Our People

Andy joined NMR as the Managing Director in 2002. Andy’s previous roles include the European Managing Director of TNT Container Logistics and Managing Director of Arca Systems UK. Andy graduated with a BSC in Applied Biology. Whilst at NMR Andy has managed the process by which the business has restructured to focus on its core competence in milk recording and built a new business around payment testing.

Mark joined NMR in 2016 as Finance Director. After significant reorganisation associated with the exit from the Milk Pension Fund, including refinancing and balance sheet restructure via a capital reduction and hive-up, Mark has brought greater financial management and acuity to the requirements of running the refinanced business. These include improved forecasting and reporting, and the use of KPI reporting via a Balance Scorecard. Mark brings significant experience including time as a Director of Finance at Milk Link, having senior responsibility for financial stewardship and restructuring during a time of critical changes in the dairy industry.

Ben studied Agricultural Economics and joined MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) before becoming a consultant for the Meat and Livestock Commission. Ben joined NMR’s marketing department in 1997 before taking a role in corporate account management, building strategic relationships in the big UK dairy producers, notably Arla, Muller and Dairy Crest, now Saputo UK. Ben was central to establishing the iML joint venture through engagement with the Irish dairy industry, and sits on the iML board. Ben is now the Business Development Director for NMR, and has utilised his connections in UK universities, veterinary groups, Defra, food retailers, Dairy UK and others to initiate and exploit commercial opportunities up and down the supply chain, the largest of which being NMR’s subscription service for Johne’s disease monitoring, Herdwise.

Debbie joined NMR in April 2017 as Group HR Director. With over 12 years in HR, she is a CIPD qualified HR Director holding a broad range of experience in various HR disciplines from within both the private and public sectors. Her previous roles included HR Shared Service Manager for Oak Furniture Land covering a national remit of over 50 stores with a main focus on restructuring and cultural harmonisation, Group HR Manager for Destination Skin Ltd covering a national remit with a focus on implementation and bedding in of Group Vision, Mission and Values and HR Business Partner for Swindon NHS Trust with a focus on employee relations and recruitment/retention. Debbie is an approachable HR Leader who works to ensure mitigation of risk to business in all people areas.

Mike has been working in technology for over 20 years, joining NMR in February 2021 as IT Director. His early career was in telecommunications and pharmaceuticals, and then spent a decade with RELX plc, including leading technology for their agriculture software and data division, covering brands like Farmers Weekly and Proagrica. In 2015 Mike moved to Wilmington plc as their Chief Technology Officer and executive committee member. He studied computer programming in his native South Africa in 1996 and completed his MBA from Henley Business School in 2009.