Will Gemmill

Executive Partner at Ceres Rural

Speaker

Will specialises in strategic farm management and is on the board of several progressive farming businesses. Will was previously the National Head of Farming for Strutt & Parker, Chair of its Regional Executive, and a Management Board member. He built up a successful farming team of over 40 specialists, responsible for the management and agronomic advice for over 250,000 acres.

Will is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society, a qualified agronomist, agricultural valuer and past Chair and Fellow of the Institute of Agricultural Management. He is a Trustee of the Lawes Agricultural Trust (Rothamsted) and advisory board member of the Allerton Project based at Loddington. He is a past Director of the Oxford Farming Conference and attended Harvard Business School.

He is involved in setting up and the ongoing management of many successful joint venture and contract farming arrangements. He specialises in the recruitment of senior personnel for farmers and landowners. He is also the company secretary of the family farming business.

Will enjoys cycling in the UK and abroad, and is Vice President at the Saffron Walden Rugby Club, where he previously played.