Levy payers are being asked to vote to ratify 10 new appointments across AHDB’s four Sector Councils, including a new Pork Sector Council member.
James Brisby, Cranswick’s chief commercial officer, who has been with the company for nearly 30 years, has been provisionally appointed to the Pork Sector Council.
If his appointment is confirmed, Mr Brisby will replace 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’.
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.
Sector Council members are primarily levy payers from each sector. Their selection is based around the skills they have and the ability to provide balance across the different levy-paying supply chain elements in each sector.
Those that are selected are then confirmed through this levy payer ratification vote. Voting is open between Monday, October 21 and Friday, November 1, with levy payers able to vote in each of the sectors that they pay a levy for.
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 there are four new members to be ratified for both the Beef and Lamb and Dairy councils and one each for Pork and Cereals and Oilseeds.
The voting process is being independently managed by a specialist election company – UK Engage. The results will be confirmed and communicated to levy payers in early November.