Gavin Milligan

Gavin Milligan holds a PhD from the University of London and worked in the chemical industry before moving to the food sector. He has worked for a number of businesses from SMEs to blue chip corporates in supply chain, operations and commercial roles and is currently ESG Director for the William Jackson Food Group where he oversees the company’s social and environmental programmes. He is a member director of Sedex, chairs the Management Committee of FoodWasteNet and the Agri-food Member Interest Group at Campden BRI and is a member of the Food Knowledge Transfer Network, which he represents on the European Food Technology Platform. He sits on the Industrial Advisory Boards at Sheffield Hallam University’s centre for excellence in food engineering and Lincoln University’s MSc programme in agri-food technology and on the Commercial Advisory Board of the Industrial Biotechnology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow. He also runs his own business, Green Knight Sustainability Consulting, specialising in developing social and environmental strategies for agri-food and allied businesses.