High Level Stakeholder Group
The High Level Stakeholder Group for the project includes senior individuals from relevant national and international organisations to advise on its strategic direction, and the actions that should result from the work.
Jim Fitzpatrick MP - Chair
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mike Foster MP - Chair
Department for International Development
Prof. John Beddington - Sponsor
Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Dr Pedro Arcuri
EMBRAPA
Dr Tariq Banuri
Division for Sustainable Development, UN
Dr John Barrett
DfID
Mr John Bensted-Smith
EU
Mr Sam Bickersteth
Oxfam
Prof. Joachim von Braun
IFPRI
Mr Eckhard Deutscher
OECD (represented by Mr Richard Carey)
Dr Nina Fedoroff
US State Department
Mr Iain Ferguson CBE
Tate & Lyle PLC
Ms Anne Guttridge
Cargill
Mr Brian Harding
Defra
Mr Patrick Holden
Soil Association
Mr Michael Jacobs
No. 10
Prof. Doug Kell
RCUK
Mr Peter Kendall
NFU
Mr Laurie Lee
Gates Foundation
Dr Will Martin
World Bank
Dr Jeff McNeely
IUCN
Prof. Richard Mkandawire
NEPAD
Mr Alexander Mueller
FAO
Dr Namanga Ngongi
AGRA
Ms Nancy Roman
World Food Programme
Prof. Andrew Rosenberg
University of New Hampshire
Dr Harsha Vardhana Singh
WTO
Mr Achim Steiner
UNEP
Mr Ajay Vashee
IFAP
Mr Jan Kees Vis
Unilever
Mr Ross Warburton
Food and Drink Federation