PROFESSOR Bob Doherty of the University of York has been appointed a trustee of the Fairtrade Foundation.
He is professor of marketing at the York Management School, and has experience in researching the marketing and management aspects of fair trade and social enterprises.
After four years as both Deputy and Acting Dean of the York Management School, he is principal investigator of the Global Food Security (GFS) Fund programme grant called IKnowFood and also a Research Theme Leader.
This is for Food Sustainability in the York Environmental Sustainability Institute and the N8 AgriFood Lead at York for the £8m HEFCE grant.
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