Whether team members are new or have been working with us for some time we are committed to helping them to develop to meet their full potential. We enjoy celebrating both individual and company success together.
Our People
We are passionate about our people.
As a company we recognise each team member’s goals and aspirations as well as the needs of our business.
Our Board of Directors
Managing Director, Argent Group Europe Ltd
David Gray
Managing Director, The Orchard Fruit Company & OrchardWorld
Mark Culley
Managing Director, Norton Folgate
Matt Hancock
Finance Director, Poupart Ltd
Robin Dawson
Commercial & Procurement
Commercial Manager, OrchardWorld
Sam has been in the food industry for over 20 years, initially in chilled salads and ready meals, but the majority of this in fresh produce (vegetables and subsequently fruit). Sam’s experience lies in commercial and customer management and strategic business development.
Sam Trebbick
Snr Commercial Manager, Norton Folgate
Tom Waterman
Supply Chain Manager, Norton Folgate
Sam Carter
Procurement Director, OrchardWorld
Ian brings with him a degree in Applied Physics and over 20 years worth of experience. He started his career with one of the big five UK retailers and now stands as our procurement Director.
Ian Hall
Commercial & Procurement Exec, OrchardWorld
Alan first joined the company in 1991, and has been involved with the UK Top Fruit industry for over 30 years. A former Hadlow College fruit student and some years working in both orchard and pack house production have allowed a depth of knowledge that bodes well with the company’s UK procurement operation.
Alan Griffiths
Stock & Procurement Executive, OrchardWorld
Nicole joined the company in 2013 and brings over 23 years of sales, procurement and stock management to the fruit industry.
Nicole Corrigan
Mila Kurpeikiene
Packaging & Order Controller, OrchardWorld
Ana joined OrchardWorld in 2017 and brings over three years experience in logistics as well as a degree in Industrial Engineering in Quality. Having previously specialised in the supply chain between Mexico and the United States, Ana has joined OrchardWorld as Packaging and Order Controller.
Ana Lucia Suarez Lozano
Operations & Logistics
Operations Manager, Norton Folgate
Mark Freeman
Product Manager, Norton Folgate
Rafal Ostas
Product Manager, Norton Folgate
Gosia Przybyszewska
Stock & QA Inspector, Norton Folgate
Vasile Rimboiu
Logistics Controller, OrchardWorld
Jonathan joined OrchardWorld in 2011 bringing with him over 13 years experience in world wide freight forwarding and logistics through out the United Kingdom and Europe.
Jonathan Cumming
Technical
Head of Technical, The Orchard Fruit Company
Bruce McGlashan
QA Manager, Norton Folgate
Michal Litwinczuk
QA Technician, OrchardWorld
Simon has been part of our technical team since 2005 and has worked in the fresh produce industry since 2004, specialising in Top Fruit quality and specification systems. Having a Computer Science degree he is able to offer quality support in wide range of areas.
Simon Chiverrell
Quality Controller, OrchardWorld
Jurgita Juskeviciene
Quality Controller, OrchardWorld
Monika joined the company in 2017 as part of the quality team and brings over 4 years of experience working across top, stone and soft fruit
Monika Kazlauskaite
Finance
Financial Controller, Norton Folgate
Chris Walker
Financial Controller, OrchardWorld
Teresa is a qualified CIMA Accountant. She has been with OrchardWorld since 2002. She currently manages the Finance team of five.
Teresa Cox
Management Accountant, OrchardWorld
Julie Strutt
Purchase Ledger Supervisor, OrchardWorld
Melanie has got nine years’ experience working in accounts and joined the OrchardWorld finance department in 2015 as purchase ledger supervisor.
Melanie Ash
Human Resources
Our Human Resources team are committed to supporting the business operation, company vision and its employees through people related activities and initiatives.
The team work collaboratively with senior management to help implement effective human resource practice and with our employees to address their needs, objectives and aspirations.
They provide a range of services which include the following;
- HR Advice, Policy and Support
- HR Administration and Information Management
- Recruitment and Induction
- Employee Wellbeing
- Pension, Payroll and Benefit Coordination
- Performance Management, Development and Training
The team also supports Health & Safety, HR System Implementation and Development, Corporate Responsibility and Company Communications.
Information Technology
The Orchard Fruit Company's IT team provides robust, progressive and advanced core systems through considered system selection & redundancy.
IT provides a service both
internally across the Group and also integration services to 3rd
parties such as customers, 3rd party packers and growers/suppliers. The
department has a long term IT strategy in place which covers 5 main areas; infrastructure, support, software development,
data science and system analysis.
The systems in place are Microsoft Dynamics Nav and bespoke applications. The bespoke applications have been developed in house and gives control and flexibility. These systems enable us to have full integration with our suppliers and packers.
Regular upgrades/refreshes ensure that the latest technologies are in use. Resilience is provided in all areas. In the event that a site is compromised a dedicated cloud based Disaster Recovery facility is on standby for implementation. Critical systems will be available within 4 hours and all others will be back on line within 24 hours. Due to the investments made The Orchard Fruit Company have the IT capacity to match a substantial increase in turnover.