Raised on a family farm in South Lincolnshire, Peter studied Agribusiness Management at Wye College before returning home to specialise in potato and daffodil production alongside nature. In 2018, attending the Worshipful Company of Farmers’ Advanced Agri-Business Management Course was transformative, leading him to leadership roles, including the NFU Potato Policy Group, the OFC Emerging Leaders Programme, and earning a Nuffield Farming Scholarship. A member of the Worshipful Company of Farmers, Peter also serves on its education committee and captains their shooting team. After completing the IAgrM Leadership Programme last year, Peter joined Natural England as Head of Agriculture. He collaborates with farmer organisations, industry groups, eNGO’s and policymakers to integrate sustainable practices, ensuring resilient and productive agriculture that supports nature recovery.

Charles Godfray is a population biologist with broad interests in science and the interplay of science and policy. He has spent his career at Oxford University and Imperial College London and is currently Professor of Population Biology and Director of the Oxford Martin School at Oxford. His research has involved experimental and theoretical studies in population and community ecology, epidemiology and evolutionary biology. Currently he is working on the control of malaria vectoring mosquitoes using novel genetic interventions, the health, environmental and economic consequences of changing patterns of food consumption and UK land use-policy. He is particularly interested in food security and chaired the Lead Expert Group of the UK Government Office of Science’s Foresight project on the Future of Food and Farming and until recently chaired Defra’s Science Advisory Council. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001 and knighted in 2017.

A chartered accountant with over 20 years experience in food and agriculture, including in several roles within the Associated British Foods family. Diana has spent the last 12 years with Frontier Agriculture, promoted to Group Finance Director in July 2017, before becoming the Deputy Managing Director in April 2024 and moving into the Group Managing Director role with effect from January 2025. Diana has most recently had responsibility for Frontier’s Technology, HR, Mergers and Acquisitions and Future Group Strategy. Frontier Agriculture is the UK's leading crop production and grain marketing business, recognised for its close customer relationships with farmers and grain consumers and its successful management of the arable supply chain. Frontier's mission is to be the first choice partner for crop production and crop marketing for UK farmers, and the first choice employer in UK agriculture. The business' values of Integrity, Customer Focus and Expertise are the foundation of its sustainability strategy - The Responsible Choice. The Group was formed in 2005 as a joint venture between Associated British Foods and Cargill plc and now turns over around £2.0 billion per annum. Frontier has 46 sites across the UK and employs 1,100 colleagues. Diana is passionate about raising awareness of the mental health challenges experienced in the farming community and became a Trustee of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) in September 2022, and in the role of Honorary Treasurer for RABI since May 2023. Diana is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. She graduated from Bristol University with a mathematics degree.