Jonathan grew up on the family farm in Kent which sowed the seeds of his interests in horticulture and target shooting at an early young age.   Later, he graduated from Oxford with a Biology degree and whilst there, participated in a plant hunting expedition to Nepal (along with fellow trustee Bill Baker) – this expedition was funded in part by an award from The Merlin Trust.

After his studies Jonathan qualified as a Chartered Accountant whilst working for what is now PwC.   Since then he has worked in various accounting and audit roles at Reuters plc, BPB plc (now St Gobain) and now works at Hutchison Whampoa’s European head office in London.

He lives with his family in West London where a number of his garden plants suffer from the side effects of two energetic children.