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Retired Senior Policy Advisor at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Location: London, England, United Kingdom 9 work roles 3 schools
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Retired Senior Policy Advisor at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Jonathan Back previously worked as Senior Policy Advisor - Farming and Primary Processing at Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs and Senior Policy Advisor - Food Supply and Industrial Strategy at Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs. Jonathan Back holds Ph.D, Food Microbiology from University Of Reading.

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Able to join the dots, bringing people together to ensure an objective, evidence-based and pragmatic approach that drives results. A collaborative and flexible leader, quick to get up to speed with new roles and new teams. Wide range of subject knowledge, covering food safety, food quality, nutrition, enforcement, food supply and food security.

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Senior Policy Advisor - Farming And Primary Processing

Leading Defra’s horticulture and fertiliser policy teams. Working with industry to understand supply, demand and resilience issues in order to review and update current legislation and government support for these sectors.

Feb 2023 - Jul 2024

Senior Policy Advisor - Food Supply And Industrial Strategy

A wide ranging role which flexed to address evolving government priorities and issues arising from EU Exit and Covid. Key responsibilities included managing a high-level government/industry forum; building strong working relationships with the retail, wholesale, and manufacturing sectors; developing a new approach to public procurement of food; and.

Dec 2018 - Feb 2023

Senior Policy Advisor - Workforce And Skills

London, United Kingdom

Working with industry, cross-Defra and cross-Whitehall - particularly with DfE - to understand the landscape for apprenticeships, education and careers advice. Utilising this knowledge to develop Defra’s workforce and skills capability and support the agri-food chain on workforce and skills issues.

May 2017 - Dec 2018

Senior Policy Advisor - Strategy, Business Planning And Performance

London, United Kingdom

Part of a central team responsible for driving forward and supporting implementation of Ministerial priorities. Key activities included monitoring of Defra’s manifesto commitments for the Cabinet Office; organising the Secretary of State’s Monthly Floods Resilience and Protection meetings; coordinating Ministerial briefing packs for select committee.

May 2014 - May 2017

Senior Policy Advisor - Strategy And Planning

London, United Kingdom

Responsibility for developing and implementing systems to ensure that the FSA’s resources were deployed on the most important activities to ensure maximum public health benefit whilst meeting current and future Comprehensive Spending Review targets.

Jul 2013 - May 2014

Senior Policy Advisor - Official Feed And Food Controls

London, United Kingdom

Managing the revision of the framework European legislation on official controls (Regulation 882/2004). Taking a central co-ordination function on official controls policy for the UK, with a more focussed role on the sustainability and consistency of controls for which the FSA has responsibility.

Jul 2011 - Jul 2013

Senior Policy Advisor - Catering Engagement

Developing and implementing a comprehensive nutrition strategy with the catering industry. Including a national calorie labelling at point of sale policy in the UK; working with the major companies to obtain, and publish, formal commitments on nutrition related activities; implementing a strategy to improve the nutritional quality of food provided by.

Jan 2009 - Jul 2011

Senior Policy Advisor (Seconded From Uk Government)

European Commission - Dg Sanco

Lead Commission official for the revision of the legislation on nutrition labelling. Developing and implementing a monitoring process to assess the commitments made by members of the EU Diet, Physical Activity and Health Platform. Embedding better regulation in DG SANCO.

Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

Senior Policy Advisor - Labelling And Nutrition

Responsibility for various labelling and compositional legislation. Lead on EU legislation on nutrition labelling, general food labelling, health claims, the addition of vitamins and minerals to food, food supplements, infant and follow-on formula, and medical foods. Development of voluntary initiates with the industry on front of pack calorie labelling.

May 2003 - Jan 2005
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Jonathan Back is listed as Retired Senior Policy Advisor at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Jonathan Back is based in London, England, United Kingdom.

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Jonathan Back has worked for Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs, Food Standards Agency, and European Commission - Dg Sanco.

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Jonathan Back holds Ph.D, Food Microbiology from University Of Reading.

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