Vincent is Vice President for Food, Beverage & Sustainability at LRQA. With more than 15 years’ experience in the industry, Vincent is a food Ambassador for the LRQA Foundation – the charity which owns and is funded by LRQA. He works within the sector to identify potential business partners for the Foundation to work collaboratively with on visionary projects which seek to mitigate food insecurity. He is a regular speaker about the future of the food industry at international sustainability and food events and is a member of Advisory Boards in various food universities research projects across Europe.

Duane Wood has over thirty years' experience in the industry. Through shaping the LRQA brand and public profile, Wood is changing the public perception of assurance, and building new marketing capabilities underpinned with data and technology, thereby driving client engagement and overall growth. 

Based in California, USA, Simon is an innovative leader with over 25 years International experience within the Assurance and Certification markets. Simon has held a number of senior LRQA leadership roles in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America where he is currently specialising in developing Assurance solutions for Industry 4.0.

Based in the USA, Tim is responsible for the development and implementation of food safety assessment schemes, in addition to performing FSSC 22000, ISO 9001, and 2nd party assessments. Prior to joining LRQA, Tim worked for Mars, Incorporated for over 25 years, where he was the Director of Quality and Food Safety for the Mars Global Chocolate Business. Tim has a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware and is an IRCA certified Food Safety Management System auditor.

Stuart is LRQA's Chief Commercial Officer, leading a combined sales and account management team for our Assessment and Inspection Services business units. Stuart has an exceptional track record of driving sales growth, delivering record sales as Assessment Sales Director, and applies his client-centric approach within LRQA’s commercial function.

With over 25 years of global account management and business development experience, Stuart has worked with global and household-name brands across several sectors and markets, to help them manage risk around a range of safety, health, quality, social and environmental issues. Stuart has advised on a number of data-led risk management programmes to help companies prioritise efforts in the most impactful areas.

Qualified in environmental health, his international experience across these sectors ensures best in class assurance for your organisation.