Graham Bannister

Though not from a farming family, Graham developed a passion for farming at a very early age. Starting his working life on farms in East Yorkshire and learning as many areas of the industry as possible.  This culminated in Farm Management roles in Lincolnshire then Northamptonshire on large arable units.

To develop his commercial skills he Joined Greenvale AP as a potato buyer and trader in 2004 where he had a successful, and happy, ten-year period operating from their Perthshire office in Scotland.  He then returned to his native Yorkshire to be closer to his parents.  Graham joined the AHDB in 2017 as a Knowledge Exchange Manager in the potatoes sector, then leading the KE team as the Senior Manager, before moving in to the Cereals & Oilseeds sector as Head of Knowledge Exchange where his 40 years’ experience in agriculture are well suited  to helping Levy Payers navigate these uncertain times.