Our People

Graham Redman is a Partner of The Andersons Centre, Director of Agro Business Consultants and author of the Nix Farm Management Pocketbook. He has worked as an agricultural economist at The Andersons Centre since 2004, providing specialist agri-business research services to both public and private sector clients. Before joining Andersons, Graham served as an economist for a major agricultural merchant, where he offered guidance primarily on grain and animal feed markets.  Prior to that, he worked as a farm management consultant for a national firm operating in Central and Southern England. His experience spans several types of farming enterprises. Graham holds agricultural degrees from the Universities of Leeds and Reading.

He is also:

• An Associate of the Royal Agricultural Society
• A Board Member of the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO)
• A Council Member and Professional Fellow of the Institute of Agricultural Management
• A Chartered Environmentalist
• A Member of the Agricultural Economics Society
• A active member of the Farmers’ Club

Richard was bought up on a mixed family farm on the Oxfordshire/ Buckinghamshire borders.  He attended Harper Adams College, Shropshire and gained a BSc (Hons) in Rural Enterprise and Land Management and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1997.

Richard joined Andersons Research team in Melton Mowbray in 1998.  The team analyses and interprets agricultural policy and market developments, and provides specialist business research, training, briefings, and publishes information.

He became editor of the Agricultural Budgeting and Costing Book in 2000 and joined the Andersons Centre Partnership in 2003.  He is a member of the CAAV’s Farming and Environment Committee.

On a personal level he is married with three daughters.  His interests include watching low-quality football (supporting Oxford United), and playing golf and squash badly.

Joe Scarratt is a Partner and Farm Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre. He specialises in assisting arable and mixed businesses, as well as some estates, with long term strategic business planning. Joe undertakes one-off business reviews as well as ongoing consultancy support to long term clients, focused on maximising profitability. He spends a considerable proportion of his time establishing and managing joint ventures and contract farming agreements.

Michael is a Partner and Senior Research Consultant at The Andersons Centre, specialising in market development, international trade, agri-food policy, and environmental issues. He has led numerous trade policy research projects across a wide range of UK farming sectors, including assessments of non-tariff measures and free trade agreements on UK agri-food. Michael has also managed several projects focused on greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental impact of farming. He previously worked with IHS (now S&P Global), JFC Agri and the European Commission. Michael comes from a livestock farming background in Ireland and holds a BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Economics and Management from Queen’s University Belfast, as well as an MSc in International Agricultural and Food Marketing from Newcastle University.

Oliver is a Partner and Senior Farm Business Consultant within the Andersons Consultancy Team. He plays an active role in his own family livestock enterprise and also invests in several dairy businesses across the UK, giving him first-hand insight into the commercial realities faced by farmers.

Oliver’s specialist skills include developing farming joint ventures such as contract and share-farming arrangements, as well as providing farm business management advice, budgeting support, and long-term strategic and succession planning. He undertakes detailed investment appraisals and loan applications, alongside coaching businesses in high-utilisation grassland systems. His dairy expertise covers infrastructure design, technical KPI development, and quantifying the financial benefits of performance improvements, as well as overseeing transitional and turnaround management. He also facilitates farmer-led dairy discussion groups.

Outside of work, Oliver enjoys weekend farming. He also values time with his family and takes every opportunity to play sport and keep active.

Anna is a Senior Farm Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre, specialising in dairy consultancy and nutrient management planning. Her work encompasses financial, strategic, and technical advice for dairy farmers; succession planning and people management, benchmarking; facilitating a number of dairy discussion groups across England and Wales, and working alongside the research team on dairy projects. Anna is FACTS qualified. Prior to Andersons Anna spent ten years working for a dairy consultancy in West Wales and read BSc (Hons) International Equine and Agricultural Management and MSc Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security at the Royal Agricultural College. Anna manages a spring block calving dairy farm through a contract farming agreement and grew up on a dairy farm in West Wales. She sits on the AHDB Dairy Sector Council as a farmer representative and from 2023 to 2025 was a Trustee of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust.

Caroline is a Senior Research Consultant at The Andersons Centre.  She is a specialist adviser on agricultural policy and its implications for farmers and landowners.  She helps to compile both the Agricultural Budgeting & Costing Book and the Nix Farm Management Pocketbook.  In addition, she is also a key contributor to Andersons’ monthly bulletins.  Caroline is involved in the family farm with her husband, which encompasses both livestock and cropping operations.  She holds a BSc (Hons) in Rural Land Management and is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors (MRICS).

James Webster-Rusk is a Senior Agribusiness Analyst at The Andersons Centre, specialising in combinable crop and root markets. He supports clients across the pre- and post-farmgate arable sector by providing clarity on how market movements, policy decisions and environmental pressures influence their supply chains. His work includes developing cost-of-production models to aid price discovery in opaque markets across the UK and Northern Europe. James has also contributed extensively to the analysis and costing of UK farm support policy. Before joining The Andersons Centre, he worked for the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), focusing on cereal and oilseed market analysis. James grew up on a small arable farm in Suffolk, he holds a degree in Economics from the University of Hertfordshire. In 2026, he will take part in the GB Potatoes Industry Development Programme.

Amelia is a Farm Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre. She works with numerous clients across England, specialising in the arable sector. She provides services such as budgeting and cash flow monitoring, investment appraisals, borrowing proposals, contract farming agreements, grant applications, environmental scheme applications, and whole business reviews. Amelia comes from an arable family farming business in Cambridgeshire and holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Agriculture with Farm Business Management from Harper Adams University.

George is a Senior farm and rural business consultant with the Andersons Centre team. He has over 35 years’ experience working with a wide range of businesses across all sectors. His approach is to bring practical reality to sometimes difficult financial and family challenges. On the more practical front he has an ongoing interest on the soil and land management topics of the businesses he deals with.

Prior to joining the team, he had the benefit of 15 years of practical farming and formal training. This included manging a large estate farm in Suffolk and taking his father out of farming on the family rented farm. He is formally qualified with and HND (Ag Sc) Diploma in farm business management. He also has BASIS Facts and L6 quality of soils qualifications. He is a keen and competitive sportsman and has a team of working gundogs.

Edward is a Farm Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre. He works with most farm sectors, specialising in poultry, mixed farming, and on-farm diversifications. He works with numerous clients across England Wales, under Farming Connect. He provides services such as budgeting & cashflow monitoring; borrowing proposals for new investments or debt restructuring; supporting agricultural reports for planning applications; investment appraisals; the setting up and management of contract farming agreements; grant applications; and business reviews. Edward comes from a mixed family farming business in Staffordshire which incorporates poultry, grazing livestock, arable and diversifications. He holds a BSc degree in Agriculture with Farm Business Management from Harper Adams University.

Kerry has over 13 years of experience as a Farm Business Consultant for The Andersons Centre, with particular expertise in the beef and sheep sector, and Welsh Farming Policy. She specialises in strategic, financial and technical advice within her consultancy work with a wide variation of clients including small family farms as well as livestock enterprises on larger estates. This work is a mix of one-off jobs aswell as ongoing management work. She facilitates a number of Farming Connect funded discussion groups and has also done a wide range of work with benchmarking, particularly within the Welsh Beef and Sheep Industry. Outside of farm consultancy, she runs a small upland flock of 200 ewes and is also heavily involved in her family farm, comprising of 1,300 breeding ewes and 70 suckler cows.

Paddy is a Farm Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre, specialising in dairy and business management consultancy. He works with progressive farmers to strengthen financial performance, build resilient business strategies, and make confident investment decisions. His consultancy spans financial planning and analysis, technical and strategic support, investment appraisals, and preparing finance applications; all with a practical, commercially minded approach.

Before joining Andersons, Paddy spent seven years in hands-on farm management, including running a Contract Farming Agreement in Somerset. This experience underpins his advice with real-world operational insight and a clear understanding of the pressures and opportunities within modern farming businesses.

Paddy holds a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture with Animal Science from Harper Adams University and was awarded the RABDF Dairy Student Award. He brings a blend of analytical skill, sector knowledge, and practical experience to help clients navigate an increasingly complex and fast-moving agricultural landscape.

Harry Davies is a Farm Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre, predominantly working within the arable and grazing livestock sectors, with a strong interest in diversification. His work includes the preparation of farm budgets, the development and management of Contract Farming agreements, supporting clients with agri-environment schemes, and conducting full business reviews to strengthen long-term resilience.

He has contributed to the delivery of DEFRA’s Future Farm Resilience Fund (FFRF) and the Allerton/Ricardo Roads to Resilience scheme, helping farming businesses navigate policy changes and future challenges.

Harry holds a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture with Farm Business Management from Harper Adams University, having spent his placement year working for G’s Fresh. Harry remains actively involved in his family’s beef and arable farm in Leicestershire.

Alex is a Farm Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre, with experience in most aspects of lowland agriculture. Offering business consultancy advice, budgeting, business reviews, and financial planning. Other areas of expertise include on farm diversification, Countryside Stewardship, Sustainable Farming Incentive, and other grant applications.

She is also involved in conducting carbon audits and reporting on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.

Alex comes from an arable and sheep farm in Leicestershire which over the last 50 years has diversified into running a Clay Pigeon Shooting Ground, Fishing Lakes and delivering Hardwood Logs for firewood, . She holds a BSc degree in Agriculture with Farm Business Management from Harper Adams University, is a member of IAgrM and associate member of BIAC.

Amy is an Environmental Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre, specialising in environmental and biodiversity enhancement, carbon auditing and natural capital assessments. Having been involved in numerous carbon audits, assessing individual farms’ greenhouse gas emissions and conducting soil sampling representative of the farm. She has extensive experience in ecological identification, vegetation classification, habitat creation and management plans. Involving natural capital markets such as Biodiversity Net Gain and Woodland Creation. Amy comes from a farming background within the Leicestershire area and holds a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Land Management, as well as an MSc in Agroecology, both obtained at Harper Adams University. Having conducted her Master’s Research Project on the viability of solar farming with dual-use livestock grazing within Shropshire County. The results have been utilised within numerous agricultural academic conferences, including conferences held in Sweden.

Anita has worked with The Andersons Centre for over 30 years, serving as our Accounts Manager, overseeing financial reporting, billing, and management accounts. Anita continues to play a vital role in supporting the team and also assists with accounts analysis.

Debbie is our Publications Administrator, providing support for publications and website management, handling customer queries, and overseeing other key operational tasks. She has been part of The Andersons Centre team since 2021 and plays an pivotal role in keeping our publishing activities running smoothly.

Elizabeth is our PA/Office Administrator, providing comprehensive personal assistant and administrative support to the Partners and Consultants. She assists with their day-to-day administration. She has been part of The Andersons Centre team since 2024 and plays a key role in supporting the team.