Gary Bright
Managing Director
Gary is GrainCo's managing director and has been with
the company since 1996. Before joining GrainCo, Gary worked
for Soufflet which at the time was the largest privately
owned agri business in France.
Gary's business acumen and driving determination has propelled GrainCo to be one of the leading farmer-owned businesses in the UK.
Edward Rust
Trading Director
(Scotland)
Ed read Agriculture at Wye College, London University. He was a grain trader in the South of England for 8 years before moving to Scotland over 30 years ago.
Charlie Birnie
Commercial Director
(Scotland)
Charlie Birnie is commercial director at GrainCo with
responsibility for malting barley in Scotland. Charlie
has worked in the agricultural trade for well over 30 years, first
with SAI then Dalgety.
Charlie, being a farmer himself, sees the trade from both sides helping him when talking to farmers about first hand experience and helping in their decision making.
James Chapman
Domestic Trader
James joined the company in 1999 after graduating from Harper Adams, he is a senior trader within the company specialising in Malting Barley, Milling Oats, Pulses and Oilseeds. He is a farmer's son from Catterick and offers extensive knowledge of grain markets. His knowledge is very well respected in the grain trade.
Keith Golesworthy
Trader (Scotland)
Keith Golesworthy has worked in the Grain Trade for over
45 years. He began his career at Kenneth Wilson's head
office in England quickly moving from The transport department
to the Trading Desk.
He has been with GrainCo Scotland since its inception. As well as overseeing the administration, Keith also trades Malting Barley, Milling Oats, Wheat & Barley.
Marc Rogerson
Domestic Trader
Marc has gathered a wealth of experience and knowledge and is excited to now be part of the new chapter with Humber Grain Ltd and GrainCo. He is extremely passionate about agriculture, he loves farming, Lincolnshire, and the interesting and ever-changing world of agricultural commodity markets.
David Young
Farm Buyer
David, the son of a Northumberland farmer, has worked for GrainCo since 2009. Prior to that David spent 27 years at NIAB, running variety trials on arable crops from the Regional Centre at Cockle Park near Morpeth, Northumberland. David uses his experience to compile our preferred variety list. He is BASIS and FACTS qualified and is available to recommend farmers on all aspects of seed varieties.
Simon Thomson
Farm Trader
Simon joined Grainco Scotland in 2011 after graduating from Strathclyde University. He now works as a grain buyer for the company, building and maintaining a client base from the new office in Central Scotland.
Doug Gray
Business
Development/Trader
Doug, a farmer's son from Northumberland, joined GrainCo as Business Development Manager in January 2011. He previously worked for EFFP, Dairy Farmers of Britain and Promar. Doug has been able to use his knowledge of developing grain stores to expand GrainCo as a business, as well as supporting both the trading and inputs team.
James Clark
Farm Trader
James is a farmer's son from the Lothians. He graduated from Newcastle University in 2010, joining the GrainCo trading desk immediately after graduation. He is currently working hard establishing and servicing a client base in Southern Scotland and North Northumberland.
Hayley Mitchell
Farm Trader
Hayley left school in 2008, a farmer's daughter she spent her first harvest working in one of our inland stores. She joined our team as trading administrator and is now an integral member of the trading desk dealing with both grain and inputs admin.
Tom Carmichael
Farm Trader
Tom joined Grainco in 2012 after gaining a degree in Automotive Engineering at Sunderland University. He now administering input purchases and sales. As a Northumberland farmer's son he has a good background in Agriculture is rapidly gaining a good technical knowledge of our products and services. He is currently servicing an established and growing client base in the Northumberland area.