Rick was director of environmental services at Barnet Council and steered the outsourcing of regulatory services to create the private/public partnership with Capita. Rick chaired the London Food Coordinating Group for many years, leading the group through the introduction of the Scores on the Doors scheme across London, which led to the wider introduction of the FSA’s food hygiene rating scheme.

Paul Morse has spent almost all of his Environmental Health career working within London and for 15 years headed up Environmental Health and Trading Standards for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Recently Paul has joined Food Alert, a consultancy specialising in food safety and health and safety with many London clients, as Director of Environmental Services. Paul has been a member of ALEHM for over twenty years and a Trustee since its constitution as a charity. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and two boys.