Agricultural board appoints new ceo
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) appointed Jane King as its new ceo.
She will take on the role left vacant by Tom Taylor on February 1 2015. Mick Sloyan, a senior director at AHDB, will remain as acting chief executive at AHDB until King takes up her post.
King is a former editor and editorial director of Farmers Weekly magazine and senior executive at data firm Reed Business Information (RBI).
AHDB chairman, Sir Peter Kendall, said she had “enormous knowledge, enthusiasm and passion” for the food industry.