Talks

Shane Holland, Chair, Slow Food UK

Where:

Castle Garden Stage - Castle Gardens

When:

14th September 2025
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm

14th September 2025
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm

Shane Holland - Chair of Slow Food UK

Board Director for England. International Council Member for Advocacy. Shane Holland is the Executive Chairman of Slow Food in the UK. He has held CEO positions within both the business and the third sectors and has chaired a number of large NFPS. His work has particularly encompassed food and health, access to food, and food and climate change – including being part of the COP26 delegation. Elsewhere in the third sector his work has specialised in regards to our most vulnerable citizens, their issues of food poverty & food skills, education, offending, and access to services. His other current roles include Chairman of Borough Market; UK Ambassador for Venner, the pan Europe charity tackling food poverty; and trustee of the charity United St Saviours, which gives grants to community groups and other charities of in excess of £1 million a year alongside running best in class almshouses. He is past chair of both Eat Club , the organisation that teaches food skills to young people, and Plan Zheroes, the platform that connects surplus fresh food with charities and people in need. He frequently sits on expert panels and gives advice to a number of statutory agencies; appears both in print and on TV & radio; lectures at universities; has given a TED Talk as one of their “Architects of Tomorrow”; and typically carries out dozens of speaking engagements a year both within the UK and internationally.

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