Nick Allen leaves role at AHDB
The British Meat Processors’ Association (BMPA) has appointed former Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) market development director Nick Allen as its chief executive.
He will start his new role in mid-February. He has spent 19 years in the red meat sector, joining ADHB’s predecessor the Meat and Livestock Commission in 1998.
Allen said: “I am really looking forward to the new challenge. For the first time in 40 years, the UK is now writing its own UK food strategy and it is important the meat industry and BMPA both play their part in shaping and developing that strategy.”
Peter Mitchell, BMPA president, said Allen would bring a wealth of experience to the organisation and would be joining at an exciting and challenging time for the meat sector.