EMERY SOFT FRUITS - Key Persons


Anne Emery

Job Titles:
  • Accounts
Anne takes care of our main office reception and accounts. Please contact Anne for all invoicing and finance queries.

Dorota Falkowska

Job Titles:
  • General Manager / Health and Safety Committee Member
  • Health and Safety Committee Member
Dorota has been working for Emery's since 2006. First joining us as a seasonal fruit picker for two summers before moving here full time in 2008 Dorota worked her way up to Senior Field Supervisor before becoming our Crop Production manager in 2013.

Graham Haynes

Job Titles:
  • Crop Manager / Health and Safety Committee Chairman
  • Health and Safety Committee Chairman
Graham has been working for Emery's for 26 years. With 10 years previous experience in growing salad crops he joined us to venture into growing soft fruit. Graham is B.A.S.I.S AND F.A.C.T.S qualified.

James Emery - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
James previously worked and travelled as a senior technican in soft fruit before becoming a full time partner in R&J Emery in 2019 before progressing the business to a Limited company in 2022.

Maggie Thorne

Job Titles:
  • Health and Safety Committee Member
  • Packhouse Manager / Health and Safety Committee Member
Maggie has been working as a Packhouse manager for Emery's for 35 years and was therefore with us for the transition from salad crop to soft fruit.

Maria Kafadarova

Job Titles:
  • Health and Safety Committee Member
Maria Kafadarova Irrigation Team Health and Safety Committee Member Maria has been working for Emery's since 2002. With previous supervision experience she joined us as a Team Leader and progressed to a full time Production and Husbandry Manager. In 2021 Maria has transfered her skills into growing as part of the irrigation team.

Marian Joita

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Packhouse Manager
Marian is experienced in Raspberry harvest management and is now transfering his skills into his new packhouse role.

Marian Marculescu

Job Titles:
  • Glasshouse Site Manager - Batchmere
Marian joined us as a seasonal harvest worker, after which he progressed to Packhouse QC before training to become our Batchmere's Glasshouse Manager specialising in our raspberry crops.

Natasa Isajeva

Job Titles:
  • Health and Safety Committee Member

Piotr Bielecki

Job Titles:
  • Farm Systems Team Leader / Health and Safety Committee Member
  • Health and Safety Committee Member
Piotr has been working for Emery's since arriving as a harvest picker in 2003. Since then he has gained experience in agriculture to become our Farm systems team leader.

Rebecca Emery

Job Titles:
  • Compliance Manager / Health and Safety Committee Leader
Rebecca Emery has been working with Emery's since 2009. Rebecca is mental health first aid trained and is qualified to national certificate level in Health and Safety.

Richard Emery

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
Richard founded R&V Emery with his brother Vernon growing salad crops. Vernon retired at the end of 2019 and passed the partnership role to James therefore forming R&J Emery.

Robert Meehan

Job Titles:
  • Crop Protection and Systems Manager / Health and Safety Committee Member
  • Health and Safety Committee Member
Rob officially joined the Emerty team in January 2018, but many of you will have seen him around previously doing contracted work. Rob brings with him a wide experience of agricultural systems.

Scott Woolford

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Manager
  • for Sales Please Contact

Steve Fauchon

Job Titles:
  • Glasshouse Manager
Steve has been working with Emery's since 2004. Steve joined us with 18 years previous experience as a spray operator and glasshouse maintance manager.