Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee advises and reports to the Board of Trustees, filtering and fine-tuning issues identified by the Scientific Committee, or raising by itself. It comprises up to 10 representatives, who are appointed by the Nominations Committee. Representatives may serve for a maximum tenure of two, three-year terms (plus one additional year, if requested by the British Nutrition Foundation). Six representatives must not have a personal financial interest in the commercial food industry. The committee meets at least twice per year.

• Professor J Cade BSc PhD FAfN Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Leeds (Chair)
• Ms K Platts MSc., ANutr., MRSPH Head of Research & Innovation, Westfield Heath (Deputy Chair)
• Ms J Batchelar OBE BSc PGCE Director of Food Matter International
• Professor JE Blundell BSc PhD FBPsS Chair of Psychobiology, University of Leeds
• Professor G Frost BSc PhD RD Chair in Nutrition and Dietetics, Imperial College London
• Dr S Gatenby BSc PhD Senior Director, Nutrition Europe, PepsiCo UK Ltd
• Mrs G Henderson BEd Education consultant
• Professor K Whelan BSc MSc MA PhD RD Professor of Dietetics and Head of Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London
• Professor MJ Wiseman MB BS FRCP FRCPath FAfN Visiting Professor in Human Nutrition, University of Southampton
• Ms C Hughes Director of Product & Innovation, Sainsburys
• Ms M Davies Director of Dietetics and Wellbeing, Aramark