Sian Pritchard, Kuhn & Melanie Gardner, John Deere

SIAN Pritchard, managing director of Kuhn UK and Melanie Gardner, dealer development manager at John Deere, are blazing a trail in the male-dominated farm machinery trade but maintain gender is not an issue in the industry. From landing a job as an export assistant at one of Kuhn Group’s factories in the West of France, Sian Pritchard became the first female export area sales manager at Kuhn Group headquarters in the Alsace area of France, before returning to the UK as managing director of the Kohn Group sales subsidiary. “The requirements are the same for both sexes – you need a willingness to explore new opportunities and to be geographically mobile,” says Sian...