Steve Tones

Steve has been Head of Business Development of AHDB Horticulture (formerly HDC) for six years, leading the strategic planning of AHDB’s work in the sector and helping to shape the long-term direction of levy-funded programmes for the horticulture industry. Previously he spent more than 20 years at ADAS as an Entomologist and set up ran his own specialised consultancy and investment companies.

He is an Agricultural Zoology graduate from Newcastle University and studied for a PhD at Glasgow University. In his spare time he rocks, rolls, writes, rides bikes and walks up hill and down dale.