Base location in the UK and using my skills and experience in worldwide Sourcing and also in Technical management in a freelance capacity.Proud and privileged to be working with great teams and special businesses in Mindful Chef and M&S

Initiated and manage the Tesco Sourcing Hub in South Africa which sources for Tesco from sub sahara Africa. Established key goals and purposes of the operation including identifyingand establishing long term strategic partnerships with the best Producers inAfrica. Responsible for ensuring that the Tesco business sourcethrough suppliers with the highest operational, quality and safetystandards, and suppliers that we can be proud of for their Ethical andEnvironmental standards. Created a multi functional team (Commercial,Logistics, Technical and Agronomic Divisions) of experts of Africannationality. Manage, train and mentor this team to understand anddeliver the Tesco business objectives.Initiating a Tesco fund for uplifting the communities where we buy from.

Appointed to pilot and established the first Tesco sourcing hub office in theworld. The role spanned Southern Europe and the Middle East to supplyTesco in Central Europe and the UK and Ireland.Developed the strategy of move our sourcing to be direct from producersand factories.Built relationships with the best suppliers for quality and standards. Built Tesco's reputationwith sources and the industry.Established the Tesco manufacturing, production , environmental standardswithin the Tesco supply base.Recruited a team located throughout Tesco European sourcing countries.

Headed the Tesco Technical team for Vegetables and Salad and Fruit.Responsible for the sourcing strategy, identifying the best worldwideimporting businesses to develop for Tesco products at the right price forcustomers across the Tesco customer demographic groups.Managed the team to create the right specifications to deliver thestandards of quality, safety and legality.Responsible for managing the Tesco farm production and environmentalstandard, Natures Choice.

Accountable for identifying Tesco customer standards and expectations inTesco stores throughout Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary.Interpreted these expectations into specifications for products thatsuppliers could deliver at the right price and to the right quality. Employed ,trained and managed Quality Control teams in all the countries. Identifiedthe suppliers that had the right culture and quality to build as long termsuppliers to Tesco.

Employed as a specialist in the Potato industry and supply chain from seedproduction through to growing Potatoes in the UK and internationlly.Developed skills and knowledge of the Produce industry, managing thesupply base of Potatoes Onions, Mushrooms, Carrots and other Vegetablesgrown throughout the world.Specialist in Product, Quality Management, supply chain and developing and managing suppliers.

Potato Technical Manager and Agronomist for the Saphir plc group, covering UK, France, Spain, Portugal , Seed and Ware potato production for supermarkets

Responsible for allocation of grant support schemes for farmers to improveagricultural production.Specialist in Seed Potato production and plant health and varieties. SeniorInspector of crops for Export worldwide with specialist knowledge ofdisease and multiplication of varieties.