Committees and groups

• Audit Committee
• Remuneration Committee
• R&D Committee
• Beef & Lamb Forum
• Pig Forum
• Pig Forum Marketing Sub-Group
• Scotch Beef Marketing Strategy Group
• Scotch Lamb Marketing Strategy Group
• Scottish Sheep Strategy Group
• Added Value Project Steering Group

Standards Setting Bodies

• Standards coordinating Body
• Cattle & Sheep
• Auction Marts
• Processors
• Feeds
• Haulage
• Pigs

Audit Committee

Henry Graham - Chairman

Alistair Donaldson
Jim Royan

Remuneration Committee

Jim Royan - Chairman

Donald Biggar
Andrew Peddie

Beef & Lamb Forum

Jim Arbuckle - Chairman

Representatives from the following organisations:

Aberdeen & Northern Marts
British Sheep Veterinary Society
Caithness Livestock Breeders
Campbell’s Prime Meat
Farmstock (Scotland) Ltd
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
Institute of Auctioneers & Appraisers in Scotland
Mathers, Inverurie
McIntosh Donald
National Sheep Association
NBA Scotland
NFU Scotland
Orkney Livestock Association
Scotbeef
Scotch Premier
Scottish Agricultural College
Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers
Scottish Beef Cattle Association
Scottish Crofting Foundation
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Federation of Meat Traders Associations
Scottish Organic Producers Association
Scottish Retail Consortium
Scottish Rural Properties & Businesses Association
Scottish Tenant Farmers Association
Soil Association
A K Stoddart
Woodhead Bros
Young Farmers Club
+ independents

Pig Forum

Gordon McKen - Chairman

Chris Atkinson
John Barron
Will Davidson-Gall
Sandy Howie
Martin McDonald
Andy McGowan
Andrew Peddie
Neil Shannon
Alan Stannett
David Strachan
Jim Thompson
Willie Thompson
Robin Traquair
Allan Ward
David Whiteford

Pig Forum Marketing Sub-Group

Standards Co-ordinating Body

Donald Biggar - Chairman

Will Davidson-Gall
Michael Gibson
David Leggat
Alan McNaughton
Keith Redpath
Stuart Smellie

R&D Committee

Phil Thomas - Chairman

Nick Ambrose
Alan Craig
John Craig
Fenwick Jackson
Neil McGowan
Robert McNee
Charles Munro
Jim Neil
Gert Nieuwhof
Robert Parker

Scotch Beef Marketing Strategy Group

Alistair Donaldson - Chairman

Lucy Husband
Malcohm Hetherington
Isla Roebuck
John Bell
Rob Livesey
Donald Biggar
Laurent Vernet
Suzie Carlaw

Scotch Lamb Marketing Strategy Group

Bob Howat - Chairman

Jim Arbuckle
Murray Hardy
George Milne
Brian Pack
Kelvin Pate
Laurent Vernet
Suzie Carlaw

Bob Howat
Beuk MacLeod
Andy McGowan
Robert McNee
Willie Morrions
David Newton
Richard Oates
Kathy Peebles
Charlie Russell

James Scott
Alan Wight

Rod McKenzie - Development Manager

Added Value Project Steering Group

Alastair Donaldson - Chair

Raymond Wight
Allan Jess
Frank Clark
George Taylor
Alan Kirkwood
Ian Anderson
Martin Morgan
Andy McGowan

 

 

Standards Setting Body – Cattle & Sheep

Michael Gibson - Chairman, Farmer

John Bell, SBCA, Farmer
John Briggs, Scottish SPCA
John Craig, Scottish Association of Meat wholesalers, Processor
John Gregor, QMS Board member, Auctioneer
Scott Henderson, Farmer
Norman Leask, Chairman, Scottish Crofting Foundation, Crofter
David Leggat, IAAS
Hamish McBean, NBA Scotland/Farmer
Gordon McKen, QMS Board member, Farmer
Peter McKilligin, Chairman QMS Cattle & Sheep TAC, Farmer
Alan McNaughton, QMS SSB Processor, Chairman
John Morison, Lead SFQC Assessor, Advisor
Kathy Peebles, QMS Livestock Development Manager, Advisor
Louise Prentice, SFQC Cattle & Sheep, Scheme Manager
Stuart Smellie, AIC Scotland Chairman, Feed Manufacturer
Robin Spence, NFU Scotland Livestock Committee, Farmer
Hamish Waugh, Immediate Past Chairman of NSA Scotland, Farmer
Maggie Woods, Consumer Issues Representative

Standards Setting Body – Auction Marts

John Gregor - Chairman

Robin Anderson, Past President, IAAS
Jack Clark, IAAS President
Tim Bailey, SFQC, QMS Contracts Manager
John Briggs, Scottish SPCA, Deputy Chief Superintendent
Robert Hamilton, SFQC Auction Market Scheme Assessor
Pat Lawson, Chairman, QMS Cattle & Sheep Assurance Scheme
Neil Leslie, IAAS
Peter McKilligin, Cattle & Sheep TAC Chairman
Kathy Peebles, QMS Livestock Development Manager
Hamish Waugh, Past Chairman, Scottish Region NSA, Farmer
Maggie Woods, Consumer Issues Representative
Andrew Wright, IAAS

Standards Setting Body – Processors

Alan McNaughton - Chairman

Tim Bailey, SFQC
Jamie Chapman, SFMTA
Malcohm Hetherington, Mathers
Michael Malone, Malones
Andy McGowan, QMS
David McLay, Lynch Quality Meats
Danny Miller, QMS Board member
Isla Roebuck, Highland Meats
Pam Turner, Consumer representative

Standards Setting Body – Feeds

Stuart Smellie - Chairman, AIC Scotland

Jim Arbuckle, QMS Board member
Martin Brown, BOCM Pauls Ltd
Fiona Calder, SFQC AccreditationManager
Graham Forbes, Chairman of Scottish Agricultural Industries Confederation Feed Committee
Mark Goodwill, Harbro Ltd
Cliff Lister, AIC Legal & Scientific Affairs Committee
Darragh Magee, Nutraceuticals representative
Ralph MacLeod, Galloway & MacLeod
Charlie MacLaren, Feed Merchant representative/Feed TAC Chairman
Colin Morgan, SAC
Kathy Peebles, QMS Livestock Development Manager
Phil Thomas, QMS Board member
Ian Watson, Feed merchant representative
Maggie Woods, Consumer Issues representative

Standards Setting Body – Haulage

Keith Redpath Chairman, Farmer

Bob Armstrong, Haulier
John Briggs, Scottish SPCA
Alastair Brown, IAAS
Fiona Calder, SFQC Accreditation Manager
Ronald Davidson, Haulier
Pat Glancey, Road Haulage Association Regional Manager, Scotland & Northern Ireland
Murray Hardy, Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers
Andrew Kerr, SFQC Lead Assessor
Gordon McKen, QMS Board member
Norman Oliver, Haulier
Kathy Peebles, QMS Livestock Development Manager
Allan Reid, Haulier
Sandy Taylor, Haulier
Nick White, Haulier

Standards Setting Body – Pigs

Will Davidson-Gall - Chairman, Farmer

John Briggs, Scottish SPCA
Fiona Dewar, SFQC
Andy McGowan, QMS Head of Industry Development
Gordon McKen, QMS Board member
Andrew Peddie, QMS Board member
Colin Shaw, Scotlean
Christopher Shepherd, Scottish Pig Producers
Dave Smith, Vion