Tim Bennett
Wednesday 30 April 2008
Board Member, Food Standards Agency
Tim Bennett and his wife Susan own a farm near Carmarthen in South West Wales.
The farm has at various times had a pedigree dairy herd, an egg-producing enterprise selling to local consumers, and a beef breeding enterprise producing Aberdeen Angus animals. The farm is now in organic conversion with a small number of beef cattle.
Tim was Deputy President and then President of the National Farmers Union of England and Wales between 1998 and 2006. He was also a governor of the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research between 2000 and 2006.
Tim sits on the board of the Meat Hygiene Service as well as the FSA Audit and Risk committees. He is also a member of the Council of Food from Britain, including the remuneration committee; a member of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales, and Chairman of DairyCo, the Milk Sector Company on the new Agricultural & Horticultural Development Board, which administers statutory levies in the agricultural industry.
Tim has experience of most sectors of primary agriculture and of local retail sales, as well as a wide knowledge of the food supply chain.
He is also a trustee of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, a charity that provides practical on-farm nature conservation advice.
Personal interests
Consultancies and/or direct employment
Owns a farm near Carmarthen in South West Wales
Board member of the National Livestock Management Database Limited
Fee-paid work
None
Shareholdings
Shareholder in Community Foods Group Ltd, a natural foods distributor
Clubs and other organisations
Member of the National Farmers Union
Member and Committee Member of the Farmers Club, London
Other personal interests
None
Non-personal interests
Fellowships
Associate of the Royal Agricultural Societies
Fellow of the Institute of Grocery Distribution (this is an honorary position with no active involvement)
Indirect support
None
Trusteeships
Trustee of FWAG (Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group), a nature conservation charity
Land and property
None
Other public appointments
Member of the Meat Hygiene Service board, and its audit committee
Chairman of DairyCo (the milk sector statutory levy body – part of the Agricultural & Horticultural Development Board)
Member of the Agricultural Land Tribunal Wales
Member of the Council of Food from Britain, and its remuneration committee
Other non-personal interests
None