi Gurumurthy, Nesta Chief Executive Officer to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-27 Sam Godfrey Attended meeting with farmer to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-27 Institute for Grocery Distribution Attended Chief Executive Forum to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-02-28 Obesity Health Alliance Meeting to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-03-07 Jamie Oliver Group Meeting to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-03-13 National Farmers Union (NFU), Food and Drink Federation (FDF), British Retail Consortium (BRC), UK Hospitality (UKH) To engage with the four key food and drink trade associations that best represent the food chain in a small, trusted group, at CEO/Director level. The meetings serve as bi-monthly forum to share intelligence and test thinking on key issues including the food strategy, trade and food resilience and can act as a forum to speedily resolve issues
Tessa Jones 2025-03-14 Open Kitchen Attended meeting with Corin Bell, Open Kitchen Executive Director to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-03-14 Greencore Attended meeting with Dalton Phillips, Greencore Chief Executive Officer to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-03-14 National Farmers Union Attended meeting with Terry Jone, NFU Director General to discuss food related farming issues
Tessa Jones 2025-03-19 Brambles Partners Attended meeting with Henry Dimbley to discuss food related farming issues
Tessa Jones 2025-03-20 Institute for Grocery Distributions (IGD) Meeting with Sarah Bradbury, IGD Chief Executive Officer & Naomi Kissmann, IGD Social Impact Director to disuss work on food strategy
Tessa Jones 2025-03-26 Food Strategy Advisory Board Attended meeting with members to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Gabrielle Edwards Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Chris Howes 2025-01-03 Finyx Attended meeting to discuss Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs' Artifical Intelligence policy
Chris Howes 2025-01-03 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Follow-up meeting to discuss an Amazon Web Services event attended by Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs staff
Chris Howes 2025-01-08 Equal Experts Introductory call to discuss farming/trade/sustainability and geospatial
Chris Howes 2025-03-19 Bank of England Meeting to discuss National Audit Office Digitalisation Study at Bank of England
Edd Parry Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Emily Miles Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Einav Ben-Yehuda Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Rebecca Shrubsole Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Iain King Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Emma Bourne 2025-01-08 Food and Drink Federation Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-09 Environmental Services Association UK Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-10 Industry Council for Packaging and the Envrionment Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-14 Waste and Resources Action Programme Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-14 SUEZ UK Looking into 2025 and Beyond Webinar - virtual attendance to give presentation on circular economy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-21 Green Alliance Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-22 Food and Drink Federation Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-23 UK Alliance for Sustainable Chemicals & Materials Attended meeting to discuss the culture and ecosystem that will deliver the UK's net-zero future
Emma Bourne 2025-01-25 ReUse Network Virtual attendance at AGM to give presentation on circular economy & question and answer session
Emma Bourne 2025-01-27 ReLondon Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-27 Industry Council for Packaging and the Envrionment Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-28 Too Good To Go Attended meeting to discuss food waste
Emma Bourne 2025-01-29 Food and Drink Federation Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-29 The Royal Society Attended meeting to discuss plastic polution/defossilising the chemical industry & circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-30 Waste and Resources Action Programme Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-01-30 McKinsey Circular economy workshop
Emma Bourne 2025-01-31 East London Waste & West London Waste Circular economy & spending review
Emma Bourne 2025-01-31 FCC Environment (UK) Limited Attended meting to discuss circular economy stragegy including work on investment and infrastructure development
Emma Bourne 2025-02-11 ReLondon Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-02-13 Environmental Services Association UK Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-02-13 Veolia Expanding UK emissions trading scheme to waste
Emma Bourne 2025-02-13 Charity Retail Association Attended meeting to discuss Simpler Recycling
Emma Bourne 2025-03-05 Co-op Food Attended meeting to discuss deposit return scheme for drinks containers
Emma Bourne 2025-03-05 The Recycling Association Attended meeting to disucss circular econommy objectives & overall reform
Emma Bourne 2025-03-05 Sancroft Attended meeting to discuss utilising waste products from water
Emma Bourne 2025-03-05 Marks and Spencer Attended meeting to discuss packaging reforms & circular economy
Emma Bourne 2025-03-07 Kent County Council Attended meeting to discuss waste crime in Kent
Emma Bourne 2025-03-12 Food and Drink Federation Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-03-12 Industry Council for Packaging and the Envrionment Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-03-14 Headland Consultancy Attended meeting to discuss circular economy/residual waste intrastructure
Emma Bourne 2025-03-14 Waste and Resources Action Programme Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-03-17 Hazel Bee Consultancy Attended meeting to discuss extended producer responsibility scheme
Emma Bourne 2025-03-17 Haribo Attended meeting to discuss extended producer responsibility scheme
Emma Bourne 2025-03-18 Waste and Resources Action Programme Virtual attendance at Waste and Resources Action Programme Board/update on circular economy
Emma Bourne 2025-03-20 Institute of Positive Fashion Attended circular economy 2025 Forum
Emma Bourne 2025-03-24 Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsburys, ASDA, Lidl, Aldi, Co-op, Iceland, Waitrose, Morrisons Meeting with multiple retailers to discuss extended producer responsibility service, deposit return scheme and circular economy
Emma Bourne 2025-03-26 Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Attended FDF President's Committee to discuss food system reform and upcoming food strategy
Emma Bourne 2025-03-31 Waste and Resources Action Programme Attended meeting to provide update on circular economy strategy
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-01-10 Oxford Real Farming Conference Given speech and attendance at Farming Roadmap Sessions at the Oxford Real Farming Conference
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-01-14 Naz Legacy Foundation, Patchwork Foundation Discusison on Honours Committees
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-01-20 Association of Plastic Recycle Indonesia (ADUPI/Asosiasi Daur Ulang Plastik Indonesia), Bank Sampah Bersinar, Diet Plastik, Duitin, National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP), Unilever, Waste-4-Change Discussion to learn about challenges, opportunities and innovations around tackling plastic waste issues in Indonesia
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-01-22 Global Fund for Coral Reefs, Indonesian Local Government, Indonesian National Government, Konservasi Indonesia Visit to Bird’s Head Seascape, Raja Ampat, West Papua, which presented an opportunity to understand how one Defra-supported programme, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs, helps support mobilisation of additional finance for nature. 
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-02-03 Institute for Government (IfG) Pre-brief meeting ahead of a speaking event hosted by IfG on 'The future of the civil service policy profession: the end of the generalist?'
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-02-04 Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Introductory meeting with the newly appointed DG to discuss their relationships between different parts of government, and their response and adaptation in support of Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and wider government agendas
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-02-06 Blavatnik School of Government, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Institute for Government (IfG) Speaking event hosted by IfG, titled 'The future of the civil service policy profession: the end of the generalist?'
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-02-21 Durham University, HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), Holme Farm, Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA), Lord’s Plain Farm, Lovingly Artisan, Low Foulshaw Farm, Lynster Farmers' Group, Wilson House Farm Visit to Lynster Farmers' Group to explore cooperation and collaboration between Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, local farmers, and agencies on food and farming
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-02-25 National Farmers Union Atttended annual conference and visited stalls and attended the Political session at the conference (no participation)
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-03-17 National Farmers Union (NFU) Discussion on NFU's direction and stakeholder management
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-03-21 Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Introductory meeting with Chief Executive Officer on CISL's pioneering work in nature finance and external stakeholder influencing
Tamara Finkelstein 2025-03-27 Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Briefing on CISL Chief Executives Officer's Lindsay Hooper attedance to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Group Leaders Summit as a guest speaker