Meet the team

Career experience:

I’m Sidath Gedara, Agriculture Service Manager at United Utilities. I’m responsible for our Biosolids recycling operations, looking after the Agricultural Advisory and Field management teams. We are all aiming to provide a Gold star recycling service to our farming customers.

My upbringing close to farming encouraged me to complete my first degree in Agriculture followed by masters in Environmental & Development. I also completed both FACTS & BASIS (Soil and Water Management) from Harper Adams University Collage. I have been a part of the UU Agricultural service’s team for over 10 years.

I really enjoy my job working close with agriculture allowing me to help farmers, promote recycling and sustainability.

Career experience:

My name is Peter Herterick I am a BASIS ( Soil and Water Management ) qualified Agricultural Advisor covering the East Lancashire area down to Derbyshire mainly working with grassland/livestock customers.

I have been involved in agriculture all of my life as my Mother’s family were/are farmer’s in North Yorkshire and the South Lakes. I myself have worked with livestock all of my life and currently run a small flock of pedigree Texels on my own small farm. I spent 10 years working in Agricultural construction before moving on to Recycling to Agriculture, during my time working in construction I was fabricating and erecting steel framed buildings so I was still well involved and working closely with farmers.

Career experience:

Hi, I’m Matt Woodcock, agricultural advisor covering Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.  My entire career has orientated around agriculture. From playing an active role on the family farm which gives an intrinsic understanding of the entire farming year and a practical grounding in all aspects and needs of modern farming systems.

I have also carried out roles related to the industry such as recycling by-products of agricultural value to enhance soil and farm profitability. My role as an advisor allows me to help other farmers improve their soil health and profitability and gives me the opportunity to further my understanding of the industry I have a passion for.

Career experience:

My name is Neil Burrows, I’m a FACTS qualified  Agricultural Advisor covering West Lancashire, Merseyside, and providing support in the Cheshire and Shropshire area. I’ve been involved in agriculture from being a teenager. My previous experience has surrounded all aspects of the agricultural world, including general arable farming, machinery manufacturing, and agricultural contracting where I first became involved with United Utilities spreading Biosolids to land as a contractor back in 1996.

Having moved on from the general farming world to United Utilities, I now enjoy meeting farmers and offering advice relating to nutrient management, modern farming practices, regulatory and compliance issues, machinery usage, and how Biosolids can improve their profitability in addition to improving soil health which is one of my passions.

Career experience:

I’m Olly Bromley. I am an Agricultural Advisor for United Utilities supplying Biosolids into Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire farms.

 I studied Agriculture at Reaseheath College along with knowledge and experience from over 15 years of working in the dairy, groundworks and arable industries on a practical level.

I have worked over in New Zealand and Australia which helped me to see farming operations in different parts of the world and from different perspectives.

Career experience:

My name is Matt Cornthwaite.

I am the Field management advisor within the agricultural services team at United Utilities. My job is to lead and organise the field management team, the field management team is a key part to the biosolids to land operation. My team provide temporary access solutions in the form of plastic trackway and 13ton excavators. We enable the delivery of bio solids in bulk body Lorries at farm field sites to be carried out in a safe and cost effective way which is a massive benefit to our customers. We provide field management for around 220,000 tonnes of bio solids per year!

I was lucky enough to be born into a farming family and surrounded by farming my whole life which has lead me to my role today at United Utilities.

Career experience:

Hi, I’m Liam Roberts, Agricultural Advisor covering North Wales and Shropshire. I am passionate about farming and with over 30 years’ experience of working in the industry and farming myself I’m ideally positioned in my role at United Utilities to help farms improve sustainability and profitability using our first class recycled products.

My main role will be to deliver you a fantastic product for fertilising your ground but along the way we will explore mapping, soil analysis and getting the most out of fertilising the crops, all of these are free services we offer in order for you to maximise your crop and soil health. I feel incredibly fortunate to work in a role where I have such an interest and a passion and can make such an impact to our valued farmers.

Career experience:

Hi I’m Steve Jones, Field Management Team Leader for Agricultural Services at United Utilities.

My role is to lead the field management team in providing access solutions to field locations for the delivery of Biosolids to land, within a land bank area from Yorkshire to Wales, Lancashire to Shropshire and all in-between.

As well as my team providing access for bulk tipper Lorries, we also provide the plant machinery and operatives to manage the stockpile from delivery to point of spreading, ensuring the Biosolids are ready when you are to spread on the land.

My career background is in mechanical engineering, working in Australia and multiple locations within the UK, in various engineering sectors before joining united utilities in 2019.