Tom Taylor is to leave his role as CEO of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
Taylor will be leaving at the end of November after more than four years in post.
A search for his successor has begun, and in the short interim period between Taylor leaving and his successor beginning, AHDB deputy CEO Mick Sloyan will cover his duties.
Taylor said: “We have resolved a lot of challenges that we faced in 2010. We have reduced our overhead costs significantly and spent more money on direct levy payer services than ever before. The losses we were incurring have been eradicated and small surpluses are now being made, which are being invested in improved levy-payer services.
'We are set to move into our new accommodation shortly so that our staff will be operating out of a single building at Stoneleigh for the first time since we were formed. We are now well represented on several influential government committees, where we can support our levy-payers, and we have over 30 cross-sector research projects up and running. It is time for me to move on to new challenges.”
Peter Kendall, AHDB chair, said: “Tom’s leadership has been invaluable in bringing the organisation to this point and he will leave it in a good state for his successor to take it through the next phase of development to improve even further the benefits to levy payers across all sectors from working as one organisation.”
The AHDB is a UK levy board, classified as a non-departmental public body. It is managed as an independent organisation and is funded by farmers, growers and others in the supply chain through statutory levies. Its purpose is 'to make the agriculture and horticulture industries more competitive and sustainable'.
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