Hugh is an AHDB Pork Sector Council member, Chair of the AHDB Building Suppliers Forum, Chair of the Pork Environment Roadmap Steering Group, Chair of the Pig Industry Scholarship Programme Steering Group and former vice-chairman allied of the National Pig Association. He was awarded a Lifetime Fellowship of the NPA and was the David Black Award winner in 2023.

He is a Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers. Outside business, Hugh is a past Chairman of Reading RFC, leads the band Feast of Fiddles and enjoys his 1955 Sunbeam Mk III. Hugh is married with two daughters – their brother died in 2014.