Find out about the people involved in work at the Global Food and Environment Institute (GFEI).
Executive team
Our executive team set the strategic direction for the GFEI:
- Professor Steve Banwart, Director, Global Food and Environment Institute
- Professor Stefan Kepinski, Associate Director for Agriculture and Environment
- Dr Effie Papargyropoulou, Associate Director for Urban Food Systems
- Dr Sara González, Associate Director for Urban Food Systems
- Professor Fiona Smith, Associate Director for AgriFood Supply Chains
- Professor Stephen Whitfield, Associate Director for Global Partnerships
- Professor Lisa Collins, Director for Commercial Research
- Professor Louise Dye, Diet and Health academic lead
Support team
The GFEI support team manage the Institute’s operations:
- Dr Sarah Dennis, Institute Manager
- Victoria Samir, Communications Officer
- Penny Andrews, Administrator and PA to Professor Steve Banwart
- Dr Siân Evans, Research and Innovation Development Manager
- Dr Gesa Reiss, Smart Agri-Systems Senior Innovation Fellow
- Suzannah Turner, Research and Innovation Development Manager – National Pig Centre
External Advisory Board
- Sue Davies, Strategic Policy Advisor, Which?
- Emma Hennessey, Deputy Head of US, Canada and Caribbean Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- James Hopwood, UK and Italy Agriculture Manager, Nomad Foods (Birds Eye & Findus)
- Jemma Hynes, CEO & Technical Director, FoodSync
- Sithembile "Thembi" Mwamakamba, Director of Policy Research and Analysis, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
Contact us
For more information about the GFEI, please contact us on:
- Email: globalfood@leeds.ac.uk