Alec Kyriakides

Alec is a Food Safety Consultant with over 35 years experience in the food industry, most recently as Head of Technical Operations at the retailer Sainsbury’s.

Alec is a microbiologist, graduating from Surrey University and prior to his 28 years with Sainsbury's, where he was responsible for safety and quality management, he worked in manufacturing including the brewing, dairy and food sectors.

Alec is currently a Non Executive Board Director of CampdenBRI, a Trustee of the Institute of Food Science and Technology, a Member of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food, Chair of the BRCGS International Advisory Board and a visiting lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast.

Alec’s interests are in food safety and quality assurance frameworks and he is the co-author of books on the practical control of food borne pathogens including Salmonella, Listeria, C. botulinum, Campylobacter and E. coli.