Graduated in Agriculture at University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1985.
Trained and worked as Agricultural Adviser and Agronomist with ADAS, in Lancashire and Leicestershire.
Technical Agronomist with Kemira Agro from 1990-1997
Established own agronomy business in 1997, working with Simon Draper and Philip Wright to form Independent Agronomy Northwest.
Mainly working in Northwest England.
Specialising in cereals, OSR, maize, potatoes and grassland agronomy.
Undertakes specialist contracts such as farm business advice, technical training and land spreading exemptions (WML Para 7a).
Regional co-ordinator for the Defra/Momenta Cross Compliance contract in conjunction with Simon Draper Agronomy Ltd.