Phil Garnham
Associate Senior Consultant
Senior Management Head-hunter, implementing change for clients
Associate Senior Consultant
Senior Management Head-hunter, implementing change for clients
- 20 year’s networking and connecting within UK agribusinesses
- UK government agency executive head-hunter and consultant
- Numerous senior appointments that will shape UK agriculture policy
- Commentator on commodity markets and for the UK farming press
- AIRP accredited to work in the UK recruitment industry
Phil Garnham brings 20 years of commercial merchanting experience to the JP Trett business. He focuses primarily on mid-level and senior executive roles for clients in the grain, feed and seed sectors. Phil is an Affiliate of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals, the recruitment industry standard bearer, whose code of conduct the business adheres to. He has previously held trading positions with the likes of Frontier, and senior roles in risk and strategy management in the commodities sector.
- Prior to joining the firm, Phil was the Raw Material Buyer for Anglia Farmers, whereby UK members were protected from the erratic movements of the grain and protein markets through his implementation of a UK-wide strategy to ensure stability of pricing.
- Phil has experience across the commodity and seed industry – he has made contract agreements with the likes of Diageo and InBev for the supply of malting barley and ran an export book for barley and wheat going to Europe. He has worked with independent firms to import and sell various other commodities such as Hipro Soya and NON-GM products for the feed industry.
- Having started his career at Cargill plc, Phil’s career has seen him work with blue-chip firms such as Allied Grain, Frontier and Glencore; equally he has worked with respected independent merchants in the grain and feed industry. This has seen him build an extensive network of contacts and an impressive portfolio of clients who heed his advice when they are seeking executives.
Phil holds graduated in Agriculture from Cranfield University. He regularly writes articles for the Farmers Guardian and is asked to contribute his opinion on the grain markets for other publications.
