Seminar 3 - Key speakers

COO & Co-Founder TEAM Ag (UK) Limited

Andrew brings a depth of practical and business leadership skills from 30 years in Agricultural Business Management.  

Prior to co-founding TEAM Ag  Andrew held the position of Farms Director for a large Estate and Agri Business with previous roles encompassing Senior and Production Management. His attention to detail and critical appraisal of farm systems and supply chains has embedded granular levels of knowledge in the production and supply of combinable and root vegetable crops across a range of soil types and farming systems in tandem with enhanced habitat provision and consideration of local and national ecological indicators.  

Andrew has a proven record of being able to integrate innovative ideas and technology into complex farming systems to achieve tangible change.  

Recently retired manager and retained farm advisor

My career began with a job on John Fenton’s arable farm on the outskirts of Ipswich. After 18 months I felt the need to try something completely different and joined the Royal Navy, enjoying two very formative years. I returned to civilian life with a job repairing shipping containers while I searched for a route back in agriculture. Eventually I took up a position with Andy Mayhew at Waldringfield, working there while attending Otley agricultural college & then Walford College in Shropshire to study for a National Certificate in Farm Management. I returned to Andy at the end of the course, taking a role as farm foreman, where I stayed for six years. 

Unable to secure a management position on a farm at that time, myself and a good friend set up a contracting business, J&A Farm Services, which we ran until I joined HFN in May 1997 as Farm Manager. I retired from my role as Farms Director from Home Farm Nacton in May 2023 but will continue as an advisor for the farm, to be reviewed after a year.