Pests & Beneficials

The BCPC Pests and Beneficials Working Group was established in March 2015. The purpose of the group is to provide a forum for discussion of relevant research results and new legislation and new legislation, and impact on integrated pest management, The group meets three times a year and delivers an Annual Review to an invited audience, including researchers, advisers, growers and industry.  To see details of the next Review and to view presentations from previous events click here.

"Research faces challenges to improve the evidence base. Potential conflicts of interest must be overcome in addition to bias and incentives that drive research pursuits." Charles Godfray - University of Oxford

Current membership of the group is

Name Company Additional information
Max Newbert (Chair) Syngenta
Technical Manager Insecticides and Sustainability
Charles Griffiths (Secretary) NIAB
Cereal Pathology Senior Technician (Entomology)
Siobhan Hillman AHDB
Crop Protection Scientist (Cereals and Oilseeds)
Tom Pope Harper Adams University
Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
IRAG member
Larissa Collins Fera
Entomology R&D Team Leader
IRAG member
Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
Member of the Royal Entomological Society Outreach & Development Committee
Jon Knight Independent consultant
Chair BBRO Stakeholder Committee
Trustee East Malling Trust
Director at Crover Ltd
Pat Croft CRD
 
Julian Hasler NFU
Farmer
Sam Cook Rothamsted Research
Senior Research Scientist.
Society & Entomology Convenor of the IOBC Working Group on Integrated Control in Oilseeds.
Alan Dewar Dewar Crop Protection
 
Andy Evans UK Agri-Tech Centre
Innovation Lead - Crop Health
Chris Hartfield NFU
Senior Regulatory Affairs Adviser
NFU Plant Health Unit
Duncan Coston ADAS
Crop Protection Consultant
James Cheesman Certis Belchim
Technical Manager
Michael Thornton Procam
Head of Crop Production
Rachel Wells James Hutton Institute
Senior Scientist, Crop Genetics.
Honorary lecturer at UEA
Michelle Fountain NIAB EMR
Head of Pest and Pathogen Ecology
Ben Gilbert Bayer
Agronomist & Team Leader
Hazel Doonan AIC
Head of Crop Protection & Agronomy
Holly Alpren Defra
Chemicals, Pesticides and Hazardous Waste Evidence Team
Marion Self Prime Agriculture
Agronomist
Oliver Kent Corteva
National Business Manager for Specialty Crops, Amenity Herbicides & Insecticides Product Manager
Andrew Gladman ADAS
Senior Research Entomologist
Mark Stevens British Beet Research Organisation
Head of Science
Nicky Tideswell Health and Safety Executive
 
Rebecca Hilton Corteva
Principal Biologist and Field Scientist
Rachel McGauley British Apples and Pears Limited
Fruit Research Programme Manager