Malcolm Catlin has been appointed as Plant Healthy Limited ’s new Project Director , effective from 30 January 2025 . Taking over from Alistair Yeomans and working closely with Defra and the other partner organisation of the Plant Health Alliance , Malcolm will oversee the development and advancement of the Plant Healthy Certification Scheme and the Plant Health Management Standard , which advertise and heighten plant wellness and biosecurity measures to protect plant species and associated ecosystem in the UK and beyond .
Malcolm Catlin has worked in horticulture for the last 31 years , including scat a chain armor order plant commercial enterprise , commercial and technological roles for suppliers of plants to multiple online retail merchant , and , for the last 6 yr , as a adviser provide support on product sourcing and survival , complaisance standards , sustainability reportage , and industrial plant wellness . He is also a member , and current Chair of the Eastern Branch , of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture .
Sir Nicholas Bacon , Chair of the Plant Health Alliance , said : " I am delighted to welcome Malcolm to this important role at a fundamental time for plant health in the UK . He takes over from Alistair Yeomans , who , for the last 5 years , has made a significant contribution to Plant Health . Malcolm ’s breadth of experience stand him in honest stead for the challenge of stay to deliver a robust course of study that maintain and raises plant health banner across as much of the horticultural , arboricultural , and forestry sectors and associated industry as possible . The marrow is that the delivery has to be accessible , practical , and make good business sense . "
Malcolm Catlin , incoming Project Director , said : " Having had the experience of audits and sureness system , of work through the recent changes to plant wellness procedures , and of mediate with Defra and trade bodies on access to industrial plant wellness and procedural entropy , this use immediately appeal to me . Everyone I know wants to do the right thing in term of protect plant health , but they also need financial support in understanding and effectively applying the rules based on risk . Plant Healthy is an idealistic way of providing this financial support and recognizing best practices . "
He added : " Horticulture and forestry encompass many different sectors , and the Plant Health Alliance is unambiguously placed to comprehend all of them . To be as effective as possible , there is an urgent penury to increase the awareness and insurance coverage of Plant Healthy across the board . Alistair Yeomans will continue to supply support as needed to secure a seamless handover . "
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