Matt is Lincolnshire born and bred; he grew up in a family involved in different parts of the agricultural industry and farming. He studied Agriculture and Advanced Crop production at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Prior to this, he worked for Syngenta as a harvest student for many years as well as during his university work placement. Once achieving his degree, went on to start at Woodheads Seeds (owned by Wynnstay) in 2013 as Assistant Seed manager, later becoming Seed Manager.
Matt left Wynnstay between 2015 and 2024. He had several sales & management roles at Limagrain UK, a leading global plant breeder, latterly being Commercial Manager for the business across cereals, oilseeds, maize and forage crops.
We are now pleased to have Matt back at Wynnstay in 2024 as Head of Seed for the national business, looking after the seed strategy and driving the sales growth and market position of Wynnstay forward.
