87 Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7EB
Doors open at 10:30
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Speakers
Katie Pettifer Chief Executive, Food Standards Agency
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Nick Evans Co-Founder Managing Director at Oxbury Bank Plc
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Graham Wilkinson CEO, AHDB
Mark Hayward founder Dingley Dell Pork
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Scroll down for Speaker bios
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Followed by Q&A
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Lunch​
Beef supplied by Direct Meats
Starter by Dingley Dell Pork
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Carriages at 16:00
Katie Pettifer
Chief Executive, Food Standards Agency
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Katie joined the FSA in July 2021 and became the interim Chief Executive in August 2024. She was appointed as permanent Chief Executive in January 2025.
As Chief Executive, she is responsible for the overall management and leadership of the FSA, and for delivering the strategy set by the FSA Board. The FSA’s mission is “food you can trust” – it makes sure that food is safe, and food is what it says it is, and helps to make food healthier and more sustainable. Katie reports to the FSA Board, and is the Accounting Officer for the FSA, which means she is accountable to Parliament for the FSA’s expenditure and performance.
In her previous role as Director for Strategy and Regulatory Compliance, Katie was a member of the FSA’s executive management team and was responsible for the FSA’s overall strategy, legal, communications, governance and project delivery teams. She also led the FSA’s regulatory compliance work, working with local authorities to ensure that food businesses are complying with the law on food safety and standards, and developing new approaches for the future through the FSA’s 'Achieving Business Compliance' Programme.
Before she joined the FSA, Katie was the Public Policy Director at Ofcom, where she played a major role in shaping Ofcom’s work on issues like improving mobile and broadband coverage across the UK and working with the Government on new regulation to protect people from harmful content online. She also sponsored Ofcom’s diversity and inclusion strategy. Before that she spent two decades in Whitehall departments, providing policy advice to ministers on a wide range of social policy issues. She has held Senior Civil Service roles in the Ministry of Justice, the Cabinet Office and the Northern Ireland Office.​​
Nick Evans
Co-Founder, Managing Director at Oxbury Bank Plc
As an entrepreneur, with extensive experience in finance and a passion for agriculture, I founded First4Farming (F4F) – a leading specialist IT integration and solution provider for the agricultural and animal-health supply network across Europe, North America, Asia, and Southern Africa.

Spotting huge opportunities in the industry where farmers’ needs are not being met, I have more recently co-founded the first and only UK bank dedicated to British agriculture. Oxbury Bank is the only bank focused on food and farming, where 90% of its shareholders are stakeholders in the industry.​
Graham Wilkinson
CEO AHDB
Graham will speak about his first year at the helm and his ambition for processor levy payers. He is an experienced agriculturalist with a deep understanding of best-practice production methods – particularly across the dairy, beef, lamb, pork and poultry sectors. He has gained considerable practical knowledge from his time working on his family farm as well as for Tesco PLC, Arla Foods and now AHDB.
Prior to joining AHDB on 1 March 2024, Graham led the Global Agriculture team at Arla Foods, supporting over 8,500 cooperative farmer owners across seven markets and managing the delivery of innovative commercial milk concepts on farm. During his extensive career at Arla, he worked in both UK and global roles, helping to steer and develop a data-driven, on-farm sustainability agenda, both for specific commercial customers and the wider cooperative.
He has also spent time in the retail sector at Tesco PLC, joining the company in 2011 as Agriculture Manager. During this time, Graham was integral to the implementation of Tesco’s Sustainable Farming Groups within its MFPE category before moving across to the dairy category. Working alongside Tesco’s Sustainable Dairy Group members, he helped develop the company’s agriculture policy and strategy for the dairy category while collaborating with the Commercial and Technical Teams. Graham also developed the Tesco Future Farmer Foundation’, which was established to support new entrants and young farmers to launch their careers in agriculture.
In his role as CEO of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Graham is looking forward to promoting and unleashing the full potential of British farmers and growers for the future and is absolute in the view that British agriculture is among the best in the world.
Mark Hayward
Founder Dingley Dell Pork
“From Suffolk to Singapore and beyond”
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Mark, along with his brother, Paul, are the third-generation farmers based on the East Coast of Suffolk.
Their brand, Dingley Dell Pork was established 15 years ago with the philosophy of animal welfare, taste, and sustainability. They produce superb, higher marbled welfare-friendly pork with provenance outdoors from our unique breed the Suffolk Red.
The Dingley Dell range of products includes charcuterie, fresh cuts, cured hams, bacon and sausages for food service and retail both in the UK and abroad.
To learn more about Dingley Dell: Click Here
A selection of Dingley Dell Charcuterie will be served as the starter at the conference lunch.