Policy paper

Agri-tech Leadership Council: membership

Published 27 March 2015

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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)