Christine Tacon
Christine Mary Tacon CBE (born 29 October 1959) is a British government administrator. Tacon was the United Kingdom's first Groceries Code Adjudicator.[1]
Early life
[edit]Tacon was born in the Hartismere Rural District in Suffolk, England. Tacon attended the all-female independent Wycombe Abbey in High Wycombe. Tacon grew up in Norfolk.
She read Production Engineering at Girton College, Cambridge.
Career
[edit]In 1982, Tacon started at Coats Viyella, working at Dynacast in France and Germany. From 2000 to 2012, Tacon was managing director of Co-operative Farms.
In 2010, the position of Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) was created in U.K. and she was appointed to this position. She oversees the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.[1][2] [3] In 2017, Christine was reappointed as U.K.'s GCA.[1]
She is one of several Ambassador for the March 2019 International Food and Drink event in London, England.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Tacon speaks German and French. She is a Chartered Engineer. She lives in Sutton Lane Ends, Macclesfield. She married in October 1992 in Norwich. She now has two children, a daughter born in November 1995 and a son born in July 1998.
In the 2004 Birthday Honours, Tacon was appointed a CBE.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon reappointed". foodmanufacture.co.uk. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Christine Tacon". gov.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ GCA
- ^ "Our Ambassadors". I've.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1959 births
- Alumni of Cranfield University
- Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- English businesspeople in retailing
- English women in business
- Fellows of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Ombudsmen in the United Kingdom
- People educated at Wycombe Abbey
- People from Eye, Suffolk
- Living people