John Powell
Head of Agriculture Sectors Team
Defra
John Powell is Head of Agriculture Sectors Team in Defra a post he has held since March 2020. He joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) in 1983 and until 1999 worked in various advisory and policy leadership roles. From 1999- 2017 he worked as an advisor to over 15 EU candidate countries on the establishment of EU agricultural policies and institutions. He re-joined DEFRA in 2017, and has worked on future farming policy, EU Exit and the Environmental Land Management schemes.