The board of Soil Association Certification Ltd (SACL) has appointed a former Foods Standards Agency (FSA) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) employee as its new chief executive.
Steve McGrath has worked in regulation and inspection services. He has a wide and varied experience as a ceo, md and senior manager, in the private and public sectors, including British Gas, Group 4, HMRC and the Food Standards Agency (FSA), as well as in smaller start up service companies. He will start his new role 6 September.
Most recently he was ceo of the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS), where he spent four years on a major change programme to develop the organisation and integrate it into the FSA. This latter role has given him an understanding of the agricultural and food sectors, and an appetite for working to support sustainability and the organic sector.
SACL board chair Anna Bradley said: “Steve brings an extraordinary breadth of relevant skills to the role. He has in-depth experience of leading and improving customer service for a wide range of companies, as well as leading and shaping business planning and process improvement across several different organisations.”
