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Curriculum Vitae Dr John Strak Date of Birth: 1st August 1951 Nationality: British Education: B Sc. (Hons Agric Econ) First Class 1975, University of Aberdeen M.A. (Econ) 1977, University of Manchester Ph D 1980, University of Manchester Current position 1991- Executive Chairman of Euro PA Services Ltd (www.euro-pa.co.uk), and Special Lecturer at the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham, UK (Economics of the Food Industry module) Executive Editor of Whole Hog Brief, the electronic newsletter for the global pig industry (www.porkinfo.com) Managing Director of FoodEast Ltd, the regional supply chain organisation for the agri-food industry based in the East of England (www.foodeast.com) Euro PA is a specialist agri-food/drink consultancy which provides project teams of academics and industry executives specialising in market access and export supply chain development, strategic market analysis and evaluation, research and design of skills and training programmes, regulatory problems, and public affairs in the agri-food sector. Euro PA was awarded Best Small Consultancy Firm in the UK in November 1997 by the British Consultants and Construction Bureau for work for Mexican clients establishing EU intellectual property rights. Euro PA’s clients and consulting projects include work for major UK food and drink companies, agricultural producer/trade associations, sector skills councils, and UK/ EU public sector departments. Projects have been undertaken in the UK and EU as well as Eastern Europe, North America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America, Taiwan and Australasia. Current projects (2005) include; Supply chain work for Central Mushroom Producers, Ireland and North Highland Products (Clarence House), Scotland Competitiveness studies Design of VTS programmes (EFFP) and national research on skills needs analysis (Improve), design and implementation of ESF skills funding in the East of England (EEDA) Expert witness in legal disputes; Sinclair, Roche and Temperley, London, Crutes, Carlisle, Tallents and Godfrey, Newark, Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, Washington. Experience prior to Euro PA Chief Economist at the International Wool Secretariat, London & Melbourne 1988-91 (Key tasks: forecasting global wool demand, and wool promotion research). Special Adviser in House of Commons, 1991/92 session (food trade gap) Special Adviser in House of Lords, 1987/88 & 1988/89 sessions (beef & sheep CAP reform) Research Associate (Analysis of farm labour loss and pluriactivity, NEDO, 1987 Lecturer at the University of Manchester, Dept. of Agricultural Economics 1980-88. Publications and reports Editorial content for monthly East of England food industry magazine - FoodEast Flyer Editorial content for monthly global pig industry newsletter (front pages archived at www.porkinfo.com) – published and distributed electronically. Unpublished reports for clients in all aspects of the agribusiness and food & drink supply chain (clients listed at www.euro-pa.co.uk) Academic publications: Author and Editor of "UK Food and Drink Industry", 1995, ISBN 1-900017-00-8, and "UK Food and Drink Statistics", 1998 ISBN 1-900017-05-9 "The European Food Industry from 1992 to 2000+", Chapter 8, editor Bruce Traill, Elsevier, 1989 "Rural Pluriactivity in the UK", Agricultural Economic Development Committee, NEDO, 1989 "Inter- and Intra sectoral effects of milk quotas in the UK milk industry" Volume 12-4 European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1985, with Pam Bingley and Michael Burton "Optimal Advertising decisions for farmers and food processors", Vol XXXIV-3, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1983 "Measurement of Agricultural Protection" Trade Policy Research Centre/Macmillan, 1982 "Substitution and the relative scale of protection: an application to livestock products in the UK" Vol XXXIII-2, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1982 Business address: Euro
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