Finance Director

Kenilworth, United Kingdom

July 2022 - Present

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is a statutory levy board, funded by farmers, growers and others in the supply chain to help the industry succeed in a rapidly changing world. We want to create a world-class food and farming industry, inspired by and competing with the best. Our purpose is to make our agriculture and horticulture industries more competitive and sustainable through factual, evidence-based advice, information and activity: • We manage extensive research and development programmes which are delivering scientifically robust and commercially useful outcomes for our levy payers • We undertake efficient farm-level knowledge transfer programmes based on evidence, both from third-party science and our own R&D, aimed at improving efficiency, productivity and sustainability • We provide unbiased, high-quality market information that helps business decision making and improves supply chain transparency • We carry out export market development work and also domestic marketing activity to inspire and inform consumers in order to assist the economic viability of sectors which require this • We raise awareness of food and where it comes from among school children and we help ensure the agriculture and horticulture industries are able to develop and attract workers with the skills they need • We also ensure that proper account is taken of Government priorities for agriculture and the agri-food industry, where appropriate.

Deputy Finance Director (Interim)

England, Canada

December 2020 - July 2022

Group Finance Director

Birmingham, United Kingdom

June 2019 - December 2020

UK Chief Financial Officer (Interim)

Birmingham, United Kingdom

July 2018 - April 2019

UK Finance Director (Interim)

Birmingham, United Kingdom

March 2018 - July 2018

Finance Director

Telford, United Kingdom

March 2017 - March 2018

Group Finance Director (Interim)

Birmingham, United Kingdom

October 2016 - March 2017

Developments Finance Director

Poole, United Kingdom

January 2015 - October 2016

Finance Director

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

August 2012 - January 2015

Finance Director

Birmingham, United Kingdom

April 2006 - July 2012

Finance Director

Birmingham, United Kingdom

October 1997 - February 2006

Financial Controller

Dudley, United Kingdom

October 1997 - January 2001

Management Accountant

Stourbridge, United Kingdom

September 1994 - October 1997

Trainee Chartered Accountant

Dudley, United Kingdom

September 1992 - July 1994