The business management and administration team at the Plant Protection Directorate (PPD) works to support the technical and legal operations of the Directorate by exerting control over a number of key organisational resources including financial, people, premises and facilities. This means that these officers are responsible for a large number of functions such as customer care, accounting, procurement, business planning and budgeting, ICT, communications, human resources records, health and safety, risk assessment, data protection, transport, logistics, and co-ordination of events.