Jon Bell is a consultant on agri-food scientific and regulatory matters, risk assessment, management and communication and public sector development, mentoring, organisational efficiency, performance and change management. He is a director of Link Performance Management Ltd.
Practice Areas
- Public Sector Development
- Change and Project Management
- Strategic and Delivery Planning and Execution
- Risk Assessment, Management and Communication
- Crisis Preparation, Management and Media Handling
- Agri-food Scientific and Regulatory Matters
Primary Capabilities
Effective leader, team builder and communicator with extensive media experience. Widespread experience of dealing with agri-food matters from farm to retail. Extensive experience of strategic planning, delivery, performance and project management. Track record of helping the private sector to deal successfully with the public sector. More than 30 years experience of working with Parliament, Brussels, Central and Local government.
Extensive contacts across Whitehall.
Core Offer
A successful Public Sector Chief Executive and non-executive Director with the following characteristics:
- Strategic, innovative thinker with strong analytical skills
- Reputation as a successful problem solver
- Excellent communicator with considerable media experience
- Strongly delivery focused
- Energetic and enthusiastic with a reputation for remaining calm under pressure
- Record of successful public sector organisational development, performance and change management
- Extensive public sector coaching and mentoring experience
- Wide experience of working with Ministers, Parliament, Brussels, Local Authorities and overseas public sector organisations
- Extensive understanding of the realities and needs of the commercial environment and the best way to obtain successful outcomes for companies when dealing with politicians and civil servants
Other disciplines offered:
- Strategic planning
- Enhanced organisational delivery
- Risk assessment, management and communication
- Crisis management
- Public sector mentoring
- Project management
Primary Sector Experience
- Public sector policy development and delivery
- Organisational development
- Project and Performance Management
- Interfacing with Whitehall departments and executive agencies
- Training and development
Areas of Distinctive Performance and Value-Addition
- Enhanced strategic and delivery planning
- Public-sector development and turnaround
- Crisis handling in the face of media hostility
- Building productive partnerships with stakeholders and others in challenging situations
- Improving operational efficiency
Qualifications and proffesional memberships
- BSc
- PhD
- CSci
- CChem
- FRSC
Employment Summary
| Consultant, Director of Jon Bell Associates Ltd. Associate of the National School of Government | 2006 - present |
| Chief Executive, Food Standards Agency | 2003-2006 |
| Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Food Safety Policy, Food Standards Agency | 2000-2003 |
| Deputy Head Joint Food Safety and Standards Group, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) | 1995-2000 |
| Head of Food Science Divisions I and II, MAFF | 1989-1995 |
| Head of Pigs, Eggs and Poultry Branch, MAFF | 1997-1999 |
| Ministers Office, MAFF | |
| Head of Animal Breeding Branch, MAFF | 1983-1986 |
| Head of Food Packaging Branch, MAFF | 1975-1983 |
| Metal Box Company | 1974-1975 |
| Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Oxford | 1972-1974 |
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