Red Tractor appoints new board members

Peter Jinman OBE joins as independent director of Animal Welfare and Ted Wright joins as chairman of the Red Tractor Farm Assurance Poultry Sector. Jinman OBE brings with him 34 years of extensive experience as a veterinary surgeon as well as expertise dealing with animal welfare and ethical issues. Jinman is also president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list of 2004 for services to the veterinary profession. He was previously president of the British Veterinary Association and chaired the Ethics and Welfare Group. And Ted Wright has 45 years of experience working within the poultry industry. Wright has previously worked with turkey industry giants, Bernard Matthews Ltd for 30 years with a spell as production director.