Laura Beaty is an experienced professional in the agriculture sector, currently serving as Seed Director and previously as Assistant Seed Manager at Simpsons Malt Limited since December 2022. Prior roles include Farm Trader at W. N. Lindsay from November 2016 to April 2021, and Farm Business Manager at Openfield Agriculture Ltd from July 2012 to November 2016. Earlier career experiences include a Communications Executive (Technical) position at AHDB - HGCA and a role as a Research Communications Executive within the HGCA Research and Development department. Laura began their career as a part-time Farm Worker at HS Temple & Son and worked as a Grain Sampler at Frontier Agriculture. Laura holds a BSc in Agriculture from the University of Reading, which was obtained between 2006 and 2009.