Memorandum submitted by Carl Atkin (RAS
09)
1. I would welcome the chance to give evidence
to the EFRA Committee at the Royal Show. I attach my biographical
note below.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
2. Carl is Director of Research for the
Land and Business Division at Bidwells and also Heads the Strategic
Farm Business Consultancy team within the Bidwells Agribusiness
Team. He comes from a Lincolnshire Farming family and joined Bidwells
six years ago on graduating from Newcastle University with a first
class Honours degree in Agriculture and Farm Business Management.
3. He has overall responsibility for Research
for the Bidwells Rural Division, analysing and interpreting the
implications of EU and UK agricultural, environmental, food and
rural policy on the food and farming industries. He is a member
of the Editorial Committee of the Academic Publication Journal
of Farm Management.
4. Business consultancy interests extend
across agricultural supply chains and farming and food businesses
and he has particular expertise and interest in rural grants and
funding streams, and working with commercial businesses, public
sector bodies and non-governmental organisations on farming, food
and rural economic policy projects. He is just completing a distance
learning MBA. He Chairs the Agricultural and Rural Policy Committee
of the Institute of Agricultural Management, as well as being
an active member of the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants
(BIAC) and the Agricultural Economics Society.
June 2006
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