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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors for Crop Evaluation represent a broad spectrum across the Industry.

The membership of the Board is reviewed regularly but in June 2008 was composed as follows:

Prof Graham Jellis
(Chairman)

Dr David Cranstoun
(A person able to represent the interests of growers of cereals and oilseeds in Scotland, with knowledge of the needs for varieties for the major crop markets in Scotland)

Mr Anthony Hornshaw
(Grower - Yorkshire)

Dr Susannah Bolton
(HGCA board, Pathologist, Genetics)

Dr Thomas Jolliffe
(BSPB - Breeder)

Mr Stuart Shand
(Person to represent the grain and seed industry, with a good knowledge and experience of the markets for, and trade in, cereals and oilseeds, both in the UK and for export)

Mr Nigel Moore
(BSPB rep)

Mr Alan Ridealgh
(Maltsters, brewers, distillers rep)

Mr Peter Riley
(A person from East Anglia (Cambridge, Essex, Norfolk & Suffolk) with the experience of choosing and growing varieties of cereals and oilseeds, either as a farmer, or as a professional agronomist)

Mr Gary Sharkey
(A person with good knowledge and experience of the technical characteristics of varieties needed to meet the requirements of millers and bakers. Knowledge of the markets for, and trade in, milling varieties, both in the UK and for export would be of value)

Mr Guy Smith
(Grower of cereals and oilseeds from the South or South East (South of The Wash) of England, experienced in growing crops for both quality and feed markets)

Mr Gordon Bennett
(Company Secretary)

Mr Robert Jackson
(BSPB rep, Board observer)

Mr Andrew Ward
(An active grower from Lincoln, growing wheat, barley and oilseeds, good communication skills, broad links to the farming industry outside of his own immediate region.)

Prof Ian Crute
(Good technical knowledge of plant genetics and plant breeding, dealing with the changing science base of plant breeding in the years ahead.)

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