Our people
Executive team
Our executive team set the strategic direction for the Global Food and Environment Institute (GFEI):
- Professor Steve Banwart, Director, Global Food and Environment Institute
- Professor Stefan Kepinski, Associate Director for Agriculture and Environment
- Professor Caroline Orfila, Associate Director for Urban Food Consumption and Health
- Professor Fiona Smith, Associate Director for AgriFood Supply Chains
- Dr Stephen Whitfield, Associate Director for Food in the Global South
- Professor Lisa Collins, Director for Commercial Research
- Professor Louise Dye, N8 AgriFood academic lead
Support team
The GFEI support team manage the Institute’s operations:
- Dr Sarah Dennis, Institute Manager
- Victoria Samir, Institute Support and Communications Officer
- Penny Andrews, Administrator and PA to Professor Steve Banwart
- Dr Sian Evans, Research and Innovation Development Manager
External Advisory Board
- Sue Davies, Head of Consumer Protection and Food Policy, Which?
- Richard Heathcote, Independent Food Industry Consultant, R&J Sustainability Consulting Ltd
- Emma Hennessey, Deputy Head of US, Canada and Caribbean Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- James Hopwood, UK Agriculture Manager, Nomad Foods / Birds Eye UK
- Jemma Hynes, CEO & Technical Director, FoodSync
- Sithembile (Thembi) Mwamakamba, Programmes Manager, the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) climate smart agriculture policy research and advocacy projects
Contact us
For more information about the GFEI, please contact us on:
- Phone: +44 (0)113 343 7996
- Email: globalfood@leeds.ac.uk