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Date
of Birth:
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27
July, 1944
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Nationality:
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British
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Qualifications:
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Chartered
Biologist
B.Sc. with First Class Honours
Ph.D. University of
Bath (External Student)
Blackmore & Langdon Prize for Best
Student in Horticulture (1970)
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Institutes & Affiliations:
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Member of the
Institute of Biology
Member of the Institute of
Horticulture
Member of the Intl. Society for Horticultural
Science
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Languages:
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French
and Spanish; competent for Fieldwork
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Current
Position at CWA
External
Consultant. Harvest and post harvest systems of horticultural
crops, extensive experience of all aspects of fruit horticulture,
storage, handling and transportation.
Professional
Experience
In the area of
harvest and post harvest systems of horticultural crops to ensure
best possible quality delivered via a dedicated and thoughtfully
considered supply chain to the desired market whilst ensuring
compliance with ‘Due Diligence’. To ensure that such
systems are in line with ‘Best Practice’ and meet the
requirements of the leading European retailers whilst being fully
compatible in ethical trading terms with the social and economic
circumstances and aims of the originating company, region or
country.
Previous
Experience
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2003-
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Consultant
Work
undertaken on:
Developing
the potential of the Mozambique horticultural industry
Modified
atmosphere packaging for fresh produce
Transit/packaging/handling
problems – bananas, lychees, grapes and stone fruit
Consultancy
work for the World Bank – Egypt and Jordan
Advisory
work with African exporters, DFiD Food Safety Programme –
small scale growers, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Work
for COLEACP
Mentor
work, on behalf of NESTA, with the Sea Water Greenhouse Project.
Transit
temperature maintenance, with Messrs. Colebrand.
Lecturing in
Australia and New Zealand on supply chain issues, EU markets and
legislation.
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1987 - 2002
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Mack
Multiples – Technical Director
Mack Multiples is
the major part of M & W Mack, the largest U.K. owned
importer/Distributor of fresh produce in the U.K. Turnover in
2001-2002 was over £270 million. For quality assurance, and
to ensure product safety, built up a team of 18 graduate
technologists leading some 60 product managers and quality
controllers.
Duties / Responsibilities
The
improvement of product at source and maintaining that high
quality throughout the supply chain to the customer.
Creating
complete post-harvest systems, covering harvesting, quality
assurance, packaging and handling systems, with fruit, salad and
vegetable crops to maintain quality and condition.
A
system of comprehensible specifications was written covering all
Mack Products.
Ensured
that Mack Multiples met all the requirements of legislation,
especially the “Due Diligence” requirements of the
Food Safety Act (1990). HACCP’s set up for all products
from all sources.
Established
on a professional footing the Quality Assurance Department, and
has overseen its evolution into self contained groups focussing
on individual products or product groups.
Set
up an ISO 9000:2000 style Quality Assurance Programme that met
the requirements of all of the leading UK Multiples. Has created
Environmental and Social/Ethical audits ahead of the customers
and legal requirements for them.
Established
strong technical links overseas with Mack suppliers, including
setting up QA schemes to permit direct delivery from Spanish/
French/ Italian pack houses to UK supermarket Regional
Distribution Centres.
Has
identified and developed suppliers overseas to provide
supermarket quality produce from diverse countries such as
Greece, Turkey, Spain, Egypt, India, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil,
Dominican Republic, Ivory Coast etc.
Developed
a sound technical relationship between Mack and the relevant
staff of the leading UK Multiples and represented Mack in a
number of areas, such as Ethical Trading Initiative, COLEACP,
Fresh Produce Consortium etc. (APL was been asked to continue to
represent Mack at the E.T.I. and the COLEACP in 2003) Is fully
proficient in the relevant cultural components, harvest and
post-harvest systems for the following – bananas,
pineapples, papaya, citrus, grape, lychee, strawberries, stone
fruit, melons, beans, tomatoes, courgettes, cucumber, lettuce,
peppers, aubergine, apples, pears, avocado and many other crops.
During
his time with Mack, sales to supermarkets quintupled, taking Mack
to the position of the largest U.K. owned produce marketing
organisation. In 1998 he developed a strong organic banana
programme for the leading UK Multiples from the Dominican
Republic. Packaging has been a key area - for example, between
1995 and 1997 he developed and introduced the 60 x 40 display box
for bananas, now being used internationally. In 2000, after 3
years of collaborative work, he introduced the first M.A.P.
retail bag for bananas, extending the retail sales life of ripe
bananas from 2 days out to 4 days
Lectures and
seminars are regularly given to a wide range of audiences. In
2001 he introduced Fairtrade bananas to Sainsburys.
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1984 - 1987
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J Sainsbury
Plc, UK Supermarket - Technical Manager, Salads &
Fruit
Duties/
Responsibilities
Provided
technical support for JS Produce Buying Department and controlled
the work of 12 technical staff.
Was
responsible for drafting all relevant produce specifications.
Ensured
that all suppliers met the technical and hygiene requirements of
JS and worked to an agreed technical and packaging development
plan.
Advised
on all aspects of salads and fruit and deputised for the Senior
manager when required.
Has
made many visits overseas to Suppliers to carry out audits and to
encourage the improvement of quality at source, both in the
product and handling systems/logistics.
Reviewed
developments in science and technology, raw materials, varieties
and equipment, including visiting scientific establishments in
various countries and advising possible application for produce
technologists and buyers.
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1982 - 1984
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East Malling
Research Station - Deputy Head, Field Experiments Department
Duties
/ Responsibilities
Controlled
all husbandry activities of the plantation crops.
Organised
and monitored crop production programmes, herbicide programmes,
tree mulching and fertiliser programmes. Conducted field
experiments on soil sterilisation, herbicides, application
machinery, growth regulators, foliar feeds and the use of
polyacrylanamides as soil adjuvants to reduce irrigation needs.
Reorganised the structure of the harvest management and combined
the research and commercial grading of fruit.
Introduced
and developed computer compatible instructions and records to
establish the basis for up to date information on the complex use
of agrochemicals at EMRS for the first time. This was not only an
improved management tool, but a data bank facility for scientific
staff
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1974 - 1982
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H Mount &
Sons - General Manager, Fruit Farming & Storage
Duties
/ Responsibilities
General
Manager of commercial tree fruit farm. Responsible for all
aspects of organisation and financial planning of the largest
single block of tree fruit in the UK (400ha). Crops included
apples, pears, plums, cherries, soft fruit and amenity trees.
Supervised
all cultivation and pruning operations. During the period farm
staffing was rationalised from 118 to 54 whilst at the same time
crop tonnage and quality was increased. Harvest staff numbered
320 at their peak weeks. Responsible for storage facilities as a
profit centre including 5,000 tonnes of Controlled Atmosphere
Stores and 3,000 tonnes Cold Stores, plus 1,000 tonnes of dry
storage.
Also
responsible for the company’s financial control and
established and maintained a five year rolling development
programme, liasing closely with the Company Accountants.
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1975
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University
of Bath
Awarded PhD in 1975
for a thesis entitled “Artificial Supplementary Pollination
of European Fruit Crops” This research covered both
bee-aided and spray pollination.
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1970 - 1974
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Ministry
of Agriculture - on secondment to Long Ashton) Grade III,
Advisory Officer
Duties
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Horticultural
Advisory Officer (ADAS), ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food.
Advised
tree fruit farmers on all aspects of cultivation. Responsible for
pollination advice given to fruit farmers. Seconded to Long
Ashton Research Station to work on problems of fruit set in UK.
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1961 - 1966
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Long Ashton
Research Station - Scientific Assistant
Duties
/ Responsibilities
Worked
on the development of orchard sprayer and spray programmes to
combat red spider mite on fruit trees.
Monitored
orchard fauna under different spray regimes and developed simple
bioassay techniques to quantify spray deposits on apple leaves.
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Countries
Worked In
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Argentina
Australia
Barbados
Belgium
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Canary
Isles
Chile
China
Channel Isles
Colombia
Costa
Rica
Cyprus
Denmark
Dominican
Rep
Ecuador
Egypt
France
Germany
Greece
Ghana
Guadeloupe
Holland
India
Israel
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Italy
Ivory
Coast
Jordan
Kenya
Malaysia
Madagascar
Martinique
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
New
Zealand
Panama
Portugal
St.
Lucia
Senegal
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey
Uganda
Trinidad
Uruguay
USA
Venezuela
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Recent Courses
Undertaken
Environmental
Auditing for Quality Auditors: 2 days at CCFRA (1999)
Pesticides
Revision Course 2 days: Tutor: David Godsmark (2000)
ISO9000:2000
Q.M.S. Revision Course: Tutor: Peter Lavis Food Industry (2001)
Training, Reading
HACCP for Fresh Produce: An Overview 1 day by
CCFRA (2001)
Ethical Auditing – 3 day Intertek Course at
Loughborough University (2001)
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