Tom MacMillan

Tom MacMillan

External Trustee (Communications & Education/Scholar Development)

Prof Tom MacMillan is Elizabeth Creak Chair in Rural Policy and Strategy, at the Royal Agricultural University. One of his main interests is how to make agricultural research more useful on the ground and in policy. He co-directs the Centre for Effective Innovation in Agriculture, and the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise. Tom is policy advisor to the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission, and was part of the team who produced the National Food Strategy, led by Henry Dimbleby. Tom joined the RAU from the Soil Association, where he founded the Innovative Farmers network, which supports practical ‘field labs’ by farmers. From 2003-2011 he was Executive Director of the Food Ethics Council.