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AHDB Teams

Management team

Levy team

Strategy directors

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Mark Haighton

Pork Sector Director

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Paul Flanagan

Dairy Sector Director

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Samantha Charlton

Beef & Lamb Sector Director

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Sarah Woolford

Cereal & Oilseeds Sector Director

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Will Jackson

Market Development & Communications Director

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Ken Boyns

Centre of Excellence Director (Sustainable Agriculture)

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Heads of Knowledge Exchange

North East

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Izak van Heerden

Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager – Business, Insights & Skills

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Laura Smith

Farmbench Manager

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Emily Symonds

Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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North West

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Karl Pendlebury

Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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James Hague

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Dairy

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Craig Patrick

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Cereals & Oilseeds

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Izak van Heerden

Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager – Business, Insights & Skills

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Julie Clark

Lead Farmbench Manager

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East Midlands

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Grace Whitlow

Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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Molly Bampton

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Cereals & Oilseeds

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Laura Smith

Farmbench Manager

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East Anglia

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Amy Catling

Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager – Cereals & Oilseeds

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Kate Thompson

Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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Emily Udall

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Dairy

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Olivia McDonagh

Farmbench Manager

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West Midlands

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Olivia Bonser

Farmbench Manager

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Aaron Cantrill

Knowledge Exchange Manager – Cereals & Oilseeds

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Kelly Seaton

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Dairy

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Grace Whitlow

Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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South East

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Izak van Heerden

Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager – Business, Insights & Skills

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Kate Thompson

Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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David Hunter

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Cereals & Oilseeds

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Emily Udall

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Dairy

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Olivia McDonagh

Farmbench Manager

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South West

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Tom Edwards

Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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Jason Hendy

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Cereals & Oilseeds

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Laura Awdry

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Dairy

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Zoe Kingham

Farmbench Manager

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Thom Washbourne

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Dairy

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Mark Campbell

Knowledge Exchange Manager - AgriLeader

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Scotland

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Doreen Anderson

Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager - Dairy

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Adrian James

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Cereals & Oilseeds

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Julie Clark

Lead Farmbench Manager

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Wales

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Olivia Bonser

Farmbench Manager

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Aaron Cantrill

Knowledge Exchange Manager – Cereals & Oilseeds

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James Hague

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Dairy

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Jamie McCoy

Head of Engagement

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Northern Ireland

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Craig Patrick

Knowledge Exchange Manager - Cereals & Oilseeds

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Julie Clark

Lead Farmbench Manager

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National

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Zanita Markham

Sustainability and Engagement Manager

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Mark Campbell

Knowledge Exchange Manager - AgriLeader

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Izak van Heerden

Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager – Business, Insights & Skills

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Alan McFadzean

Senior Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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Elizabeth Swancott

Senior Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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Tony Bayles

Engagement & Training Manager (Pork)

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Lynn Briggs

Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager - National - Beef & Lamb

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Bryony Harris

Knowledge Transfer Manager - Beef & Lamb

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Emma Craig

Senior Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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Horticulture Knowledge Exchange

AHDB Horticulture has now moved to an archive website. 

Market Intelligence team

Market Intelligence team – management and trainees
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David Swales

Head of Economics and Analysis Operations (Livestock)

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Derek Carless

Head of E&A Operations (Benchmarking and Cereals & Oilseeds)

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Sarah Baker

Head of Economics - Analysis

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Hannah McLoughlin

Trainee Analyst

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Alex Gowen

Head of Agri-Food Policy Analysis

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Market Intelligence Market Specialists team – Cereals & Oilseeds
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Millie Askew

Lead Analyst (Cereals & Oilseeds)

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Sara Maslowski

Lead Analyst (Cereals & Oilseeds)

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Gabriel Odiase

Analyst (Cereals & Oilseeds)

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Helen Plant

Senior Analyst (Cereals & Oilseeds)

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Yuriy Ruban

Analyst (Cereals & Oilseeds)

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Anthony Speight

Senior Analyst (Cereals & Oilseeds)

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George Craddock

Analyst (Cereals & Oilseeds)

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Market Intelligence Market Specialists team – Livestock
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Freya Shuttleworth

Senior Analyst (Livestock)

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Hannah Clarke

Lead Analyst (Red Meat)

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Soumya Behera

Senior Analyst (Dairy)

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Susie Stannard

Lead Analyst (Dairy)

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Becky Smith

Senior Analyst (Livestock)

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Annabel Twinberrow

Analyst (Livestock)

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Tom Spencer

Analyst

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Adam Chowdry

Analyst (Livestock)

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Market Intelligence Retail and Consumer Insight team
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Steven Evans

Lead Consumer Insight Manager

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Kim Heath

Lead Retail Insight Manager

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Grace Withers

Lead Retail Insight Manager

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Charlotte Forkes-Rees

Retail and Consumer Insight Analyst

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Vanessa Adamson

Retail and Consumer Insight Manager

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Emma Wantling

Retail and Consumer Insight Manager

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Elisya Zain

Retail and Consumer Insight Analyst

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Market Intelligence Economics team
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Amandeep Kaur Purewal

Senior Economist

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Jess Corsair

Senior Economist

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Megan Hesketh

Senior Economist - Agribusiness

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Market Intelligence administration
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David Aldridge

E&A Operations Coordinator

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Debby Round

E&A Operations Officer

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Louise Chang

Team Coordinator

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Meet the Market Intelligence Data and Analysis Team 

Farm Business and Skills Expertise

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Mark Campbell

Knowledge Exchange Manager - AgriLeader

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Izak van Heerden

Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager – Business, Insights & Skills

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Animal Breeding and Product Quality Expertise

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Kim Matthews

Head of Animal Breeding & Product Quality

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Sam Boon

Senior Animal Breeding Manager (Signet)

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Stuart Friswell

Signet Breeding Technician

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Siobhan Slayven

Manager: Supply Chain Development

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Harriet Bunning

Lead Animal Genetics Expert

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Laura Eyles

Senior Signet Breeding Specialist

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Pourya Davoudi

Geneticist (Beef & Lamb) Animal Breeding & Product Quality

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Animal Genetics Expertise

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Marco Winters

Head of Animal Genetics

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Daniel Pitt

Animal Genetics Manager

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Victoria Sercombe

Genetics data analyst

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Crop Health Expertise

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Jenna Watts

Head of Farming Systems & Research

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Sacha White

Lead Crop Protection Scientist (Pest Lead, BYDV and CSFB)

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Catherine Harries

Senior Crop Protection Scientist (Cereals & Oilseeds)

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Siobhan Hillman

Crop Protection Scientist (Weed Lead, RL Disease Ratings and Watch Lists)

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Environmental Expertise

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Chris Gooderham

Environment Director

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David Ball

Lead Environment Specialist

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Amanda Bennett

Senior Environment Manager (soil health and nutrient management)

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Karan Davis

Environment Manager (Baselining)

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Jenny Gibbons

Senior Environment Manager (Roadmaps)

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Katherine Jack

Environment Senior Analyst

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Delyth Lewis-Jones

Head of Environment

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Rachael Madeley-Davies

Head of Environment – Technical

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Joanna McBurnie

Environment Scientist

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Alice Sin

Environment Scientist

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Saskia van Dongen

Lead Environment Specialist (Policy)

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Mary Vickers

Senior Environment Manager (Baselining)

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Recommended Lists team

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Paul Gosling

Senior Manager for the Recommended Lists (RL)

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Kathryn Hales

Development Manager for the Recommended Lists (RL)

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Diana Flower

Lead Analyst for the Recommended Lists (RL)

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Ellie Marshall

Lead Analyst for the Recommended Lists (RL)

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Sarah-Jane Woodcock

Senior Field Trials Manager for the Recommended Lists (RL)

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Mark Bollebakker

Senior Field Trials Manager for the Recommended Lists (RL)

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Sean Burns

Senior Field Trials Manager for the Recommended Lists (RL)

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Georgia Baxter

Senior Crop Production Systems Scientist Recommended Lists (Cereals & Oilseeds)

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Production System Experts

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Kristina Grenz

Senior Cereal Product Quality Scientist (Contaminants)

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Animal Health and Welfare team

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Mandy Nevel

Head of Animal Health and Welfare

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Miranda Poulson

Senior Animal Health and Welfare Scientist

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Claire Barber

Animal Health & Welfare Scientist

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Amey Brassington

Senior Animal Health & Welfare Scientist

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Lauren Turner

Lead Animal Health & Welfare Scientist

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Lis King

Senior Animal Health & Welfare Scientist

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Sarah Tomlinson

Lead Veterinary Science Expert

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Francesca Green

Animal Health & Welfare Scientist

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Zoe Lloyd

Animal Health & Welfare Scientist

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Joshni Raj

Animal Health & Welfare Scientist

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Halcyon Hayward

Animal Health and Welfare Scientist

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Alison Russell

Animal Health & Welfare Scientist

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Knowledge Transfer team

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Laura James

Senior Knowledge Transfer Manager – Cereals & Oilseeds

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Henny Lowth

Senior Knowledge Transfer Manager – Cereals & Oilseeds

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Ellie Dearlove

Knowledge Transfer Manager – Cereals & Oilseeds

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Grace Whitlow

Engagement Manager – Beef & Lamb

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Sophie Allery

Knowledge Transfer Officer (Dairy)

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Zanita Markham

Sustainability and Engagement Manager

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