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ABOUT US
for the Scottish Borders, Lothians and North Northumberland.
Kelso & Lothian Harvesters
Kelso & Lothian Harvesters is a private limited company, owned and managed by Managing Director Bob Reid. Bob established Kelso Harvesters in 1988 and following the acquisition of Lothian Harvesters changed the name of the company to Kelso & Lothian Harvesters. There are 21 employees over two depots at Kelso and Haddington.


 

 

 

 

 Bob Reid, Managing & Sales Director
Bob started his career in 1965 as an apprentice engineer with George Henderson and gained City and Guilds at Napier Technical College before moving to Rutherfords of Cornhill as a qualified agricultural engineer. He then joined the sales team at McBains of Chirnside and later was employed by Lloyds Tractors as salesman in 1979. Bob founded Kelso Harvesters in 1988.

 

 Sandra McLean, Company Secretary & Personnel Manager
Sandra graduated from University of Strathclyde in 1981 with degrees in modern languages. With her roles in teaching and Continuous Professional Development she brings essential skills to our human resource management and training programmes. Sandra is married to Bob Reid and heads up staff contracts, discipline policy and training for the Company.

 

Alistair Symons, Kelso Sales
From a farming family, Alistair was Farm Foreman at Bowhill for three years before moving to Douglas Morrisons again as Farm Foreman. In 1985 he joined Reekie as a junior salesman. In 1995 he moved to Kelso & Lothian as a Sales Representative and continues in that position.
  Craig Robertson, Service & Parts Manager
Craig started as an apprentice engineer Thomas Sherriff in 1989 gaining NVQ in Agricultural Engineering at Kirkly Hall College and was Engineering Student of the Year in 1990. He has in depth combined engineer experience and was second in the John Deere Engineer of the Year awards. In 1999 he joined Kelso & Lothian Harvesters specialising in Fastracs, then sprayer servicing with Thomas Sherriff before again joining Kelso Harvesters again as service manager in 2004.
 

David Watson, Kelso Sales
David is a time served farm machinery mechanic and worked with Kelso Tractors/Lloyds in this position for approximately 12 years. During this period he also worked a short time for W Dodds, local John Deere distributor. In 1989 he joined Lloyds sales department and moved to Ancroft Tractors (Massey Ferguson) in 2003. David has been with Kelso & Lothian since 2007.
Jane Aitchison   Jane Aitchison, Administration & Finance Manager
Jane graduated from The University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a BSc Hons degree in Agriculture, since leaving university she has gained experience by working as a Sales management trainee for BOCM Pauls Ltd, a group secretary for the NFU and an administrator for Borders Premium Potatoes. She Joined Kelso Harvesters in 1996 and is in charge of Finance and Administration for the company.
    Ian Hamilton, Haddington Sales
Ian Hamilton was a qualified agricultural engineer for 12 years with Gillies and Henderson, Haddington.  From 1986 to 1991 he joined the sales force in the same company.  Ian joined Kelso Harvesters in 1996 to start up Lothian Harvesters Ltd Depot in Haddington.  In 2002 the two Companies incorporated to form KLH – Kelso and Lothian Harvesters Ltd.

Kelso: 01573 470393 ooo Haddington: 01620 825738