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.

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

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.

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.

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.