Professional recognition and accreditation:

Chartered Environmental (CEnv) registered as a Member of the Institute of Agricultural Management (MIAgrM)

Associate Fellow of the Operational Research Society (AFORS)

Competent Communicator (CC) within Toastmasters International.

Qualifications:

MSc, Operational Research, 2004, University of Hertfordshire

MSc, Applied Environmental 1994, Science, Wye College, University of London

BSc (Hons), Agriculture, 1990, Seale-Hayne College, Polytechnic Southwest.

Positions:

01/2006-date Research Officer: (agricultural decision modelling and analysis) now Research Fellow in Operational Research in Natural Resources

07/2003-12/ 2005 Research Officer: agricultural decision modelling and analysis at Silsoe Research Institute, Wrest Park Silsoe, Bedford, UK

10/1995-06/2003 Research Assistant: agricultural decision modelling and analysis at Silsoe Research Institute, Wrest Park Silsoe, Bedford, UK

09/1994-09/1995 Assistant Consultant: bio-energy systems decision modeller at LRZ (Bio-energy Systems) Ltd, Herts., UK

Pre 1993/4 Various position in livestock and arable agriculture in the UK and the Netherlands culminating in a year as a dairy herd manager in Kent