Daniel Zeichner was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Monday 8 July. He was elected as the MP for Cambridge in July 2024.

Daniel was previously shadow minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2020 to 2024. Prior to this, he was shadow minister for Transport.

Simon was appointed as Chief Executive on 1 June 2020, having joined Sainsbury’s and the Operating Board in July 2017 as Retail & Operations Director, with responsibility for Stores, Central Operations and Logistics. He is a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee. Simon has worked in retail for over 35 years, having started at Marks and Spencer and joined Sainsbury’s from Boots where he was Executive Vice President of Walgreens Boots Alliance and President of Boots UK and Ireland. Simon is President of IGD, a Member of the Government’s Retail Sector Council and an Advisory Board Member of Diversity in Retail.

Simon is leading Sainsbury’s plan to become First choice for food. Under Simon’s stewardship, Sainsbury’s has launched its Plan for Better, which is integrated into our strategy and includes a bold commitment to become net zero across our own operations by 2035. Simon has led significant investments into colleague pay, most recently leading the industry in paying the Living Wage across the whole country. Simon is the Operating Board Sponsor for Inclusion and is a dedicated, determined and enthusiastic champion for our customers and colleagues and for inclusion and diversity across our company.

Appointed in 2023 as Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo Europe, Archana oversees the development and acceleration of PepsiCo’s sustainability strategy (known as PepsiCo Positive) in Europe.

In her previous role as Vice President Climate, Water & Sustainable Ops at PepsiCo Europe and Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo, UK & Ireland, Archana led PepsiCo Europe’s drive to be a Net Zero and a Net Water Positive company, trialling and scaling several industry leading technologies within the value chain. Prior to that, she also led PepsiCo’s packaging sustainability agenda and drove the company’s effort towards reducing, recycling and reinventing beverage and snacks packaging.

Archana brings a strong commercial and strategic background as well as geographically diverse experience to this agenda. She has a strong track record of driving business growth, both at GlaxoSmithKline where she led multiple brands and categories across the globe (Europe, Africa and Asia) and at The Bountiful Company where she led marketing and business development for the international region (all ex-US).

Before she moved to the industry, Archana was an Associate Partner at global consulting firm, McKinsey & Co. across India, Brussels and London, serving clients in the consumer and healthcare verticals. She advised clients on topics ranging from corporate strategy to marketing plans to operational effectiveness.

Archana currently co-chairs the Towards Net Zero coalition at The Consumer Goods Forum, a coalition of 20+ companies aiming to make progress towards decarbonising our industry.

Lorna joined Hilton Foods in September 2017. She has extensive experience in the food industry, working in both retail and food manufacturing. Previously, she spent 15 years at Tesco in senior quality roles. Lorna has worked across many food product areas and has worked closely with the Food Standards Agency and the Global Food Safety Initiative. She was previously the Chair of the Campden BRI Scientific & Technical Committee, a co-opted member of the Campden BRI board and held roles on the International Advisory Board for BRC Global Standards and the British Retail Consortium Food Strategy Group

Daniel Zeichner was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Monday 8 July. He was elected as the MP for Cambridge in July 2024.

Daniel was previously shadow minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2020 to 2024. Prior to this, he was shadow minister for Transport.

Simon was appointed as Chief Executive on 1 June 2020, having joined Sainsbury’s and the Operating Board in July 2017 as Retail & Operations Director, with responsibility for Stores, Central Operations and Logistics. He is a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee. Simon has worked in retail for over 35 years, having started at Marks and Spencer and joined Sainsbury’s from Boots where he was Executive Vice President of Walgreens Boots Alliance and President of Boots UK and Ireland. Simon is President of IGD, a Member of the Government’s Retail Sector Council and an Advisory Board Member of Diversity in Retail.

Simon is leading Sainsbury’s plan to become First choice for food. Under Simon’s stewardship, Sainsbury’s has launched its Plan for Better, which is integrated into our strategy and includes a bold commitment to become net zero across our own operations by 2035. Simon has led significant investments into colleague pay, most recently leading the industry in paying the Living Wage across the whole country. Simon is the Operating Board Sponsor for Inclusion and is a dedicated, determined and enthusiastic champion for our customers and colleagues and for inclusion and diversity across our company.

Appointed in 2023 as Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo Europe, Archana oversees the development and acceleration of PepsiCo’s sustainability strategy (known as PepsiCo Positive) in Europe.

In her previous role as Vice President Climate, Water & Sustainable Ops at PepsiCo Europe and Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo, UK & Ireland, Archana led PepsiCo Europe’s drive to be a Net Zero and a Net Water Positive company, trialling and scaling several industry leading technologies within the value chain. Prior to that, she also led PepsiCo’s packaging sustainability agenda and drove the company’s effort towards reducing, recycling and reinventing beverage and snacks packaging.

Archana brings a strong commercial and strategic background as well as geographically diverse experience to this agenda. She has a strong track record of driving business growth, both at GlaxoSmithKline where she led multiple brands and categories across the globe (Europe, Africa and Asia) and at The Bountiful Company where she led marketing and business development for the international region (all ex-US).

Before she moved to the industry, Archana was an Associate Partner at global consulting firm, McKinsey & Co. across India, Brussels and London, serving clients in the consumer and healthcare verticals. She advised clients on topics ranging from corporate strategy to marketing plans to operational effectiveness.

Archana currently co-chairs the Towards Net Zero coalition at The Consumer Goods Forum, a coalition of 20+ companies aiming to make progress towards decarbonising our industry.

Throughout his academic and professional career, Dominik has been devoted to creating more sustainable farming systems through developing and delivering innovations and concepts that are aligned to the concept of Regenerative Agriculture.

His expertise in strategy and programme development, structure and implementation allowed him to direct multinational programmes with diverse partners. A particular objective was to integrate farmers into regenerative value chains and to deliver innovation to increase their productivity and resource-use efficiency. This included the development of carbon credit schemes to monetize a shift to more sustainable farming, value-chain partnerships to diversify agricultural production into more resilient crops, and methodologies to better quantify the impact of farming across the main pillars of sustainability.

Dominik lectures on Sustainable Agriculture in various Swiss Universities and acts as an advisor to several multilateral organisations to direct their investment towards creating more regenerative and resilient farming systems.

Duncan Williams leads Forum for the Future’s work in Regenerative Agriculture across the UK and Europe. Duncan leads several multi-stakeholder collaborations focused on finding ways to accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture, nature-based solutions and improving soil health. These collaborations also aim to better understand the needs of the industry, pilot and scale new business models, and build supply-chain readiness for the transition to regenerative agriculture.

Duncan has a background in sustainable agriculture, having worked for over a decade as a Veterinarian, technical advisor, and sustainability consultant. He holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable Development from the University of Exeter, a Bachelor’s in Veterinary Medicine from Royal Veterinary College London, and is a Nuffield Scholar.

Forum for the Future is a leading international non-profit organisation whose mission is to accelerate progress towards a just and regenerative future. Forum brings a unique blend of futures skills and insights together with systems change strategic advice to business partnerships and multi-stakeholder collaborations.

Daniel Zeichner was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Monday 8 July. He was elected as the MP for Cambridge in July 2024.

Daniel was previously shadow minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2020 to 2024. Prior to this, he was shadow minister for Transport.