Mr Alec Kyriakides

Mr Alec Kyriakides was appointed as Chair of ACMSF in April 2025. He is a food safety consultant with over 35 years experience in the industry. In his 28 years with the retailer Sainsbury’s, Alec was responsible for safety, quality and supplier performance. Prior to Sainsbury’s, he worked in food manufacturing including the dairy and brewing industries. He is a microbiologist by qualification and is the co-author of books on the practical control of food borne pathogens including Salmonella, Listeria, C. botulinum, Campylobacter and E. coli. He has sat on a number of influential industry and government committees including 18 years on the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food. In addition to providing food safety advice to the industry he is currently a Non-Executive Board Director of Campden BRI, a Trustee of the IFST, Chair of the Safe to Trade Technical Standards Committee and an Honorary Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast. Alec is a Fellow of the IFST and an Honorary Fellow of SOFHT.