Jeff Halliwell
Biography
Jeff’s executive experience is in chief executive officer roles with consumer-facing businesses such as Fox’s Biscuits/Northern Foods, First Milk and Bernard Matthews.
His background is in international marketing and commercial roles with blue-chip businesses, such as Mars and Colgate. He has also run private equity-backed tech businesses, in Europe and Latin America.
Jeff now has a varied chair and non-executive portfolio across private, public and third sector organisations, particularly supporting organisations with a social purpose.
Among other previous roles, he has been chair of Cafedirect plc, the transport watchdog Transport Focus, Airport Coordination Ltd, and a non-executive director of Working Links Ltd and Nature’s Menu pet food.
He has served as a trustee of Shaw Trust and Homestart Leicester, as a non-executive director in a number of NHS organisations and as a university governor.
In addition to his role at the Mining Remediation Authority, Jeff is chair of bpha, a large housing association in the Midlands, and vice-chair of Seafish, an arm’s-length body of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).
Chair
The chair is responsible for leading the board as they challenge and develop the Mining Remediation Authority’s strategy.