Flamingo Horticulture
Gillian Getty has a diverse and extensive work experience. Gillian is currently serving as the Head of Business Transformation at Flamingo Horticulture since June 2022. Prior to this, they held the position of Head of Commercial at the same company from July 2018 to August 2022. Before joining Flamingo Horticulture, Gillian worked as a Director at Grocer Consulting Ltd from September 2017 onwards. Additionally, they have experience at Tesco PLC, where they held multiple roles including Trade Planning and Communications Manager from March to August 2017, Category Commercial Manager from March 2013 to March 2017, and Buying Manager Produce from August 2011 to March 2013. Prior to Tesco, they worked at Asda Stores Ltd in various positions, including Buyer and Buying Manager from January 2007 to August 2011 and Project Manager to Executive Director in 2006. Their career began as a Retail Graduate at Asda Stores Ltd in 2003. Before that, Gillian gained experience as a Co Store Manager at Walmart in 2005.
Gillian Getty attended Robert Gordon University from 1999 to 2003, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Studies. Their field of study specifically focused on business.
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Flamingo Horticulture
Flamingo Horticulture is a vertically integrated horticulture business active in the growing, processing, marketing and distribution of sustainably, produced flowers and premium vegetables. The group consists of the Flamingo Flowers and Flamingo Produce, Flamingo Horticulture Kenya, Flamingo Horticulture South Africa, Omniflora, Dudutech, Flamingo Flowers BV (FFBV) and our joint venture business FV Seleqt. The group is a core supplier to most of the leading UK multiple retailers, as well as internationally to customers in Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, Japan and Australia. The quality of our processing operations, logistics network and our ideally located farming operations in Africa give us the infrastructure and technical capabilities to deliver an impeccable service to all of our customers, helping us maintain our position as one of the leading, global companies within our industry. We have UK sites in Stevenage, Sandy, Spalding and Weston and large scale farming operations in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. The FFBV and FV Select businesses operate out of the Westland region in Holland, the Omniflora business is located near Frankfurt airport in Germany and our Dudutech business is based in Naivasha, Kenya. The company was formed in 1982 and grew through a series of organic and acquisitive developments until 2007, when it was itself acquired by James Finlay Limited (JFL). Following a successful period, which saw a significant period of capital investment, under the ownership of JFL the business was sold to Sun Capital in November 2015 and reverted to using the name Flamingo Horticulture in January 2016. The group has an annual turnover in excess of £300 million and employs more than 10,000 people across all of our locations. We are an ethical business and are fully committed to principles of fairness and sustainability in all of the geographies in which we operate.