New AHDB pork sector council appointment ratified by levy payers

Levy payers have ratified 10 new appointments across AHDB’s four Sector Councils, including a new Pork Sector Council member. 

Levy payers were able to vote in each of the sectors for which they pay a levy between Monday, 21 October and Friday, 1 November, and, for pork, this confirmed the appointment of James Brisby, Cranswick’s chief commercial officer, to the Pork Sector Council.

Mr Brisby, who has been with the company for nearly 30 years, replaces Chris Aldersley, Cranswick’s chief operating officer, whose second term of office is coming to an end in October. AHDB stressed, however, that they ‘do not technically recruit seeking like-for-like replacements’.

Sector Council members are primarily levy payers from each sector. The nine appointments followed what AHDB described as ‘an open and competitive selection process’, with the roles having been advertised on its website, external job boards and the farming press.

Each Sector Council member will serve for a term of three years, with a maximum of two terms, and will receive £256.25 per day for up to two days a month.

In total, four new members were ratified for both the Beef and Lamb and Dairy councils and one each for Pork and Cereals and Oilseeds.

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