Ash Stretton
Food Regulatory Affairs Manager @Marks and Spencer
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WORK HISTORY
Food Regulatory Affairs Manager @Marks and Spencer
London, GB
Marks and Spencer, winner of Which? Best Supermarket 2022, 23, The Grocer’s Grocer of the Year 2023 and YouGov most trusted retailer 2022 to 2025, are one of the most highly regarded supermarkets for their ethical, quality and food safety standards globally. Formally a Specialist Technical Manager, Reporting into the Technical Operations Centre Head of Technical and Head of Legal Regulatory Affairs (fulfilling paralegal QWE), responsible for international and domestic horizon scanning, governmental, trade associations and NGO discussions, risk mitigation proposals and development of policy and training requirements.Liaised with teams including packaging design, marketing, product developers, public affairs, nutritionists and communication to help deliver business objectives and mitigate for events.Conducted in-depth legal and business-interest analysis, providing the business with informed positions and direction on options. Working with our Primary Authority, we improved the EHO referral processes for greater adherence to deadlines and consistency in reporting. Resolved multiple business concerns, including sunflower oil shortages, Ukraine resource mitigation, avian influenza and general crisis management topics. Industry innovation - first major retailer to move both milk to best before and change the colour of milk caps for improved recyclability (June 2023). Gained assured advice on topics, worked with the FSA to confirm labelling compliance and protected the business accordingly.Management of research contracts and membership with Campden BRI and Leatherhead. Additionally, management of prominent academic and scientific experts. Exceeded all agreed objectives for 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25.
EDUCATION
Buckinghamshire New University
International MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
University of Nottingham
Master of Science, MSc Agrifood
The College of Legal Practice
SQE1 Prep Course, Law
De Montfort University
Master of Laws - LLM, Food Law
Stamford School
9 GCSEs (A* to D)- 1 AS Level (C)- 3 A Levels (A-C)
Nottingham Trent University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Criminology
SKILLS
ABOUT ASH STRETTON
19 years within the food industry holding developed experience in both Manufacturing and Retail across Operations, Production, Processing, Innovation, Regulatory Affairs, Food Safety and Hygiene, Food Law, Marketing, Advertising, Legal (paralegal), Compliance and Technical. Held site, strategic, technical, regulatory and operational business control. Multi-site control operationally and technically with KPI, budgetary and PL control. Worked within retail, dairy (cheese maker), bakery (bread and crumbs), dry blends (herbs and spices), condiments (long life), sauces (short and long life), poultry (primary, RTC and RTE), co-packing, bottling, oil, nuts (raw and added value), alcohol (spirits), confectionery (sweets and chocolates), ready meals, sandwiches (including Meat, non-meat and vegan) and fish (RTC and RTE). History of making significant savings, innovations and process improvements during my professional career. From 2012 to 2022, an approximate combined saving, generation and productivity uplift of £70 million. International Master of Business Administration (MBA). Master of Food Law (LLM).Master of Food Science (MSc).Post Graduate Certificate in Sensory Science (PG Cert).Post Graduate Diploma(s) in Accounting and Finance, and Strategic Management (PGDip). Bachelor of Arts Criminology (BA (Hons)). Chartered Scientist (CSci).Register of Specialists with the FSA (RoS).Registered Food Safety Principal (RFoodSP).Chartered Quality Person and Member of Chartered Quality Institute (CQP MCQI).Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (FIFST).Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH).Fellow of the Institute of Leadership & Management (FInstLM).Lead Auditor (ISO 9001).Formally titled,\"Mr. Ash Stretton LLM, MSc, MBA, PGDip, PGCert, BA (Hons.), RoS, RFoodSP, CSci, CQP MCQI, FRSPH, FIFST, FInstLM. ”.
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