Tom Hind Email & Phone Number

Kenilworth

Cheshunt, Herts

Appointed as the first Agriculture Director in Tesco my primary responsibilities were to shape the agriculture strategy for the business, provide expertise to colleagues including Executive committee members and business leaders and represent Tesco externally.I was accountable for:- Improving the reputation of the Tesco brand- Agricultural policies and.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for delivering more effective lobbying in a major trade association through the formation of a new function that brought together two teams in separate locations:
• Shaped NFU strategy with regard to food supply chain relationships, seeking to build closer, direct relationships between retailers and producers
• Built a network of influential contacts and relationships across the grocery supply chain
• Managed parliamentary lobbying efforts that secured the adoption of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill.
• A member of Senior Management Board responsible for developing people plans and policies, financial management and business operations. Supported the introduction of new reward and recognition policies to bring a more.

• Responsible for leading a team of economists providing expert analysis and insight to support policy making. Overall lead for international policy including Common Agricultural Policy reform and international trade.Key.
• Built up the economics team and developed the capability of colleagues to provide expert policy and economic analysis to farmers
• Developed understanding and thought leadership on food security in order to design policies that enhanced the performance of UK agriculture
• Set-out the NFU’s vision for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and led lobbying activities in the UK and Brussels ahead of the 2012 reform process
• Led the development of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment persuading government to support voluntary environmental management over compulsory set-aside of farmland.

Brussels Area, Belgium

In this role I took temporary control of a business unit of the UK farming unions based in Brussels that provides insight into EU regulatory and policy developments and influences the shape of legislation through effective lobbying of EU institutions.During my 6-month posting I provided relief for the permanent Director, managing people and departmental.

London, United Kingdom

Overall responsibility for understanding and representing the needs of the NFU's dairy farming members and leading the development of policy in the dairy sector. I supported the work of the NFU's dairy board chairman and national dairy board.Main achievements:- Prepared the NFU's Vision for the dairy industry, a major piece of thought leadership on the.

Ba, Politics, French, 2:1

BA Joint Hons, Politics & French

Gce A-Levels, French Language And Literature, English, Politics, General Studies

Gcse

7 GCSEs awarded grade A-C including maths (A) and English (A)