Hugh Raven

Career: researcher to Chris Smith MP (shadow economic sec to HM Treasy) 1987-88, researcher to Ron Davies MP (shadow min of state for food and agriculture) 1988-91, co-ordinator Sustainable Agriculture Food and Environment (SAFE) Alliance 1991-95, policy strategist Br Overseas Aid Gp 1996, convenor Govt's Green Globe Task Force 1997-99, advsr on rural policy to Michael Meacher MP (environment min) 1999-2000, project dir Organic Scotland 2000-01, environment advsr Esmee Fairbairn Fndn 2000-10, md Ardtornish Estate Co 2005- (dir 1996-), dir Soil Assoc Scotland 2006-10, dir Corrour Tst 2006-; memb: Rural and Agricultural Affrs Advsy Ctee BBC 1994-97, Bd Scottish Natural Heritage 2004-07, UK Sustainable Devpt Cmmn 2004-10; dir Morvern Community Devpt Co 2005-07; cncllr (Lab) Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1990-94 (chair and dep ldr of oppn 1992-94), Parly candidate (Lab) Argyll and Bute 1999, 2001 and 2003, expert advsr Lab Party Environmental Policy Cmmn 1992-97, chair SERA (Lab Party environmental affiliate) 1997-99; memb UK Exec Ctee Br American Project 1996-98; tstee: Soil Assoc 1991-99, Lochaber and Dist Fisheries Tst 1995-2006 (chm 1995-2002), RSPB 1997-2002, John Ellerman Fndn 2010-

Books and Publications: Off our Trolleys: Food retailing and the hypermarket economy (co-author, 1994), Modernising UK Food Policy: the case for reforming MAFF (co-author, 1996), Essential Scotland (contrib, 1998), Town and Country (contrib, 1998), Environment Scotland: Prospects for Sustainabaility (contrib, 1999), The Meat Business (contrib, 1999), Community and Environment (contrib, 1999)