Public Sector Catering has once again convened a panel of expert judges to draw up the Top 20 ‘most influential’ people in public sector catering. David Foad, editor of PSC magazine says of the 2021 intake, “Who are the people who are really shaping and driving the agenda in schools, hospitals, social care, universities, prisons and the military? “It’s a question we’ve been asking since we convened a independent panel of judges to draw up the first Top 20 ‘most influential’ people in public sector catering in 2008. “We’re still following the same formula and here is this year’s list - the order in which they appear is purely random and does not imply any sort of ranking.” The Top 20 for 2021 Jacquie Blake, chair, LACA Molly Shaher, chair, PACE Phil Rees-Jones, chair, TUCO Jayne Jones, chair, ASSIST FM Andy Jones, chair, PSC100 Group Sue Cawthray, chair, NACC Brian Robb, chair, HCA Phil Shelley, senior operational & policy manager, NHS Estates and Facilities Stuart Roberts, deputy president, NFU Lindsay Graham, poverty & inequality commissioner, Scotland Andy Kemp, public sector ‘champion’, Bidfood David Oliver, head of catering HMPS Sean Haley, chair Sodexo UK & Ireland Sharon Hodgson MP Paul O’Brien, chief executive, APSE Eleanor Morris, special adviser Hospitality and Food Service, WRAP Robin Mills, MD Compass UK & Ireland Simon Billing, chief executive, Eating Better alliance Dr Susan Jebb, chair, Food Standards Agency Pete Ritchie, executive director Nourish Scotland