Meet the Team

Wayne is the HTA Technical Horticulture Manager and OHAS Scheme Manager. Working with the Assurance Scheme Executive, and alongside the OHAS Technical Committee, Wayne has responsibility for development of the Scheme and to make sure the Scheme meets the needs of the membership and their customers. Wayne has been involved with the Scheme from its infancy in a number of different roles.

Amber joins the HTA as the Groups, Committees and Assurance Scheme Executive, her role is to provide administrative support to the OHAS Committee and strengthen existing relationships and communication between its members and the HTA.

OHAS Grower and Packhouse Standards

Greg is Managing Director of Hill Brothers, a fourth generation family business specialising in tropical green and flowering pot plants. Having brought OHAS into the business 18 years ago, and having seen the benefits it adds in this regard, he is focused on helping ensure the scheme continues to develop and support even more sectors of the industry.   

OHAS Grower and Packhouse Standards

Aaron is the Technical Development Manager for Double H Nurseries. He has worked in horticulture for over 20 years and one of his many responsibilities is to assist partner growers in gaining or maintaining OHAS certification. Aaron joined the OHAS committee in 2018 and has been an active member since.

OHAS Grower and Packhouse Standards

Margaret has always had a passion for the cut flower industry, being first involved with her parents cut flower and bulb business. For the past 15 years Margaret has worked for Flamingo International Horticulture, supporting growers and packhouses with the many standards to achieve the best outcome for their own businesses and customers. 

OHAS Grower Standard

Rebecca is the Horticultural Development Manager for Joseph Rochford Gardens Ltd, where she has worked since 2003. Rebecca is responsible for guiding the business through change resulting from external pressures and developing company policy and systems in relation to environment, sustainability and production methods. She has been involved in OHAS since Rochfords joined the scheme in 2006; serving on the technical committee, the board of BOPP, then as chair of OHAS. Having recently stepped down as chair she now sits on the committee. Rebecca is dedicated to ensuring the OHAS scheme works for its members and is fit for purpose for growers, packers and growing media producers and that it stays current to customer needs.

OHAS Grower Standard

Stephen joined Coletta and Tyson in March 2022, having previously worked within food manufacturing for the last 30 years as an Operations Manager. Whilst new to the horticultural industry, Stephen has a wealth of experience in both quality management systems and safety, health and environmental management, and has been a technical member of IOSH for the last 20 years.

Stephen is responsible for the both the OHAS Scheme and health and safety management systems at Coletta and Tyson, and joined the OHAS Committee in December 2022.

OHAS Growing Media Standard

Andrea is the Head of Professional Growing Media for Sinclair, part of Westland Horticulture Ltd, who specialise in growing media, for both the consumer and professional sectors. Andrea has been in the horticultural industry for over 25 years and has been at the forefront of growing media development in the transition towards peat-free.

Westland Horticulture Ltd have been OHAS certificated since 2008 and Andrea has been an active member of the OHAS Technical Committee since 2016 and is BASIS and FACTS qualified. Andrea believes the OHAS Growing Media Standard has offered an excellent management tool for the business, providing customers with confidence, when purchasing growing media from Westland and Sinclair.

OHAS Grower and Packhouse Standards

Malcolm has been employed by Bordon Hill Nurseries since 1984, after previously working for MAFF and then a local nursery/garden centre. He spent his first 16 years as a grower, then grower supervisor at the Stratford upon Avon site. In 2001, he become more involved in training, health and safety and environmental issues which culminated in getting heavily involved in the BOPP Grower audit. Over the following years, Malcolm helped the business implement OHAS Packhouse, Leaf and more recently Plant Healthy standards in addition to Investors in People. Around that time, he joined the OHAS Technical Committee and in recent years has also been more involved in managing the business temporary labour.

OHAS Packhouse Standard

Jonny is the Responsible Sourcing and Compliance Manager for JZ Flowers. He is responsible for ensuring site compliance to OHAS Packhouse standard and developing and ethical and sustainable initiatives within JZ and its supply chain. He has been a member of the OHAS committee since 2000 and, working with other committee members and British growers, his focus is on ensuring OHAS is the best possible horticulture standard available and champions British seasonal products within the retail sector. JZ Flowers in partnership with the Dutch Flower Group are members of the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) and a fully certified Fairtrade organisation for global sourcing.  

OHAS Grower and Packhouse Standards

Amy joined Farplants in 2020, bringing with her 13 years of compliance experience and responsibility for various grower and food production standards. Amy is responsible for compliance at Binsted Nursery and is an active member of the Farplants Compliance Committee.  She also works with the team of growers to improve plant health, and is active in instigating the use of responsible and sustainable growing media within the Farplants Group. She joined the OHAS committee in 2021 and is BASIS and FACTS qualified.