Ben Watts

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1502 677239
Mobile: 07980 917548
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Profile:
Ben has more than twelve years experience as a consultant covering East Anglia and has been responsible for delivering strategic and technical advice to many of the regions leading mixed farming businesses.

Ben’s areas of expertise include high yielding herd management, dairy herd nutrition, business strategy and financial management and he currently works with farmers, agribusinesses, processors and retailers.

 

Neil Blackburn

Managing Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1824 780464
Mobile: 07980 917555
E-Mail

Profile:
Neil has 17 years experience in providing advice to farmers, food businesses and the agricultural supply trade across Wales and the Midlands. Neil has also undertaken project work abroad, in countries ranging from Russia to India and the US, which gives him a better understanding of world economics and this impacts on food and farming businesses in the UK.

Neil’s areas of expertise include management consultancy, business and strategic planning, technical consultancy and nutrition.

Tim Davies

National Nutritionist

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1335 348211
Mobile: 07980 917568
E-Mail

Profile:
Tim has more than 28 years experience as a farm animal nutritionist and works across the Midlands, North of England and Wales as well collaborating on nutrition research in Europe and the USA.

Tim’s areas of expertise include specialist ruminant nutrition, solving health, fertility and production problems, manipulating milk quality, modelling carbon footprint of livestock and the evaluation of feeds and forages.

John Allen

Managing Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1452 814807
Mobile: 07980 841603
E-Mail

Profile:
John has more than 29 years experience of consultancy and works widely across the UK and the EU as well as having undertaken projects in the US and Eastern Europe.

John’s areas of expertise include strategic planning, carbon reduction project management, marketing, supply chain management, change management and people management and he works with some of the UK’s leading farmers as well as major food and dairy processors and retailers.

 

Helen Evans

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1948 710744
Mobile: 07980 917171
E-Mail

Profile:
Helen has worked as an agricultural consultant for 19 years and works across Shropshire, Cheshire and Clwyd as well as having some national clients.

Helen’s areas of expertise include business management consultancy, joint ventures, mixed farm businesses and dairy herd management and she works with busineses across the dairy, livestock and arable sectors.

Ainsley Baker

Associate

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1829 261700
Mobile: 07966 988665
E-Mail

Profile:
Ainsley has more than 13 years experience as a consultant and works across the North West, West Midlands and Wales.

His areas of expertise include business financing, organic farming and grant funding and he works with a wide range of dairy farm businesses.

Mike Bray

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1722 780173
Mobile: 07970 493338
E-Mail

Profile:
Mike has worked in the dairy industry for the majority of his career and currently provides high level strategic planning and technical advice to agribusinesses across the South of England.

Mike’s areas of expertise include technical, herd management and strategic planning issues relating to large scale dairy systems.

Tanya Colman

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1379 855458
Mobile: 07980 917547
E-Mail

Profile:
Tanya has worked as a dairy business consultant for the past 14 years and currently works with agribusinesses mainly in East Anglia.

Tanya’s areas of expertise include dairy nutrition, farm business and financial management and she works with a wide range of dairy farms across the region.

Sam Evans

Associate

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1691 828178
Mobile: 07970 493336
E-Mail

Profile:
Sam has more than nine years experience as a farm consultant and currently works with farms and agribusinesses across Wales and the North West.

Sam’s areas of expertise include animal behaviour and nutrition, business strategy and management, change management and business restructuring and his diverse client base ranges from units of 40 – 400 cows.

Joss Fawcett

Dairy Consultant

Contact:
Mobile: 07980 257341
E-Mail

Profile:
Joss joined Kite in 2007 having graduated from Newcastle University and works across the UK with a variety of farming businesses.

Joss’s areas of expertise include management consultancy, business and strategic planning and technical consultancy and he has specialist knowledge of carbon footprinting and he works with a broad range of dairy farms and farmer groups.

Chris Flint

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1332 862933
Mobile: 07980 917567
E-Mail

Profile:
Chris has been a consultant for 17 years and works across the Midlands and North and has also undertaken project work in Romania.

Chris’s areas of expertise include business management, business strategy, nutrition and herd health and management and his wide ranging client base includes dairy farms, processors and retailers.

Grant Hartman

Associate

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1267 221311
Mobile: 07815 890072
E-Mail

Profile:
Grant has more than 12 years experience as a farm consultant and works across South West Wales. In addition to his consultancy work he manages the family farm business with 200 high yielding Pedigree Holsteins in Wales.

Grant’s areas of expertise include business management consultancy, business policy and strategy and specialist dairy cow nutrition and he works with dairy farmers, dairy companies, financial institutions and the Welsh Assembly Government.

Ros Hughes

Managing Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1524 261762
Mobile: 07967 147925
E-Mail

Profile:
Ros has more than 24 years experience as a consultant in the dairy and arable sectors and works across Northern England and Southern Scotland.

Ros’s expertise includes management consultancy, business and strategic planning, technical consultancy and nutrition and works with a wide range of dairy farms as well as the supply industry.

Tony Jackson

Associate

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1773 872379
Mobile: 07974 751716
E-Mail

Profile:
Tony has worked in the dairy industry for more than 25 years and delivers consultancy across the UK.

His areas of expertise include facilitating discussion groups, grassland management, staff training and dairy herd management and he facilitates dairy farmer discussion groups for a range of milk processors and retailers.

Edward Lott

Management Consultant

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1793 791970
Mobile: 07815 284850
E-Mail

Profile:
Edward joined Kite in 2002 and currently works with a wide range of dairy businesses around his base in North Wiltshire.

Edward’s areas of expertise include dairy herd management, business management, analysis and strategic planning and he works with dairy farms, processors and retailers.

Paul Macer

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1332 863184
Mobile: 07980 917565
E-Mail

Profile:
Paul has more than 11 years consultancy experience and works across the Midlands and South West of England.

Paul’s areas of expertise include technical and business management consultancy, nutrition, forage management and breeding and his clients include a wide range of dairy farms and farmer groups.

Andrew Marlow

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1948 664787
Mobile: 07989 582343
E-Mail

Profile:
Andrew has worked as a consultant for more than 16 years and works across Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire.

Andrew’s areas of expertise include high level nutrition advice, business and financial consultancy and he mainly works with large specialist dairy farming clients.

Ewan McCombe

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1743 360071
Mobile: 07980 917566
E-Mail

Profile:
Ewan has more than 20 years consultancy experience and is recognised within the industry through work with the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, British Grassland Institutes and Business Networks.

Ewan’s areas of expertise include management consultancy, business and strategic planning and technical consultancy.

Mark Perry

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1823 491238
Mobile: 07980 917546
E-Mail

Profile:
Mark has more than 13 years experience as a consultant and his wide knowledge of the agricultural industry and has been instrumental in developing Advance Sourcing, which he manages.

His specialist skills lie in commodity sourcing, group buying, project management, database development and logistics and he works with large dairy and agribusinesses across the UK.

Chris Laycock

Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1626 833873
Mobile: 07971 452282
E-Mail

Profile:
Chris has more than 32 years experience in dairy consultancy and works across the South West of England although he has also worked in New Zealand, Russia and Lithuania.

Chris’s areas of expertise include business strategy, dairy herd management, nutrition, milk marketing and issues management and he works with a wide range of dairy farms and regional and national dairy processors.

David Levick

Managing Partner

Contact:
Tel/ Fax: +44 (0)1335 348277
Mobile: 07967 126395
E-Mail

Profile:
David has more than 23 years experience in consultancy and currently works across the UK and in Russia and Estonia.

David’s areas of expertise include dairy business strategy, nutrition consultancy, financial management and milk marketing and he works throughout the dairy supply chain with dairy farmers, milk processors and retailers.