New manager for Pwllpeiran Upland Research Platform at IBERS in Aberystwyth
John Davies has started work as Business Manager of the Pwllpeiran Upland Research Platform at IBERS, Aberystwyth University. John’s role is to establish and manage the new facility in the uplands above Aberystwyth in Ceredigion. The Research Platform is supported by £3.2 million investment from the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council). John is local to the area. He was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig, Gelli Aur Agricultural College and the Welsh Agricultural College in Aberystwyth. He lives with his wife and family in Rhydyfelin. John is well connected in the agricultural sector with previous roles at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) Trawscoed, then as a livestock procurement officer for a livestock co-operative, followed by a period as an agricultural estate agent and Auctioneer. He worked for NFU Cymru as a Policy Adviser for nine years and for the past twelve years he was the Director of Food Centre Wales, providing state of the a...