FRAMLINGHAM Farmers has appointed Bob Bingley as its assistance trading manager, following the recent promotion of Oliver Hitchcock to trading manager.
FRAMLINGHAM Farmers has appointed Bob Bingley as its assistance trading manager, following the recent promotion of Oliver Hitchcock to trading manager.
He will be based at the Suffolk offices of the organisation, which is one of the UK's leading farmer-owned purchasing and marketing businesses.
Mr Bingley was brought up in east Yorkshire and after leaving school joined the grain procurement department at Munton & Fison in Bridlington.
In 1995, he relocated to the company's headquarters in Stowmarket, working in the grain trading, procurement and logistics departments before he was promoted to purchasing manager.
He felt Muntons in 2002, and later joined Allied Grain in Diss as farm area manager before moving to a pet food manufacturer as production planning and logistics manager.
Mr Bingley, 35, is married to Lucy, and the couple have a six-month-old daughter, Josephine.
He is actively involved in Stowmarket Young Farmers, and enjoys playing golf, seasonal field sports and photography.
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