Sir Richard John Packer, KCB, (born 18 August 1944)[1] is a former British civil servant. He was Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) from 1993 until 2000.[2] He was knighted (KCB) in 2000.[3]
Sir Richard Packer was educated at City of London School and initially trained as a scientist at the Victoria University of Manchester. He had a distinguished civil service career being the youngest Permanent Secretary ever appointed to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, a post he held for seven years until 2000. His earlier career centred on the agricultural and fishing policies of the European Union.
In 2006 his book The Politics of BSE was published by Palgrave.[4] He is a non-executive director of Arla, the largest UK dairy company. He is married to Baroness Neville-Rolfe, with whom he has four sons.[5]
References edit
- ^ Packer, Sir Richard (John). Who’s Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U29850. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 31 December 2019. (subscription required)
- ^ MacPhail, Donald (20 December 1999). "Top civil servant to leave MAFF". Farmers Weekly. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ FWI staff (3 January 2000). "MAFF civil servant knighted by Blair". Farmers Weekly. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Beckett, Francis (3 June 2006). "Holy cow! : The mandarin strikes back ... Francis Beckett reads around The Politics of BSE, by Richard Packer". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Peacock, Louisa (5 August 2013). "Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe: 'We've got to bring the Lords into the 21st century'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
External links edit
- "A Policy for Agriculture: Ending State Interference", a pamphlet written by Sir Richard Packer and published by the Centre for Policy Studies, December 2001.