Food & agriculture

Smith & Williamson has an unrivalled reputation in the food & agriculture sector. We have worked with food companies including processors and retailers, with farmer-controlled businesses (FCBs) and with landed estates and farmers for many years.

Since 2008, Steve Ellwood has led our food & agriculture team. Formerly, Head of Agriculture at HSBC Bank plc, Steve serves on the board of a number of food companies and is chairman of English Farming & Food Partnerships (EFFP) of which Smith & Williamson is a main sponsor. Our support of EFFP will enable it to develop its role as a specialist agrifood business consultancy, aimed at facilitating greater co-operation between food companies and farmers thus securing a profitable and sustainable future across the food supply chain. Its activities are backed by farming & food industries as well as governments.

Philip Moody, Head of Corporate finance at Smith & Williamson, is also a director of EFFP and is currently on the board of Openfield Group Limited (Openfield), a leading grain marketing FCB that works over 7,000 arable farmers across the UK.