These details are correct as of 30 March 2008. For a current list see "Membership" section of this website.

Membership of the ARF 2006/8

Chairman
Colin Harvey - Chairman, HDC
(April 2006 - present)

Deputy Chairman
John Cross - Chairman, EBLEX
(April 2006 - present)

Lead Technical Director
Brian Lindsay - Head of Farm Management Programme,
MDC (April 2007 - present)

Deputy Lead
Dr Mike Storey - R&D Director, BPC
(April 2007 - present)

Core members
Dr John King - Programme Manager, BBRO
Dr Ruth Finlay - Technical Manager, HDC
Prof. Graham Jellis - Director of R&D, HGCA
Mark Wilson - Director of Pig Development, MLC
Dr Anthony Biddle - Technical Director, PGRO

Representatives of other bodies who attended in 2006/8
BBSRC - Brian Harris
DARDNI - Dr Mike Camlin
Defra - Dr Sue Popple
FSA - Alisdair Wotherspoon
NFU - Dr Helen Ferrier
NFUS - Scott Walker
SG - Dr Nick Ambrose
WAG - Chris Lea

Mission statement
Our mission is to bring together research funders in agriculture and food to identify strategic needs, and to collaborate in addressing these by appropriate research and knowledge/technology transfer activities and by influencing government prioritisation and investment in these areas.