The Food Standards Agency has turned to the food industry for three of its four new Board members
David Brooks is a non-executive director with The Billington Group and an advisor to the food and beverage team at Grant Thornton UK LLP. He was CEO of Finsbury Food Group plc from 2002 to 2008.
Stewart Houston is a partner in the family pig business, a former Chair of the British Pig Executive and sits on Defra’s Animal Health and Welfare Board.
Paul Williams was Research Director and then, for five years until 2015, Chief Executive of the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish), the UK seafood industry levy body. He is also a board member of the Gangmaster’s Licensing Authority.
The fourth new recruit is Rosie Glazebrook, who chairs a research ethics committee, is a non-executive board member of Public Health England and a board member of the Human Tissue Authority.
The FSA’s Board is chaired by Tim Bennett and has between eight and twelve members, responsible for the overall strategic direction of the FSA.
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Published Friday 18 March 2016
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