Tim Cullinan

Appointed: 31 December 2020

Background & Career:

Tim Cullinan is from Toomevara, Co. Tipperary where he 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 Chairman and County Chairman and most recently the position of National Treasurer.

He is a Board Member of Bord Bia – the Irish Food Board which is an Irish semi state Agency whose remit is to market and promote Ireland’s food, drink and horticulture industry in Ireland and abroad.

Mr. Cullinan is Vice President of COPA (Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations) and represents Irish farmers at EU level on COPA, which is the official umbrella representative body for European farmers. Mr. Cullinan established world first DNA traceability for Irish pig meat and previously held the position Pig Expert to the Copa Cogeca. (aged )