High Level Stakeholder Group
The High Level Stakeholder Group for the project included senior individuals from relevant national and international organisations to advise on its strategic direction, and the actions that should result from the work.
Jim Paice MP - Chair
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Stephen O'Brien MP - Chair
Department for International Development (DFID)
Prof. Sir John Beddington - Sponsor
Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Dr Pedro Arcuri
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)
Dr Tariq Banuri
Division for Sustainable Development, United Nations
Dr John Barrett
Department for International Development (DFID)
Dr Tassos Haniotis
European Union
Mr Phil Bloomer
Oxfam
Prof. Joachim von Braun
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Eckhard Deutscher
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Mr Jon Lomoy
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (represented by Mr Richard Carey)
Mr Iain Ferguson CBE
Tate & Lyle PLC
Ms Anne Guttridge
Cargill
Mr Brian Harding
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Mr Patrick Holden
Soil Association
Prof. Doug Kell
Research Councils UK (RCUK)
Mr Peter Kendall
NFU
Mr Laurie Lee
Gates Foundation
Helena Leurent
World Economic Forum
Dr Will Martin
World Bank
Dr Jeff McNeely
IUCN
James O’Shaughnessy
Prime Minister’s Office, HM Government
Prof. Martin Bwalya
NEPAD
Mr Alexander Mueller
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Dr Namanga Ngongi
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Ms Nancy Roman
World Food Programme (WFP)
Prof. Andrew Rosenberg
University of New Hampshire
Dr Harsha Vardhana Singh
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Mr Achim Steiner
United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)
Mr Ajay Vashee
International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)
Mr Jan Kees Vis
Unilever
Mr Ross Warburton
Food and Drink Federation
Prof. Robert Watson
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Prof. Tim Wheeler
Department for International Development
Previous Members over the two years of the project include:
John Bensted-Smith
European Union
Sam Bickersteth
Formerly from Oxfam
Nina Fedoroff
Formerly US Department of State
Michael Jacobs
Formerly Prime Minister’s Office, HM Government
