management development services limited
Christine has chaired MDS since May 2016 after a successful career in marketing
and general management for companies such as Mars, Vodafone and the Co-operative
Group, where she ran their farming business for twelve years. She was awarded a
CBE for services to agriculture in 2004. Christine was the first Groceries Code
Adjudicator, a role she held for seven years, and is currently Chair of Assured
Food Standards (AFS), which operates the Red Tractor Assurance scheme. She
chairs the BBC Rural Affairs Committee and founded the Women in Food and Farming
network. Christine holds an honorary doctorate from Cranfield University, where
she is also a visiting professor.
