Exploring our passion
for carbon neutral farming
Fairman Knight and Sons is a UK based Sustainable Farming business
committed to Carbon Neutral / Carbon Negative farming.
Julian Knight
Cofounder, Chief Executive Officer
Julian is a former RAF Pilot, after the RAF he has spent over 30 years of his career in Finance, notably as a Global Head at the world's largest Hedge Fund group, Man Group PLC and Societe Generale and Standard Chartered Bank. Whilst at Man Group he ran Global Cool, a campaign to solve global warming. He worked with the UK Government and traded some of the world's first Gold Standard Carbon Credits.
He is currently Co-Founder and Principal of a US based Commodity Trading Adviser Brutus Trading LLC and Co-Founder of Fairman Knight and Sons.
William Fairman
Cofounder, Chief Farming Officer
William is a leading independent UK based Broiler Farmer. He has over 35 years experience as Head of Farming and Regional Farm Business Manager. William has worked for some of the largest UK Broiler Farm companies, namely PD Hook and Moy Park Ltd. He is a member of the elite Ross 440 club for EPEF. EPEF is an equation used to measure the technical performance of a broiler flock and takes into consideration the feed conversion ratio (FCR), live-ability (life expectancy), live weight and slaughter age of the bird.
Geoff Meacock
Non Executive Director
Geoff has over 30 years of experience in the Food and Feed Processing Industry and in tandem spent the last 15 years assiting in Innovate UK Grant writing and as a Project Mentor and Assessor in the Agri and Food tech sectors for the UK Research Council.
Ed Hauck
Non Executive Director
Ed has over 25 years experience in developing brands. Holding Senior Sales Roles at Puma, L'Oreal, Oakley and Levi Strauss, he went on to found many of his own brands that are supplied to the UK's largest supermarkets. He has both a Masters Degree from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelors Degree.
Mike Barnard
Chief Science Officer
Mike most recently was the lead Entomologist at Fera Science Ltd where he worked on the groundbreaking Fera research into Non-permitted Waste feedstocks for BSF Farming and the Industrial Insect Market scoping work.
He has a Masters in Clinical Research in Nutrition Policy and Food Systems and a BSc from University of Nottingham's excellent School of Food Sciences looking in part, at BSF in Sustainable Food Systems.
Jade Fairman
Creative Lead for FKS
Director of Copper Fly Ltd
With a BA (Hons) degree in Graphic Design and 24 years of experience, Jade is a highly accomplished Creative Designer specialising in visual branding, brand guidelines, packaging, web design, and advertising.
As Lead Designer for 12 years, Jade has collaborated with over 100 top brands, delivering premium food, alcohol, and accessory gifting solutions to national retailers, grocers, and high-street sectors.
Jade is also a Company Director of Copper Fly Ltd.
Erika Knight
Director of Copper Fly Ltd
Erika is a Company Director of Copper Fly Ltd - the retail brand devoted to selling the Antimicrobial Bio Oil rendered from Black Soldier Fly Larvae by Fairman Knight and Sons.
With over 15 years experience as an Executive Director and 10 years as a Creative Director Erika has a track record of successfully coordinating and leading a variety of different businesses Including Heavy Haulage Logistics and Events Management for FTSE 100 Companies.