Jack Hamilton is the Director of Marketing, Exports and New Markets at Mash Direct, the multi-award winning agri-food business.  A sixth generation son of the soil, Jack grew up on the family farm where helped to dig and peel the first Mash Direct products before an interlude in security and commercial advisory took him around the world to Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali and Washington DC before moving back to the UK to take on a leading role at Mash Direct where he now sits on the board.  Jack has an Masters in International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of London, a postgraduate degree in Leadership in the Food Industry from the William Clinton Leadership Institute and a BA in History from Trinity College, Dublin.