Lying on my back in the middle of the Sahara Desert at 21 I wrote 10 life aims. Across the top was 'Do something remarkable Dammit!' I think it had a swear word in it too. The thought was driven by a yet unexplained fear of mediocrity, then by a sudden realisation that I had been born incredibly lucky compared to so many. I was obligated to max every minute, to share this good fortune, and create more wherever I could. Then came the slower deduction that to do this required doing something remarkable, not leading a normal life... you have to be different, to pursue difference, to go outside convention. I have tried to pass on this approach to maxing life, living once, to Haygrove, and to attract people who have the same desire. I am trying to instil the same in my children (who only listen intermittently).
Sean Tager, was born in South Africa and after completing his management accountancy studies in 1996, left Cape Town to travel and work abroad.
Sean was first employed by Haygrove in 1997 for 3+ years in the UK. After a few years in the vehicle business back home, he returned to Haygrove, to pioneer the South African berry business, today known as Haygrove Heaven. Based in Hermanus , Sean continues to lead Haygrove's South African farming interests and more recently heads up the newly established Haygrove Africa business.
Sean has three young children and loves a bit of African adventure.
Bev knew Haygrove well before becoming Managing Director in 2023, having previously served as a Non-Executive Director while working as Group HR Director at G's, Europe’s largest salad business. After graduating from Newcastle University with a BSc in Agriculture, Bev began her career in HR at Marks & Spencer, where she progressed into senior roles across several of the company’s Buying Groups. She holds an MBA, an MSc in Executive Coaching, is a Fellow of the CIPD (FCIPD), and an Associate of the Royal Agricultural Societies (ARAgS).
Bev is a Trustee of The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH) and a founding member of the MSIN network.
Outside of work, Beverly enjoys horse riding—particularly polo—and walking with her beloved cocker spaniel, Phoebe. She’s also a keen cook, with her chocolate brownies an office favourite!
Richard joined Haygrove in 2015 and up until October 2018, he was in charge of 3BL numbers (People, Planet, Profit). Now he has moved into the position of Managing the Growing Systems arm of our business.
Having started out with Ernst & Young Richard moved into commercial business with Kraft Foods in London, working in their Middle East & Africa division.
He then spent ten years working in the Middle East working for Kraft Foods, The Jumeirah Group and a Family investment business focussed on the restaurant industry.
A strong believer in leadership and coaching, Richard is also a Chartered Accountant and Qualified Internal Auditor.
Richard is married with two young daughters. In 2016, 'Commander Mills' led a Haygrove Team of six people in a 54 mile hiking race in the hills of southern Scotland, and managed to crawl across the line.
Sarah is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAEW ACA) with more than 25 years of experience in senior finance, governance, and company secretarial positions. She joined Haygrove in June 2018, drawn to the energy of the sector and the company, as well as the shared commitment of its people. In October 2024, she was appointed Group Finance Director.
Originally from the north-east of England, Sarah graduated from the University of Manchester (UMIST) with a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and French, having spent a year working in Strasbourg. She began her professional journey at KPMG, auditing both private and listed companies. Her career has since spanned key financial roles across retail, manufacturing, and agriculture industries.
Sarah’s expertise includes overseeing group finance operations, leading internal audit functions, and managing organisational and legal restructuring projects. She is passionate about fostering a culture of continuous improvement, maintaining robust financial controls, and developing trusted, collaborative relationships across the business.
Outside of work, Sarah is married with two children. She enjoys travelling, learning about different cultures, and making the most of family time.
Ian has been a non-Executive Director of Haygrove since it was founded - He and Angus threw buns at each other in college.
Ian is a co-founder of Caplor Horizons, a not-for-profit organisation, created to help charities think differently about themselves and the new horizons that they face. It also provides opportunities for those able and willing to contribute their time and expertise for the lasting benefit of society. For 16 years prior to this, Ian was CEO of Concern Universal, an international development charity.
Ian is a specialist in strategy. He has a successful track-record in leadership and management. Ian has a PHD in strategy and holds an Honorary position at Worcester Business School.
Married with grown up children, Ian started young and already has grandchildren.
Mike Musk F.C.C.A. brings over 50 years of financial expertise across a range of sectors, with the last 30 years focused on senior leadership roles within the fresh produce industry. His career includes involvement in several landmark ventures, most notably the formation of BerryWorld in the late 1990s and the development of Thanet Earth, the UK’s largest glasshouse complex.
After retiring from full-time work in 2015, Mike established a consultancy supporting produce businesses - one of which was Haygrove. He came out of retirement in 2018 to join the business fulltime as Group CFO, a role he held for four years until 2022. Now serving as a Non-Executive Director, Mike remains closely involved with Haygrove while enjoying more time with his six grandchildren.
Bruce has experience covering production agriculture - cereals, livestock and game farming. He has worked in senior roles in investment banking relating to food and agribusiness, commodities and environmental markets.
Bruce currently sits on the board of MP Evans a London Plc plantations company, is chairman of Climate Mundial a regulated corporate finance boutique specialising in environmental finance and sits on the board and advises Generation10 a big data and software company specialised in commodity logistics, traceability and ag data management.
He has known the "Eccentric Chairman" for longer than they both would care to admit.
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