Flamingo Horticulture
Richard Baker has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Richard is currently the Group IT Director at Flamingo Horticulture. Prior to this, Richard held various roles at Dreams, including Director of IT and Head of IT, where they oversaw strategic ICT management, directed IT services across multiple locations, and delivered important projects such as the EPOS project and migration to Office 365. Before their time at Dreams, Richard served as the Director of IT & Communications at Furniture Village, where they outlined IT strategies and offered reliable IT services. Richard also held the role of Group IT Controller and Group IT Manager, where they facilitated the transition of the retail market, improved the supply chain, and deployed various IT systems. Earlier in their career, Richard worked as a Systems Consultant at Creative Computing Solutions Limited, and as an Assistant Accountant at Rodd Engineering. Richard began their career as an Articled Clerk at Everett Group.
Richard Baker's education history begins with their attendance at Wellingborough Public School from 1977 to 1982. Richard then went on to attend Burnham Grammar School from 1982 to 1986. After completing their secondary education, Richard pursued an Accountancy Foundation course at Ealing Polytechnic in London from 1986 to 1987.
In addition to their formal education, Richard has obtained several certifications. In 2012, they completed the PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner Certification Training from APMG. Richard also holds the ITIL 2011 Foundation certification from CSME, although the specific details regarding the time of obtaining this certification are not provided. Lastly, Richard has completed the ITIL Intermediate - Service Transition certification from APMG, but again, the specific details regarding the time of obtaining this certification are not provided.
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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.