State of the Food Industry 2024 report webinar

Fran is the Head of Sustainability at Greencore – one of the largest convenience food manufactures in the UK, making sandwiches, sushi, salads, ready meals and more across sixteen manufacturing sites. She has a background in economics, finance and change management, moving into the Sustainability space within the last four years and has been leading sustainability at Greencore for the last 18 months. Fran is passionate about transformation leadership within the food system and is particularly motivated to lead Greencore through the required food system wide transformation on healthy and sustainable diets.

Julie has led Bidfood’s approach to sustainability for over five years, and is always looking for ways to raise the bar in foodservice sustainability, whether it be in terms of biodiversity protection, climate-friendlier food, ethics, food waste reduction and more. She has always been an advocate of greater disclosure and transparency, believing that this is a way to drive both competition and collaboration, believing that these are flip sides of the same coin in this area.

Anna joined The Food Foundation as its first Executive Director at the beginning of June 2015 after five years at the Department for International Development. At DFID Anna led the policy team on nutrition and supported the delivery of the UK’s global commitments to tackle undernutrition. Before joining DFID Anna worked for a number of international organisations including Save the Children and UNICEF and has been at the forefront of international leadership on nutrition for several years, supporting programmes in a wide range of contexts in Africa and South Asia. Anna has also worked for the UK Department of Health. In 2014 she was awarded an OBE for her work to address the global burden of undernutrition. She did a MSc in Human Nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1994. In May 2017 Anna became a member of the London Food Board to advise the Mayor of London and the GLA on the food matters that affect Londoners. She is a Board member for Veg Power and an advisor to the International Food Policy Research Institute. She served as Chief Independent Adviser to Henry Dimbleby for the development of the National Food Strategy published in 2021.

Rebecca joined the Food Foundation in January 2020, leading on the Peas Please initiative. These days she manages our business and investor engagement team, with oversight of our work engaging food businesses, investors and policy-makers with the need to transition the UK towards a more sustainable and healthy food system. This includes our Peas Please and Plating Up Progress projects.

Rebecca is a Registered Nutritionist (RNutr) with a background in science communication, joining the Food Foundation from the Nutrition Society. In a previous life, Rebecca worked in the marketing and tech sectors before deciding to move into nutrition, obtaining a MSc in Nutrition for Global Health at the London School of Hygiene and Medicine.

Rebecca is a lover of veg (peas really are her favourite vegetable), a staunch advocate for evidence-based nutrition communication, and is passionate about structural changes that make healthy and sustainable diets accessible for all.

Jackie joined the Food Foundation in July 2024 as Business Engagement Manager (Mat cover). She engages with businesses across the UK, working with them on actions they can take to shift the UK towards more healthy and sustainable diets, underpinned by our Plating Up Progress benchmark. Jackie has more than 20 years’ experience in the food industry, having begun her career in marketing roles in large food manufacturing companies. In 2017, she moved into the charity sector, working with business partners at both Diabetes UK and the Fairtrade Foundation. She led the global Fairtrade COP26 campaign and the flagship Fairtrade Fortnight campaign. Jackie is committed to social justice and collaborating with others to address dietary inequalities and climate change challenges.