Nigel heads up the FPC executive team, providing strategic leadership to effect growth and increased membership. Nigel joined the Fresh Produce Consortium as Chief Executive in 2004.
Alan has been involved in the fresh food sector since leaving university. His experience spans produce multiple retail buying as well as instore management and he has worked in fresh produce and flower imports, growing, preparation and distribution…
Mike has worked in the perishable freight industry for over 33 years. He gained a wealth of experience working for a number of forwarding companies and, in October 2003, started his own company PML Ltd…
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A respected name in the industry, Veryan has two decades of strategic leadership and advisory experience at board level, spanning multiple product categories with an emphasis on protected salads. With a storied career centered on fostering improvements in technical and commercial aspects, Veryan has consistently contributed to policy formulation, compliance assurance, promotion of change,and delivery of efficiencies. Among her significant achievements include serving as the Commercial Technical Director for Suncrop Produce Ltd, where she excelled in managing technical, environmental, and social governance aspects .As an active industry representative in several esteemed organisations, Veryan's experience spans from serving on the Red Tractor Fresh Produce Sector Board to the Waitrose Agronomy Group &Waitrose Farming Partnership Group. A long-standing Non-Executive Director for the Fresh Produce Consortium, she effectively addresses a spectrum of industry issues from EU plant health to food security.
Veryan’s roles in Agri Tech includes advising PES Technologies, consultant for SoilPoint Ltd/Kingston Companies, and mentor for the AgriTech accelerator programme at the University of Lincoln and Barclays Eagle labs.
Over the years Martin set up and ran a number of horticultural trading businesses specialising in the sale of flowers and plants.
In 2001 he formed the Zyon Group with a Dutch colleague. Based on the Westland clock auction in Holland the business has subsidiaries in Hungary and the UK…
Richard is a director of family company Gilbert Thompson (Leeds) Ltd, GT Produce Ltd, GT Flowers Ltd.
After university, and a stint as a computer analyst, Richard joined his family's wholesale business in 1999. Since then, the business has undergone several changes, including relocation to a private site, an MBO where Richard and his brother Daniel acquired the business from their father, and a major restructure…
Drew is the Technical, Sustainability and Health & Safety Director at Total Produce UK. Drew has a PhD in horticultural science and extensive experience in all aspects of the horticultural industry, including growing, management, acquisition, research, consultancy, prepared food and produce technology…
Having over 25 years experience in fresh produce, Simon’s early career was as a buyer with Tesco and then Safeway. He has had board director roles with Huntapac and SH Pratt Group before becoming Commercial Director at Compagnie Fruitiere UK in 2018. Latterly, Simon has worked to help develop businesses within the vertical farming sector . . . .
Fresh produce TV favourite Chris Bavin is officially back for the FPC Fresh Awards – this time as one of our 2026 judges, helping to spotlight the very best talent, businesses and breakthroughs across the UK’s fresh produce, cut flower and plant supply chain.
A graduate of Nottingham University’s School of Agriculture, Guy is a sales and marketing specialist who helped pioneer the marketing of cut flowers and plants to multiple retailers in the UK in the 1980’s and held Commercial Director and Managing Director roles in some of the country’s largest produce and horticultural businesses before setting up MorePeople in 2000.
John is Chief Financial Officer of Tom Brown Wholesale Florists, one of the UK's leading floriculture wholesalers. He has played a pivotal role in the company's growth and development, helping to strengthen its position as a trusted supplier to florists nationwide and supporting its continued expansion across the UK.
Noel has a wealth of experience within the industry, including developing service levels within the hospitality sector, serving an emerging market of young talented chefs with a requirement for innovation and access to new products.
In 2002 Noel established Delifresh, a food service company based on quality, service, provenance, and people, initially based on Bradford St James Market, the business has grown to become a national distributer with 5 modern facilities located throughout the UK.
