Julian Winfield
Julian grew up in his 5th generation family business which was closed on his father’s retirement, for much of his adult life he has worked in family-owned garden centre businesses. He joined Haskins in 1993 initially as a buyer, moved into general management and then taking over as CEO in 2006. Being bought up in a family business has influenced how he has approaches his role as CEO as a non-family member. The business has steadily grown and now has five garden centres and Birdworld, a visitor attraction, the business now has sales of over £50m employing 800 staff.