Leading Australian fresh produce grower Piñata Farms has appointed agricultural executive and experienced farm manager and agronomist Les Britten as chief operations officer.
Mr Britten has some 20 years’ experience across multiple crop scenarios in the United Kingdom and Australia.
Prior to joining Piñata Farms in September, he was farm manager at avocado operation, GR and ML Scott, Queensland. His previous roles include head of farming and site manager at leafy salad vegetable producer Dicky Bill of Queensland and Victoria, and regional agricultural supply manager at fresh produce and food manufacturer, One Harvest, Queensland.
He migrated from the UK to take up the One Harvest role, seizing the chance to apply his agronomic and farm knowledge to increase productivity, quality and safety with growers while maintaining or reducing farm production costs.
In the UK, he was employed as manager and agronomist at Millets Vegetables for some nine years where he successfully restructured the business, turning it from a loss-making position to one of profitability.
Mr Britten’s role at Piñata Farms will see him overview operations from crop conception to produce delivery at all farm sites in Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. His immediate focus is on ensuring irrigation, planting and farm operations align with company expectations across berry crops in all growing regions, to be followed by tropical crops. He is based at Wamuran, south-east Queensland.
He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Portsmouth and has UK-registered agronomy qualifications.
Piñata Farms is the largest pineapple producer in Australia, one of the largest strawberry producers and is a supplier of premium raspberries and Honey Gold mangoes.
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Issued by Aqua Public Relations on behalf of Piñata Farms Pty Ltd. For more information please contact:
Toni Lucke
Aqua Public Relations
(07) 3312 2505
Issued: November 12, 2026
