CCRI Board of Directors
Professor Colin Dennis, CBE, DL, BSc, PhD, CSci, FIFST, FIFT, FRSA, FIAFoST
Professor Colin Dennis has over 40 years experience in food research, 30 years of senior management experience and 21 years as Director-General of an industry focused research and technology organisation providing multidisciplinary scientific and technical support to large, medium and small companies as well as government clients. He is currently a Governor of the Royal Agricultural College, Chairman of the English Food and Drink Alliance, President of the Institute of Food Science and Technology and serves on several company advisory boards. Colin was appointed CBE for services to the agri-food industry in the New Year Honours List 2009.
Jim Durrant
Jim Durrant is Chief Operating Officer of the University of Gloucestershire. He has 29 years experience in higher education in a wide variety of roles firstly as a senior academic in the built environment, ten years in the development of third stream funded activity through the Higher Education Innovation Fund, European Framework Programmes and European Structural Funding. For the last 5 years he has undertaken senior management roles in corporate services, governance and resources.
Professor Chris Gaskell
Professor Chris Gaskell is Principal of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He is Chairman of the Chief Scientific Adviser's (CSA) Science Advisory Council for the Government Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council’s Sustainable Agriculture Strategy Panel. He is also a member of the Science Advisory Council for Wales, Defra's Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Owner's Advisory Board, the Board of the Animal Health Trust (AHT), the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) Board; the BBC's Rural Affairs Advisory Committee, and the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) for BBC’s Countryfile.
Richard Wakeford
Richard Wakeford is Chair of the Rural Working Party at the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and a consultant specialising in strategic land and rural development issues, nationally and internationally. He had more than 30 years experience working with national governments in the UK, including seven years leading the Countryside Agency in England as its Chief Executive, and six years as Director-General in the Scottish Government responsible for environment and rural policy and delivery.
Malcolm Wharton
Malcolm Wharton is Principal at Hartpury College, a position he has held since 1990. During his time at Hartpury, student numbers have risen from 68 in 1991 to 3,300 full-time and 4,500 part-time in 2010. At the Ofsted inspection in November 2009, Hartpury College was graded an ‘Outstanding College’. He was instrumental in establishing the Hartpury Sports Academy, which includes Equine, Football, Golf, Netball, Modern Pentathlon and Rugby.
Judy Ling Wong CBE. FRSA. HonFCIWEM. HonPhD
Judy Ling Wong is the UK Director of Black Environment Network (BEN), with an international reputation as the pioneer in the field of ethnic participation in the built and natural environment. BEN works across diverse sectors in the context of sustainable development, integrating social, cultural and environmental concerns. Judy is a major voice on policy towards social inclusion. She was awarded an OBE as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2000 in recognition of her pioneering work in establishing ethnic environmental participation, and also received a CBE in the 2007 for services to heritage.
