AHDB appoints new pork strategy director
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has appointed Angela Christison as its new strategy director for Pork, taking over from current strategy director Mick Sloyan, who retires in the summer after 40 years in the industry.
Christison will take up her post on 2nd April and will be tasked with supporting the work of the AHDB Pork Sector Board, delivering the strategy and aiding the sector in its post Brexit drive to become ‘fit for the future’.
Angela Christison, AHDB’s new strategy director for Pork.
In her new role, she will work with the teams across AHDB to deliver against agreed plans and ensure levies are used to achieve maximum impact.
AHDB chief strategy officer, Tom Hind, noted: “I am delighted to have Angela as part of the strategy team.
“She will bring a wealth of knowledge from across the livestock sectors as well as extensive experience from international agricultural business development. We look forward to seeing her positive influence over both the pork sector and our wider team.”
Mike Sheldon, Pork board chairman, said: “The pork sector needed someone who thinks strategically on behalf of the industry, with international experience and a track record in managing change.
“Angela has experience in bringing people together to create coherent teams and understands the meat industry up and down the supply chain.
Christison has experience in the, beef and pork livestock sectors, having lived and worked internationally and spent 17 years with Genus PLC.
In 2002 she was appointed as its Global Business Development Director based in Wisconsin USA and was instrumental in the Genus purchase of the Pig Improvement Company in 2005.
Following her career with Genus, Christison set up her own training business and has designed and delivered hundreds of training programmes over the past seven years for both the public and private sector.
Commenting on the retirement of Sloyan, Sheldon added: “I have personally depended on Mick as an inexhaustible fountain of expertise, wisdom and advice, and I know that I am not the only one.
“Mick will be with us until June, but in the meantime I would like to thank him for everything he has done for our industry, for AHDB and for all his many friends.”
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