Gary Ford has started in his new role as chief executive of the British Egg Industry Council. He started a three and a half month handover period with Mark Williams on 14 August.
Williams is retiring from the chief executive role on 6 December and has been elected BEIC chairman, taking over from Andrew Joret on the same date.
Ford is the former chief poultry advisor to the NFU and is well known throughout the poultry industry.