Christine Mary Tacon

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(born 29 October 1959) was a British government administrator. Tacon was the United Kingdom's first

Groceries Code Adjudicator The Groceries Code Adjudicator (or ''Supermarket Ombudsman'') is an independent statutory office responsible for enforcing the Groceries Supply Code of Practice and to regulate the relationship between supermarkets and their direct suppliers wit ...

Early life

Christine was born in the Hartismere Rural District in Suffolk, England. Tacon attended the all-female independent

Wycombe Abbey , motto_translation = Go in faith , established = 1896 , type = Independent boarding school , religion = Church of England , head_label = Headmistress , head = J. Duncan , chair_label = Chair ...

High Wycombe High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye, Buckinghamshire, River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, ...

. Tacon grew up in Norfolk.

Education

Christine read Production Engineering at

Girton College, Cambridge Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college in Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college statu ...

Career

In 1982, Christine started at Coats Viyella, working at Dynacast in France and Germany. From 2000 to 2012, Christine was

managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of Co-operative Farms. In 2010, the position of Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) was created in U.K. and she was appointed to this position. She oversees the Groceries Supply Code of Practice. In 2017, Christine was reappointed as U.K.'s GCA. She is one of several Ambassador for the March 2019 International Food and Drink event in London, England.

Personal life

Christine speaks German and French. She is a

Chartered Engineer Regulation and licensure in engineering is established by various jurisdictions of the world to encourage life, public welfare, safety, well-being, then environment and other interests of the general public and to define the licensure process thr ...

. She lives in Sutton Lane Ends, Macclesfield. She married in October 1992 in Norwich. She now has two children, a daughter born in November 1995 and a son born in July 1998. In the 2004 Birthday Honours, Christine was appointed a

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Government information

ChristineTacon.com

Christine Tacon on carmichaelfisher.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tacon, Christine 1959 births Alumni of Cranfield University Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English businesspeople in retailing English women in business Fellows of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Ombudsmen in the United Kingdom People educated at Wycombe Abbey People from Eye, Suffolk Living people