Lizzie Vann MBE is the founder of Organix, an organic children's food company, based in Christchurch, Dorset.
Vann studied biology at the University of Lancaster, and then worked as an investment analyst in the City of London.
Ongoing health problems, and the belief that more and more parents shared her concern regarding the safety of children's food, led her to set up Organix in 1992, offering parents a healthier alternative to mass-produced children's food.
[4] Vann sold the company to the Hero group in 2008 and has subsequently invested the proceeds in projects that promote child health and food quality, and renewable energy developments.
Vann has won a European Woman of Achievement Award, the Caroline Walker Award for campaigning work in the food industry, the Organic Trophy from the Soil Association in 2002, and an MBE for Services to Children's Food.