David Coop Elsoms

David Coop

Elsoms Seeds has appointed David Coop to the newly created role of head of business development.

Coop joins the plant breeder and vegetable seed supplier from Westland Horticulture - which produces gardening products, including lawn seed, plant food and fungicides - where he was head of technical development.

He has considerable experience in horticulture and agriculture, having also been a director of the Crop Protection Association, chairman of the British Ornamental Plant Producers group and an employee at Bayer CropScience in various strategic marketing and technical roles.

As a 'key member of Westland Horticulture’s management team for eight years', Coop “delivered many significant and highly successful new products during his time there,” Elsoms said in a press release.

The plant breeder added: “David’s appointment underlines Elsoms’ determination to expand a highly successful business by driving innovation for its customers.”