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TAG Talks

14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

Tag Talks is a series run by MDS graduate Matt Welton. MDS provides a graduate scheme with a difference for the future leaders of the food and fresh produce industry. MDS aims to equip young people with the experience, training and mind-set so that they have the confidence and ability to rapidly become senior business leaders within the industry. With this in mind Matt Welton interviews various distinguished leaders in the food and produce industry to follow their career paths and see how they got to where they are in their careers.
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Episodes

TAG Talks - Episode 4 - Women in Food & Farming

August 11, 2022 12:27 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MB

Welcome back to Season 3 Episode 4 of TAG Talks, the Final Episode of Season 3. This week Matt Welton MDS Graduate interviews distinguished guest Susan Barratt the CEO of IGD & Non Executive Director at AGBarr plc and Higgidy ltd. Susan has demonstrated an ability to grow companies, motivate, lead and develop large teams and is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a successful history of working in FMCG, food manufacturing pubs and restaurants. Assisting in the running of the Podcast ...

Tag Talks - Episode 3 - Farming for the Future

July 13, 2022 09:40 - 30 minutes - 42 MB

Welcome back to Season 3 Episode 3 of TAG Talks. This week Matt Welton MDS Graduate interviews distinguished guest Rebecca Dawes who is the Director for the Rural Youth Project which supports young people between 18-30 years of age to stay in rural areas through developing their leadership, business and enterprise skills. She also works as a Communications & Events Manager for Jane Craigie Marketing Ltd who specialise in marketing and communication in agriculture, food and the rural environm...

TAG Talks - Episode 2 - Resilience

June 16, 2022 12:19 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MB

Welcome back to Season 3 Episode 2 of TAG Talks. This week Matt Welton MDS Graduate interviews distinguished guest Amy Wilkinson who is currently working as a leadership coach supporting women and teams in the food and grocery industry. Amy has a career spanning over 22 years working for prestigious corporate food manufacturers as well as experience in Resilience Speaking.  Amy also has her own Podcast 'Oh for Foods Sake' which I highly recommend giving a listen to! In this episode we discus...

TAG Talks - Episode 1 - LGBTQ+

May 30, 2022 15:37 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MB

Welcome back to Season 3 Episode 1 of TAG Talks the Season Opener. This week Matt Welton MDS Graduate interviews distinguished guest Amie Burke who is currently working as an Inclusivity Product Manager for IGD. Assisting in the running of the Podcast is Guest & Co-Host James Cooper a fellow MDS Alumni working as a Business Development and Marketing Executive for Protolan.  In this episode we discuss the topic of LGBTQ+ in the Food and Farming Industry and dive into experiences as well as th...

TAG Talks - Episode 5 - Max MacGillivray

August 06, 2021 11:35 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MB

Welcome back to Season 2 Episode 5 of TAG Talks the Season Finale. This week Matt Welton MDS Graduate interviews distinguished guest Max MacGillivray Editor In Chief at Beanstalk Global and Director at Redfox Executive Selection. Beanstalk Global supports, educates and promotes the International Fresh Food sectors to help them thrive and grow faster. Please listen in more to hear about Max's experience as being one of the leaders in the food industry, please enjoy! To find more about the MD...

TAG Talks - Episode 4 - Christine Gould

July 23, 2021 09:51 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MB

Welcome back to Season 2 Episode 4 of TAG Talks. This week Matt Welton MDS Graduate interviews distinguished guest Christine Gould CEO at Thought For Food. Thought For Food is dedicated to empowering the next generation of innovators to build new solutions that transform our food system. Along her amazing career she has also worked at Syngenta, CropLife as well as being involved with Advisory Committee for the UN Food Systems Summit. Please listen in more to hear about Christine's experience...

TAG Talks - Episode 3 - Barbara Bray

July 09, 2021 12:06 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MB

Welcome back to Season 2 Episode 3 of TAG Talks. This week Matt Welton MDS Graduate interviews distinguished guest Barbara Bray MBE. Barbara is a TEDx speaker and director of her own consultancy business Alo Solutions Ltd driving and delivering food safety in food supply chains and improving nutritional quality of recipes and menus in the foodservice sector. In 2019 she was awarded an MBE for services to food nutrition. Listen in more to hear about Barbara's experience as being one of the le...

TAG Talks - Episode 2 - Brent Loken

June 18, 2021 12:54 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MB

Welcome back to Episode 2 of Season  2 TAG Talks. This week Matt Welton MDS Graduate interviews distinguished guest Brent Loken who is the Global Food Lead Scientist for the WWF.  Brent also had a career working for EAT, the science-based global platform for food system transformation, where he was a lead author on the EAT-Lancet report on Food, Planet, Health. His past research also includes a variety of publications ranging from subjects on food and health to orangutan terrestrially and tr...

TAG Talks - Episode 1 - Christine Tacon

June 04, 2021 12:38 - 43 minutes - 60.4 MB

Welcome to TAG Talks Season 2. With a new season comes a new format. The host Matt Welton an MDS graduate on the Management Development Services Graduate Scheme, interviews distinguished leaders of the food and produce industry. This weeks episode, TAG Talks welcomes Christine Tacon CBE, who has had an accomplished career as the Chair of the Red Tractor Label and also has been a recipient of a CBE for her contribution to Agriculture during her time at the COOP.  She also acted as the Groceri...

TAG Talks - Season Finale - TAG Team

March 25, 2021 15:44 - 39 minutes - 72.4 MB

In the last episode of TAG Talks, Matt Welton takes the MDS TAG Team Graduates through their hypothetical imaginary meal with distinguished guests of Orla Matthews, Max Pitman and Ruby Powell. This episode was a struggle with a bit of lag and turned into more of a LAG Talks. However, we do discuss some of the future plans for the TAG Team as well as having a bit of fun. Season 2 will begin soon with a change of format where we will be going through the career paths of leaders in the food and...

TAG Talks - Episode 4 - Tom Divers

March 16, 2021 11:28 - 40 minutes - 72.9 MB

Welcome back to the MDS TAG Talks Restaurant. As we approach the end of Season 1 before the reboot, we welcome Tom Divers, the new Talent Acquisition Officer to MDS as well as to our restaurant. We go through his perfect meal while finding more about his love of Theatre, Bell Ringing and 80's Style Food. Thank you for all the support so far as we dive into this episode!

TAG Talks - Episode 3 - Digby Sowerby

March 04, 2021 11:22 - 32 minutes - 59.3 MB

MDS Tag is a Graduate Run Team as part of the Graduate Scheme of Management Development Services LTD (MDS). MDS program focuses on training the next generation of leaders in the Food and Produce Industry. In this Episode of TAG Talks, Matt Welton Group 48 interviews Digby Sowerby an ex MDS graduate now working at Wessex Internet and takes him through his ideal hypothetical meal. Together they delve into Digby's favourite meal while addressing the key issues of is Rhubarb a fruit or vegetable?

TAG Talks - Episode 2 - Arne Pingel

February 25, 2021 17:09 - 36 minutes - 66.5 MB

MDS Tag is a Graduate Run Team as part of the Graduate Scheme of Management Development Services LTD (MDS). MDS program focuses on training the next generation of leaders in the Food and Produce Industry. In this Episode of TAG Talks, Matt Welton Group 48 interviews Arne Pingel the Global Product Lead for Biostimulants at Syngenta and takes him through his ideal hypothetical meal. Along with co-host Oliver Black Group 48 they delve into Arne's menu and uncover a very exotic menu. 

TAG Talks - Episode 1 - Gretta Ryan

February 18, 2021 18:23 - 37 minutes - 68.5 MB

MDS Tag is a Graduate Run team as part of the Graduate Scheme of Management Development Services LTD (MDS). MDS is a Graduate Program aimed to train the next generation to become leaders in the Food & Produce Industry. In this series Matt Welton (Group 48) Graduate along with special guests from the food industry go on a journey talking about each guests roles as well as serving them their own ideal imaginary meal. This week Peoples Development Manager from MDS Gretta Ryan talks about her fa...