Despite only being in the post for less than three months, the new CEO of the agri-food and biosciences institute (AFBI), Professor Elaine Watson, has already begun a process to change the senior management structure within the organisation.The Irish Farmers Journal understands that the tier of senior management under the CEO have been told that their posts are to be replaced by a new head of science, a head of business and a head of operations. The three staff affected are Dr Sinclair Mayne, currently the director of sustainable agri-food; Dr Stanley McDowell, the director of veterinary sciences; and Mary Jackson, who is currently acting director for finance and corporate affairs.