Aviagen appoints two new technical service managers

Aviagen has announced the appointments of Stuart Thomson and Glenn Bushell as technical service managers. They will work closely with UK customers providing advice and support as well as service accounts in other European markets.

They will cooperate with technical teams in Spain, France and Italy, as well as being an integral part of the wider Aviagen European technical team.

Stuart Thomson has been with Aviagen since 1998, with his previous experience covering Pedigree and GP Production Management as well as support to Aviagen European businesses. Glenn Bushell has more than 20 years’ experience of the global poultry industry and has worked in various production management and technical support positions with major poultry businesses in Africa. As a former Aviagen customer, he has a comprehensive insight into what is required, both from the customer and supplier side, which will be essential for his new role.

Bushell has now relocated from South Africa and both he and Thomson started their new roles with effect from 1st February.

Reporting directly to Aviagen Regional Commercial & Technical Manager Europe, Alan Thomson, Bushell and Thomson will join Lindsay Broadbent in the existing team and will provide on-the-ground technical support to customers and coordinate technical specialist inputs. They will also focus on data-analysing and benchmarking, providing feed-back on product performance to customers and into the Aviagen R&D programme.