Experience

PES Technologies

• United Kingdom
• Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Head of Commercial

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  PES Technologies is a UK based Ag-tech company. PES has developed a unique technology for measurement of Soil Health. This is done in field with results available after 5 minutes. Normal testing is laboratory based and can take up to a month and costs significantly more than the PES test. I am an investor and act as a board advisor. I have taken on the role of Interim Head of Commercial to oversee paid trials and boost relationships with potential customers and partners to gain commercial traction before the full launch in the spring of 2024 Show less



Ceva Animal Health (South Africa)

• Managing Director

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2020

  I was employed as Managing Director for Ceva Animal Health South Africa. I had full responsibility for running the business in South Africa; this included financial administration, regulatory affairs and logistics.My responsibility covered South Africa and the neighboring countries of Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Mozambique. The focus of the business is the poultry business where Ceva is considered the leader in vaccination services in Southern Africa. I had 65 staff working directly for me in South Africa plus distributors in the other countries.Along with my HR manager I instigated a staff development and succession plan to further align the company within the South African Governments BBEEE policy. An educational support programme was been initiated to help our lower paid worker’s children through sponsoring education up to university level. Responsibility for the Ceva manufacturing plant in South Africa also came under my remit. Show less

• General Manager

  • Sep 2007 - Mar 2015

  I was employed by CEVA SANTE ANIMALE s.r.l as General Manager.I had full responsibility for running the business in Romania; this included financial administration, regulatory affairs and logistics.The sales and marketing team leaders were directly responsible to me; we introduced a C.R.M package to help to manage the sales team.We also introduced a hatchery audit system to ensure correct use of CEVA vaccines this gave the customer benefit of guaranteed disease protection and CEVA better efficacy of our products. Show less



BOCM PAULS

• Netherlands
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Country Manager

  • Aug 2004 - Aug 2007

  I was employed as Country Manager for a British owned Animal feed Company to set up a subsidiary in Romania. I had full responsibility for the business in Romania, this included dealing with the Romanian fiscal authorities setting up logistics procedures and ensuring that all local legal and Vito Sanitary requirements were met. I recruited a sales team and set up an office in Bucharest. We were the first company to offer formulation advice in Romania; this was backed up by U.K based technical experts Show less



TRANSAG PRODUCTION COMPANY s.r.l

• Southern Region Manager

  • 2000 - 2004

  I managed half of an $80m project managing 14,000 Ha of a wheat, maize and sunflower farming operation in the southern half of Romania. This was a joint project between the Romanian government and Transag finance cooperation based in Miami Fl. In addition to the crop management and overseeing up to 350 employees, I was responsible for establishing reporting and control procedures and adhering to cash flow budgets. In the project we had 100 linear irrigation machines and 50 Agricultural machinery packages which included a combine harvester, tractor and all ancillary equipment.The spare Machinery capacity meant that I also ran a substantial contract business offering irrigation, cultivation, planting and harvest services. The project proved that using the right technology and high quality inputs (Seeds Fertiliser and Chemical’s). Higher yields both in terms of physical quantities and profitability could be achieved Show less