Iain Ferguson is a British businessman. He is the current chairman of

Wilton Park Wilton Park is an executive agency of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office providing a global forum for strategic discussion. Based since 1951 at Wiston House in Sussex, it organises over 70 dialogues a year in the UK and oversea ...

, Berendsen and

Stobart Group Esken Limited (), formerly Stobart Group Limited, is a British infrastructure, aviation and energy company, with operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company is registered in Guernsey but has its operational head office in Londo ...

Career

Following graduation from the

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with a

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in chemistry and psychology, he was with

Unilever Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London, England. Unilever products include food, condiments, bottled water, baby food, soft drink, ice cream, instant coffee, cleaning agents, energy drink, t ...

for 26 years. Ferguson has been president of the

Food and Drink Federation The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is a membership organisation that represents and advises UK food and drink manufacturers. Membership The Food and Drink Federation members are companies of all sizes as well as trade associations and groups ...

and was CEO of

Tate & Lyle Tate & Lyle PLC is a British-headquartered, global supplier of food and beverage ingredients to industrial markets. It was originally a sugar refining business, but from the 1970s it began to diversify, eventually divesting its sugar business i ...

plc from May 2003 until October 2009. He is the current chairman of

, Berendsen plc and

Ltd. He was a non-executive director at

Greggs Greggs plc is a British bakery chain. It specialises in savoury products such as bakes, sausage rolls, sandwiches and sweet items including doughnuts and vanilla slices. It is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is listed on t ...

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/ref> He is also the honorary vice president of the

British Nutrition Foundation The British Nutrition Foundation is a British registered charity. The British Nutrition Foundation's vision is that 'Everyone can access healthy, sustainable diets' and the charity contributes to this through its mission of ‘Translating evidenc ...

(BNF) and is the lead non-executive board member for the UK government's

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United K ...

(DEFRA).

Personal life

His wife and daughter are also graduates of St Andrews.

Honours

In the Queen's

2003 Birthday Honours The 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 14 June 2003 for the United Kingdom and on 2 June 2003 for New Zealand. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. United Kingdom Knight Bachelo ...

List, Ferguson was appointed a CBE for services to the food industry.

References

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