Inquiry Process
The initial phase of public engagement by the Inquiry Team gathered written evidence from interested organisations and individuals that were analysed and used to identify key issues for inclusion in the Inquiry's Interim Report which was published in Jan 2010.
After publication of the Interim Report there was a further opportunity for interested parties to present their views on the report and the key issues it identified. This took the form of a public consultation and individual and public meetings.
Inquiry Team
Chair
Brian Pack OBE - Inquiry Chair - Former Chief Executive of ANM Group Ltd, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, a member of the Aberdeen University Court and the Operating Board, Managing Director of Farmdata Ltd, an agricultural software house and director of Financial Control Services Ltd, (a farmers' co-op which offers a budgeting and financial control service to farmers). Brian is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society and an Honorary Member of the Institute of Auctioneers. He was awarded an OBE for services to agriculture, food and marketing in 1999.
Wilma Finlay MBE - Managing Director of Cream O'Galloway, a farm diversification business employing 19 full time staff and 35 seasonal staff. The farming business managed by Wilma's husband is an 830 acre tenanted dairy and livestock organic farm.
Professor John Grace - Professor of Environmental Biology at the School of Geosciences in the University of Edinburgh.
Johnny Mackey - Relatively new entrant to farming, building up a cattle and sheep business. Breed Secretary for Luing Cattle Society Ltd.
David MacLeod - Manages the family farm in Skye, an Independent Rural Consultant and member of the Board of the Crofters Commission.
Steve McLean - Agriculture Manager for Marks and Spencer plc, responsible for M&S livestock supply chains and for interaction between the retailer and its Farmer producers.