Preston Wynne, England, United Kingdom
As a highly professional commercial consultant coming from a solid agricultural and marketing background I am ideally placed to 'Help Grow Food and Drink Businesses' throughout the whole supply chain from 'Farm to Fork' and specialise in Organic, Local and Direct Markets with a keen personal interest in organic and livestock enterprises. I am a strategic planner with extremely high interpersonal and time management skills who can successfully manage different work strands simultaneously. I also enjoy teaching, student mentor and dissertation supervision roles. On behalf of the Scottish Organic Forum and working closely with Wendy Seel and the Scottish Government, I organised a reception at the Scottish Parliament (Jan 2016) to 'Celebrate Organic Ambitions', Scotland's Organic Action Plan 2016 - 2020 which was developed and written by myself and Wendy Seel, Antonia Ineson and David Michie on behalf of the Scottish Organic Forum. I joined SAC (now SRUC) on a graduate training programme in 2004 during my last year at Aberdeen University. I delivered an organic marketing workshop to Turkeys Ministry of Ag in 2007. I deliver part of the SAC Distance Learning PGDip/MSc in Organic Farming where I am a Core Team member. The remit of my role changed slightly in 2010 when I joined the SAC Food & Drink team and now encompasses local, direct and third sector marketing and development as well as organic marketing. In addition to this I recently completed my Certificate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and PD:ITALL (Adult Literacy Tutor). Specialties: organic, local, direct and third sector marketing and promotion
As commercial income earning consultant I help to 'Grow Food and Drink Businesses' throughout the whole supply chain from 'Farm to Fork' and specialise in Organic, Local and Direct Markets with a keen personal interest in organic and livestock enterprises. Part funded by Scottish Government to help develop and deliver policy and recently secured additional funding to help develop Organic Ambitions - Scotland's organic action plan 2016 - 2020. I work within Scotland's local and organic food and drink sectors throughout the whole supply chain supporting producers and processors. I provide marketing support, consultancy and extension throughout the Scottish (and UK) organic production supply chain. In addition, I work closely with Scotland’s organic producers, traders, processors, organic Certification Bodies and the Scottish Government and has been secreteriat for the Scottish Organic Forum since 2008. I regularly produce and contribute to a variety of marketing publications and promotional strategies through various media. I have overseas experience; delivering an organic marketing workshop to Turkeys Ministry of Agriculture in 2007. I also deliver part of the SAC Distance Learning PGDip/MSc in Organic Farming where I am a member of their Core Team and I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. The remit of my role changed slightly in 2010 when I joined the SAC Food & Drink team and the role now also encompasses local, direct and third sector marketing and promotion as well as organic marketing.
Maintain a safe and enjoyable environment for the public whilst preserving the integrity of the licencee; amongst other things........... although each job can have different challenges
Work with several Youth Groups in Aberdeen City
Worked on family organic beef and arable farm. As well as being very hands on in both the practical and paperwork side of the business I was also very involved with developing a market for finished beef cattle within Scotland. Did all company paperwork and prepared books for accountant. Had experience grading and rouging potatoes on own and neighbouring farm.