Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: who runs it
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, a ministerial department, lists 15 people in its leadership on GOV.UK, led by Paul Kissack (Permanent Secretary). Every name below comes from the body's own GOV.UK page: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - GOV.UK, read 4 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below are in it).
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Permanent Secretary | Paul Kissack · profile on this site |
| Director General for Environment | Sally Randall |
| Director General Europe, Biosecurity and Trade | Emma Bourne |
| Interim Director General Food and Farming | Mike Rowe |
| Director General for Water | David Hill |
| Director General for Science, Data and Analysis, Defra Chief Scientific Adviser | Professor Anjali Goswami |
| Director General for Strategy and Change | Nico Heslop |
| Chief Financial Officer, Interim Director General Delivery and Group Chief Operating Officer | Iain King |
| UK Chief Veterinary Officer | Professor Christine Middlemiss |
| Lead non-executive board member | Heather Hancock |
| Non-executive board member | Nick Folland |
| Non-executive board member | Indro Mukerjee |
| Non-executive board member | Sachin Jogia |
| Non-executive board member | Dan Corry |
| UK Special Representative for Nature | Ruth Davis |
Source
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - GOV.UK, read 4 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below are in it). Each name links to that person's official page. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: official page. Every UK public body we list. Name or role out of date? Tell us.