Tim Cullinan

Date of Appointment: 31 December 2020

Nationality: Irish

Committee Membership: None

Skills and experience:

Tim Cullinan is a farmer and runs a pig enterprise alongside a feed mill operation.

Mr. Cullinan was elected the 16th President of the Irish Farmers’ Association in December 2019.

He has been heavily involved in the Irish Farmers’ Association over the past 15 years, holding various positions including National Pigs Committee Chair and County Chair and most recently the position of National Treasurer. Mr Cullinan is Vice President of the Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations (“COPA”) and represents Irish farmers at European Union level on COPA, which is the official umbrella representative body for European farmers.

Cullinan established the world’s first DNA traceability for Irish pig meat and previously held the position Pig Expert to the Copa Cogeca.