Experience

Angus Soft Fruits Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Director

  • May 2021 - Present

  Accountable for developing and implementing the technical and sustainability strategy in a global berry business, leading a team of 21 specialists operating in three continents.

• Head of Technical

  • Sep 2019 - May 2021

  Accountable for the integration of three global technical teams comprising overseas, UK-facing and customer facing, including subsidiary businesses. Collaboratively implemented the first long-term technical strategy for the business to bring together these three streams by developing shared goals and workplans to achieve specific measurable targets.

• Senior Technical Manager

  • Oct 2013 - Sep 2019

  Responsible for ethical, quality and innovation advice to facilitate continuous improvement, collaborating with a dedicated team and liaising with customer-facing and commercial functions of the business whilst leading a small and focussed team. Also accountable for crop forecasting to ensure better marketing of the fruit, as well as implementing new ideas to further improve this function. Further responsible for the technical function and implementation of technical standards in to a new subsidiary business in the Netherlands.

• Technical Manager

  • Apr 2009 - Oct 2013

  Responsible for developing all aspects of technical standards including compliance and quality across 8 sites packing for multiple retailers, as well as managing the technical aspects of key customer accounts and developing overseas sources to meet requirements.



Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust

• Nuffield Scholar

  • Nov 2015 - Nov 2017

  Awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship in 2015 to research and bring back global knowledge on cherry production to help develop the market opportunity for late season production for the benefit of UK producers. Awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship in 2015 to research and bring back global knowledge on cherry production to help develop the market opportunity for late season production for the benefit of UK producers.



Kettle Produce Ltd.

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Technical Manager

  • May 2008 - Mar 2009



Tesco

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Manager

  • Feb 2004 - Apr 2008

  Technical Manager in Fresh Produce (Veg), involved in all aspects of sourcing and new product development to ensure products consistently delighted the end consumer. The role really allowed me to see the world of food and agriculture, encompassing niche areas of exotic and luxury produce as well as more standard produce lines. Technical Manager in Fresh Produce (Veg), involved in all aspects of sourcing and new product development to ensure products consistently delighted the end consumer. The role really allowed me to see the world of food and agriculture, encompassing niche areas of exotic and luxury produce as well as more standard produce lines.



Greenvale AP

• United Kingdom
• Food Production
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Technical Procurement Manager (Imports)

  • Sep 2002 - Feb 2004

  Responsible for implementation of customer technical standards and NPD/trials as well as end-to-end link up of seed source to final inbound raw material in Middle East / Southern Europe.

• Agronomist (Organics)

  • Aug 1998 - Sep 2002

  Manager of own growing (Organics) and agronomist for a dedicated group of organic growers around Scotland.