Ruth joined Premier Nutrition in 2016. She is well-recognised in the world of equine nutrition, having been in various commercial nutrition roles for over 20 years.

Ruth provides expert support to Premier Nutrition customers in areas such as product development, regulatory compliance and quality assurance, including NOPS management. She has also consulted for the BEF World Class Performance squads, is the author of the Horse Nutrition Bible, and wrote the Dr Ruth nutrition column in Horse and Hound for several years. Ruth is an active member of the UK BETA Feed Committee and is an acknowledged expert in the areas of claims and labelling, and Naturally Occurring Prohibited Substances (NOPS).

In 2015 Rob joined Premier Nutrition to head up the pet and equine divisions having previously held commercial management roles at Roquette UK Ltd for the last 10 years. He has extensive experience of selling and marketing into the pet food, equine, aquaculture, food and pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to his time at Roquette, Rob worked in the companion animal veterinary pharmaceutical industry for two top tier global pharmaceutical companies.

Rob works closely with the pet and equine teams to maximise customer benefit from the nutritional solutions available to pet food manufacturers across Europe.

He was awarded a BSc (Hons) in Zoology from The University of Hull and an MSc from Imperial College.

Andrew’s extensive global experience in the ruminant industry makes him one of the leading experts in dairy nutrition. He heads a team of ruminant specialists within Premier Nutrition with a particular focus on improving transition management and herd performance, and he is a central figure in the development of the company’s Transition Management System (TMS). Andrew is passionate about the role nutrition can play in offsetting the health and production challenges seen on many farms and his expertise drives innovative, solution-based products that make a difference to our customers.

Steve heads up the vastly experienced Poultry Team. He has worked as a commercial nutritionist for over 25 years and uses his expertise to help provide in depth nutrition support for a wide range of poultry businesses with particular emphasis on cost effective performance. In addition to this he has a special interest in working with customers on new product development and the interaction of poultry products with human nutrition and health.

Kate has overall responsibility for the International Shipping Team and commercial responsibility for AME region.

Kate has worked in international trade for the last 15 years, starting in shipping and moving into commercial responsibilities soon after joining Premier Nutrition. Travelling regularly to Africa and the Middle East, she has good local knowledge of these markets and is supported by the technical and nutrition teams. Kate is passionate about providing Premier’s customers with the very best experience, from the quality of the product to the service they receive.

Stuart has worked in the livestock industry for over 35 years, gaining experience in livestock marketing, trading, sales and scheme management.

Since joining Premier Nutrition, he has developed the home mix business, providing nutritional support for customers and supplying premix, starter feeds, and straights.

With his strong customer focus and account management skills, Stuart now leads the growing on-farm home mix division, supported by a team of experienced commercial nutritionists.

Phil has worked as a commercial nutritionist for over 25 years, spending a high proportion of that time providing technical support to Premier’s clients worldwide. Originally from a pig farming background, Phil has significant experience of large scale pig production, enjoys on-farm problem solving and the challenge of practically applying (and commercially evaluating) the latest research findings. Phil is responsible for managing, supporting and coordinating all technical activities in the pig sector for Premier’s exports.

Nicola is responsible for leading the quality function, site certification and quality management system.  She has over 20 years' experience in leading quality teams and in the implementation of processes in the food industry.  She is an expert in developing and implementing HACCP plans, and quality systems to fit with business and customer requirements.  Prior to joining Premier Nutrition in 2015, Nicola worked in a number of sectors, including poultry and dairy.  She is trained at Advanced HACCP level and as a Lead Auditor.

Funmi manages Premier Nutrition’s growing business in West Africa. Since graduating from university with a degree in Food Science and Technology in 2004, Funmi has worked in the animal nutrition industry. Based in Nigeria, she provides local support to customers in West Africa, supported by the technical and nutrition teams in the UK. Funmi’s motivation is to help advance animal production in West Africa and she works closely with our customers to deliver great service.

Cara started in the animal feed industry in 2000 after graduating from Nottingham University with a BSc (Hons) degree.

She worked for 5 years at an animal nutrition company as an Organic specialist and Product Manager, and then moved to Premier Nutrition in 2005.

Cara is based out in Italy where she manages the Italian office (Udine) where her roles include: nutritional advice and technical support, specialising in micronutrient additions, food formulations, premix formulations and labelling.

Over the last 30 years, Patrick has worked as a commercial nutritionist both in the compound feed and premix sector as well as having gained valuable experience in the feed additive sector. He provides in depth nutrition support to a range of poultry businesses globally. In addition, Patrick specialises in evaluation of published scientific literature, the importance of management of gut health and the nutrition and performance of ducks.

Following graduation with a BSc from University of Nottingham in 2012, Anna began as a nutritionist within AB Agri’s graduate programme gaining experience in pig, poultry, ruminant and pet nutrition. Anna ultimately joined Premier Nutrition and, since April 2015, she has worked as a commercial Ruminant Nutritionist.

Anna has played a key role in improving the reports provided by our Transition Management System (TMS) and in developing the new TMS website. She also takes commercial responsibility for customer accounts and provides technical support across the full range of Premier Nutrition products and services.

Responsible for commercial activity in Central and Eastern Europe, Roy has worked successfully in developing exports of piglet feeds and premix for over 28 years. He has travelled the world gaining experience in many different production systems, but now concentrates his time and efforts in Central / Eastern European countries. Roy started his career managing intensive pig units for 14 years and still gets a great deal of satisfaction when customers implement his advice, and that of his technical colleagues, and see the improvements this advice brings in the performance of their stock (and profits).

Mick heads up the Pig Team, responsible for the supplement business in the UK, technical reviews and models, pig specifications and the Atlas raw material database. He has worked as a commercial nutritionist for over 35 years.

Mick started his career in research and maintains an active interest in research worldwide, supplemented and developed by Premiers own UK research.

Modelling pig growth and economics is a particular passion (but must have commercial relevance/value). Another interest is a fundamental knowledge of the raw materials we use in pig feeds. Mick is the author of the Premier Atlas ingredients database.

Sarah has worked at Premier Nutrition for nearly 15 years and recently graduated from the University of Nottingham. She has undertaken roles in customer services, IT and latterly in premix formulation and technical support. As a newly qualified nutritionist, she will provide support to the home mix team ensuring customers meet their production objectives with a recommended feeding programme. In addition, Sarah works alongside Stuart Rowley co-ordinating sales of straights and starter feeds to home mix customers.

Kevin has worked in the premix industry in Ireland for well over three decades. Over that period he has provided technical and commercial support across all the main species sectors.

He currently works closely with his technical colleagues to deliver Premier’s unique and innovative mix of products and services to the feed and livestock industries throughout Ireland.

Eloise Lawlor is one of our support nutritionists and the newest member of the team. Eloise joined the team in 2016. She graduated in 2015 with a BSc (Hons) in Animal Science from the University of Nottingham and again in 2016 with an MSc in Animal Nutrition. Eloise’s areas of expertise are prescriptions, customer QC analysis and formulations. Eloise is also FAR registered.

Having graduated from the University of Aberdeen and gained a PhD from the University of Glasgow, Donald now has more than 25 years’ experience in ruminant nutrition within the compound feed and premix industries. He is a BSAS Certified Animal Technologist and a Cow Signals Master Trainer.

Donald’s interest in the application of latest research in feeding high yielding dairy cows enables him to transfer scientific study into practical on-farm nutrition and management advice for customers. Donald is responsible for the supplement business in Scotland and the North of England.

Ian has worked as a commercial nutritionist for over 25 years providing detailed nutrition support and advice across poultry and gamebirds. In addition to this, Ian specialises in working with customers to manage price volatility in the micro-ingredient supply chain. He also uses his in-depth knowledge of ingredients and specifications, coupled with hands-on quality management experience to help customers maintain quality standards.

Clare McCafferty is the technical team’s support nutritionist. Clare joined the technical team in 2015 having been a dairy farm hand for 7 months and a groom at her local riding yard for 10 years previous. Clare graduated from the University of Glasgow and SRUC in 2014 with a BSc(Hons) in Applied Animal Science. Clare’s areas of expertise are formulations, prescriptions, NOPs, equine nutrition and labelling. She is also an R-SQP, has HACCP intermediate 3 qualifications and is FAR registered.

Dr Andrew Miller joined Premier Nutrition in 2010, having worked for 9 years at The Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition (Mars Pet Care) where he managed a diverse range of pet nutrition research projects and gained a broad experience of applied research and development across wet and dry product formats.

Andrew has particular expert knowledge and interest in palatability, digestibility, cat and dog nutrition, physiology and metabolism. He was awarded a BSc (Hons) and PhD in Animal Sciences by The University of Nottingham specialising in mono gastric nutrition, physiology and biochemistry.

Andrew is heavily involved in the PFMA, being a member of the Small Animal committee and Vice Chair of the Veterinary Nutrition and Review committee.

John completed an MSc in Animal Nutrition at Sutton Bonington, University of Nottingham and has worked in a specialist piglet role since 2015.  He is now focused on commercial and technical support the home mix sector.  John is interested in all aspects of pig nutrition and production, especially performance benchmarking and on-farm trial work, assisting customers to collect and interpret the data to make informed decisions for future pig production.

Jane joined the Premier Nutrition team in 2010. Before then Jane was the senior technical advisor for another animal nutrition company for 18 years. In 1991 she graduated from the University of Newcastle with a BSc(Hons) in Agriculture, Biochemistry and Nutrition. Jane’s areas of expertise are: EU legislation, Labelling, Formulations and raw material approval legislation. Jane also sits on the Ab Agri feed committee and takes part in formula 24. She is also a qualified SQP, has HACCP intermediate 3 and lead auditor qualifications and is FAR registered.

Sara joined Premier Nutrition in 2014, joining the team as a Pet Nutritionist to provide nutritional and technical support, food and premix formulations and labelling legislation advice.

Sara has spent 5 years working as a Pet Nutritionist for a well-known dry pet food manufacturer bringing with her the knowledge of: formulating and developing branded products from concept to launch, labelling legislation, technical support and key account management skills.

Sara has also spent 2 years working for an animal nutrition company as a Ruminant Nutritionist, gaining knowledge of premix formulation.

Sara graduated from Nottingham University with a BSc (Hons) degree in Animal Science.

Lorraine has worked in the feed industry for 20 years after graduating from Harper Adams with a degree in Agriculture with Animal Science. Following a stint in industry, she went on to complete a PhD at Newcastle University examining Behaviour and Meat Taint in Heavy Pigs.

Working as a technical nutritionist and research scientist, with a practical on-farm approach, she ensures both scientific and on-farm trial data are evaluated to confirm that concepts and new products are practically applicable and commercially correct.

Lorraine is a member of AIC’s (Allied Industries Confederation) Feed Advisors Register.

Michelle has worked as a commercial pig nutritionist for nearly 20 years. The early part of her career was spent specialising in piglet nutrition supporting the export sales team, which gave her extensive experience of pig production around the world. Since joining Premier in 2010 Michelle has worked closely with Stuart Rowley, looking after UK home mix clients providing both nutrition and production support. She especially likes working with producers using liquid co-products. Michelle also provides technical support to a compound feed customer in South Korea. On account of her interest in co-products and unusual raw materials, in 2013 & 2014 Michelle completed a Nuffield Scholarship investigating what the future holds for feed ingredients. Michelle is also a member of AIC’s (Allied Industries Confederation) Feed Advisors Register.

Vivienne has over 30 years’ experience in the shipping industry, starting in road freight, deep sea and air freight. Vivienne’s move to Premier Nutrition brings this extensive knowledge, which is often invaluable in handling our customers complex shipping requirements. She also has a keen interest in sustainability, having chaired the Formula 24 team, AB Agri’s recipe for responsible business. Vivienne manages the shipping team, responsible for our global imports and exports.

A co-founder of Premier Nutrition, Graham has been involved in pet nutrition for over three decades. He has expert knowledge of specialist ingredients, processing and nutrient specifications and has been involved in the development of numerous novel pet products such as palatants, oligosaccharides, natural antioxidants, essential fatty acids, colorants and gum stabilisers.

He has studied formulations for pet treats, complementary foods and complete foods for many animals, such as greyhounds, working dogs, lactating animals and cats. His interest in chemical interactions during processing has yielded a number of improvements to products for dogs and cats.

Alan joined Premier Nutrition in January 2019 to develop new business and support our existing customers throughout Ireland.

Alan has worked in the animal feed business in Ireland for over 22 years and has served two terms as President of the Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association. He has a vast knowledge of the feed sector and extensive experience in ruminant and poultry production from working at Moy Park in a senior agriculture role. His trusted reputation and established links in the Irish feed business’ means that he can fully support and appreciate the needs and wants of a customer.