The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced the appointment of Emily Miles as its new Chief Executive.
Emily Miles is currently the acting Director-General for the EU Exit Delivery in Defra and will join the FSA in September 2019.
With a civil service career spanning almost over twenty years, Emily joined Defra in November 2015 as the Group Director of Strategy and coordinated work on the domestic implications of EU Exit for Defra after the referendum in 2016.
The FSA’s Director of Regulatory and Legal Strategy, Rod Ainsworth will continue as Interim CEO until Emily joins the FSA in September.