PRESIDENT - BARONESS BYFORD DBE
Baroness Hazel Byford DBE, shadow spokesman for food, farming and rural affairs in the House of Lords, was elected as president of the RABDF at the 2007 AGM.
She brings a comprehensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the organisation having studied agriculture prior to managing a poultry enterprise producing parent stock. She now has interests in her family’s Suffolk based farming business. Lady Byford holds a number of positions within the sector; she is president of the FACE strategy group, LEAF and Concordia, and an honorary associate member of the British Veterinary Association and of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. She is also a patron of several rural organisations including the Rural Stress Network, the Village Retail Services Association, and the Institute of Agricultural Secretaries and Administrators.