Meet the managing members of The Agri Partnership, who’s broad experience in both the agricultural and financial sectors have culminated in the formation and management of multiple world class farming businesses across the world.

After obtaining his Economics degree, Charlie began his career working with BNY Analytics, a quantitative asset manager belonging to The Bank of New York Mellon, where he held responsibility for business development and conducting deep market research and analysis which was used to advise central banks and institutional investors in strategic asset allocation.

His next step was to join American Express in the Credit Risk Team where he conducted thorough credit risk analysis and consulted some of the world’s largest corporations on their risk profiles and advised on strategies to reduce their exposure.

After years of conducting market research and analysis and gaining a well informed view of world markets, Charlie opted to move into the investment sector in a capital raising capacity, with a focus on hard assets. Charlie used his analytical and entrepreneurial abilities to build structured property portfolios in Central London for UHNW investors and institutions across the globe.

As a founding partner of The Agri Partnership, Charlie has advised on and managed real estate and agri-business transactions equating to over $150 million across North America, The United Kingdom, South America and Australasia. Charlie has built a wealth of experience working from the project creation and due diligence stages all the way through to fund raising and execution.

Charlie is involved in the creation of the projects from the ground up, his responsibilities include market research and analysis, risk analysis, due diligence and structuring. His systematic, detailed and hands on approach tends to put him in contact with every member of the Partnership to ensure that the process and the mechanics of the investments are clearly explained, making Charlie a significant contributor to The Agri Partnership and its Members.

With several years’ experience in the international agribusiness and alternative sector, Shaun has a proven track record of working with high-quality projects across multiple regions, currencies and investment structures. He was responsible in market research and analysis whilst advising and managing large scale portfolio acquisitions with private and institutional clients. Shaun has consulted institutions, family offices and private UHNW clients on large projects throughout Australia, Europe and South America.

Shaun brings a substantial depth of knowledge and experience in international real estate and agribusiness sectors to The Agri Partnership – throughout the entire value chain.

As the Chief Operating Officer for The Agri Partnership, Shaun collaborates with departmental managers across our sites, internally and external service providers to create budgets and develop fluctuating business plans on an annual basis. He is also responsible for helping to update and develop corporate policy.

Shaun oversees the improvements to business processes for each department through analysis, collaboration and implementation. He oversees the farm management teams, accounting and reporting processes for each project and represents the Board’s strategic goals throughout the company, on a day-to-day basis.

Working with key stakeholders, his role is integral to the budgetary and cost analysis for each project and reporting P&L to the Board of Directors and to our members.

He is also responsible for safeguarding and augmenting the efficiency of the company’s operations to facilitate accelerating development and long-term success to The Agri Partnership.

Paul is the CEO of Creekside Valley Farms and comes from a multi-generation Oregon farming family, growing up on his family farm in Oregon which was originally acquired by his Grandfather in 1930. Paul studied agriculture at Oregon State University and has a degree in General Agriculture. He has been retained as Farm Manager for both Oregon properties.

Paul is a well-equipped and experienced Farm Manager with around 10,000 acres of productive land currently under management, farming a range of crops including grass seed, hazelnuts, blueberries and radish seed. Paul’s 40-acre blueberry farm is located within 5 miles of The Agri Partnership’s properties. Paul acquired his blueberry farm in a poor state of repair as the previous owners had lost interest. He has reinvigorated the property into an efficient and profitable asset by implementing a high-quality development process. Paul’s specific experience in developing quality blueberry farms has made him the obvious first choice as our Farm Manager.

Paul is responsible for the day-to-day operation and development of all of The Agri Partnership acquisitions in the state of Oregon. This includes daily irrigation and nutrient management, the implementation and management of weed and pest control measures, sourcing and managing contract labour, and on-going crop, nutrient and water monitoring and reporting. Paul’s professionalism, experience and access to machinery makes him a truly invaluable member of our team. We are confident that our farms are in the most capable hands.

An experienced team leader project director and expert in agribusiness. Roger has a master’s degree in agricultural development from Imperial College, London, specializing in policy analysis and agricultural economics.

Whilst chairing the British Institute of Agriculture, Roger has also been influential in increasing profitability on over 50 arable units in Europe and Asia, adding value to primary produce and enabling export to high value markets around the world. His skill and experience comes from working in projects funded by DFID, SDC, World Bank, ADB and the EU in developing countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh, Tibet, China, India, Kosovo, Turkey and Romania.

Roger is a member of a number of professional organizations including; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – Advisor; Tropical Agriculture Association (Executive Committee member); Bicton Overseas Agricultural Trust (Trustee); International Agriculture and Technology Centre (Industry Advisory Group member). Roger’s business administration experience is supported by a Certificate in Management which he gained in 1994 in the UK and more recently by attending training in Policy, Programmes and Project Management run by Crown Agents in Dubai (2009) and Leadership in Development run by CINFO in Switzerland (2011).