2 Board Members leave Food Standards Agency
At the Food Standards Agency’s open Board meeting yesterday (13th November 2012), Chair Jeff Rooker announced with regret the resignation of Board members Clive Grundy and Sharmila Nebhrajani. Their resignations are effective immediately. The Chair said: 'Sadly Clive is stepping down on the grounds of ill health, having been a Board member since February 2008. He has been a tremendous asset to the Agency during these five years and the Board have particularly appreciated and enjoyed his thoughtful, precise and considered contributions during our meetings.
'During his term of office Clive has served on the Audit and Succession Committee, the Development Committee and also as a member of the Meat Hygiene Service Board until it merged with the FSA in April 2010. We will miss his wise counsel.
'Sharmila, who joined the Board in June 2012, has decided that in the light of her other professional commitments she is no longer in a position to commit the time to the Board that she had hoped. She has therefore offered her resignation with immediate effect.'
About Sharmila Nebhrajani
Sharmila Nebhrajani has been chief executive of Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) since November 2011. She has enjoyed a varied career, spanning media, technology and health. She spent 12 years at the BBC where she was most recently the chief operating officer and finance director of BBC Future Media and Technology, managing the business functions of bbc.co.uk including the launch of the iPlayer. Before joining AMRC she was executive director of finance and performance for NHS Sussex.
She started her career in management consulting after graduating in physiological sciences from the University of Oxford, and worked on corporate finance and strategy projects for a range of private sector clients in media, telecoms and technology around the world.
Shar holds non-executive roles in the health and science sectors including the Charity Commission, the University of Sussex and the Institute for Cancer Research.
A recruitment campaign for new Board members will be held in the New Year.
