Peter Hardwick

Peter Hardwick is trade policy adviser at the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).

He has worked in the international meat sector and wider food industry for 40 years, in meat production and processing, international trading and exports as well as in policy and support roles. He worked in the industry in UK, South Africa, Brazil and Spain before joining the Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) in 1994 where, for 15 years, he was based in Brussels, running the EU office of that organisation.

This role involved representing the MLC and maintaining its relationship with the European Commission and other international delegations and organisations based in Brussels, and providing intelligence and analysis to MLC levy payers, covering all aspects of trade and agriculture policy.

From 1999 this role was extended to also managing the MLC’s meat export work. The MLC was integrated into the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) on its creation in 2008, and he returned to UK in 2010 and to manage the international trade development work of the Beef, Lamb and Pork Sectors.

From 2016 Peter went on to manage the wider AHDB international trade development and marketing work for the meat, dairy and crops sectors as well as the AHDB EU team based in Brussels.

He left the AHDB in 2018 and joined BMPA in 2019.