Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
United Kingdom · public body
About this body
Current board (20)
| The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2026 - present |
| Professor Anjali Goswami | Director General for Science, Data and Analysis | 2025 - present |
| Professor Anjali Goswami | Defra Chief Scientific Adviser | 2025 - present |
| Professor Christine Middlemiss CB | UK Chief Veterinary Officer | 2018 - present |
| Dan Corry | Non-executive board member | 2025 - present |
| David Hill | Director General for Strategy and Water | 2025 - present |
| Emily Miles | Director General Food, Farming and Biosecurity | 2024 - present |
| Emma Bourne OBE | Director General for EU Reset and Trade | 2026 - present |
| Emma Hardy MP | Minister of State | 2026 - present |
| Baroness Hayman of Ullock | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | 2026 - present |
| Heather Hancock | Lead non-executive board member | 2023 - present |
| Iain King | Chief Financial Officer, Interim Director General Delivery and Group Chief Operating Officer | 2022 - present |
| Indro Mukerjee | Non-executive board member | 2025 - present |
| Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | 2026 - present |
| Nick Folland | Non-executive board member | 2024 - present |
| Paul Kissack | Permanent Secretary | 2025 - present |
| Sachin Jogia | Non-executive Director | 2025 - present |
| Sachin Jogia | Non-executive board member | 2025 - present |
| Sally Randall | Director General for Environment | 2024 - present |
| Stephen Morgan MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | 2026 - present |
Past board (20)
| The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP | Minister of State | 2026 - 2026 |
| The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP | Minister of State (Minister for Security) | 2026 - 2026 |
| The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP | Minister of State (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs) | 2025 - 2026 |
| The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP | Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum) | 2024 - 2025 |
| David Hill | Permanent Secretary | 2025 - 2025 |
| David Hill | Director General for Strategy and Water | 2024 - 2025 |
| David Hill | Director General for Environment | 2019 - 2024 |
| David Hill | Director, Strategy, Communications and Private Office | 2013 - 2015 |
| Emily Miles | Director General for Europe, international and constitution group | 2019 - 2019 |
| Emma Hardy MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding) | 2024 - 2026 |
| Baroness Hayman of Ullock | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Biosecurity, Borders and Animals) | 2024 - 2026 |
| Iain King | Interim Chief Operating Officer, Operations and Infrastructure | 2022 - 2022 |
| Indro Mukerjee | Chief Executive Officer, Innovate UK | 2021 - 2022 |
| Nick Folland | Non-Executive Director | 2021 - 2024 |
| Paul Kissack | Director General for Strategy and Water | 2019 - 2020 |
| Paul Kissack | Director General for Europe, international and constitution group | 2019 - 2019 |
| Paul Kissack | Director General, Social Care, Mobility and Equalities | 2014 - 2016 |
| Stephen Morgan MP | Minister of State | 2026 - 2026 |
| Stephen Morgan MP | Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Stephen Morgan MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education) | 2024 - 2025 |
Source
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