team: Commission
Bob Doherty – Academic Advisor
October 25, 2023
Bob is one of the Directors of FixOurFood, Professor of Marketing and Dean of the School for Business and Society at the University of York. Bob specialises in research on hybrid organisations and the management aspects of fair trade organisations and social enterprises. He is currently a trustee on the board of the Fairtrade Foundation and […]
Jan Thornton MBE – Vice Chair
October 24, 2023
Jan has been a community activist in the West Yorkshire village where she lives for over thirty years. She has been involved in the Voluntary Sector since first becoming a trustee of the rural community council for Yorkshire in its various iterations (now Community First Yorkshire) since 2005, of which she is currently Vice Chair. […]
David A Kerfoot CBE DL – Chair
October 24, 2023
David founded The Kerfoot Group jointly with his wife Elizabeth in 1980 using £300 capital which grew to sales of over £80 million on a global basis exporting to over 50 countries. The company process, pack and distribute vegetable oils on three sites in the Port of Goole with a subsidiary in Poland and a […]