Peter Ashley Kendall | |
Office: | President of National Farmers' Union of England and Wales |
Term Start: | 2006 |
Term End: | 2014 |
Predecessor: | Tim Bennett |
Successor: | Meurig Raymond |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1960 |
Sir Peter Ashley Kendall (born 8 May 1960) is an English farmer and former National Farmers' Union (NFU) officeholder from East Bedfordshire.
In 2006, Kendall was elected President of the National Farmers' Union. He held the position until 2014 when he was succeeded by Meurig Raymond. He was elected president of the World Farmers' Organisation in March 2014,[1] but resigned in October of that year after being appointed chair of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board in the UK.[2]
He was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours.[3]