Nick Kirby will take up the post of Retail Country Manager and Managing Director, United Kingdom and Ireland, for John Deere Forestry, starting next year. Kirby will be responsible for sales and marketing of John Deere Forestry in United Kingdom and Ireland putting to use his 25 years of experience in sales and marketing within the agricultural sector. In his early career, he has worked as General Manager, Fendt Tractors, UK; Massey Ferguson Group, Europe, Africa and Middle East; and Same Deutz-Fahr UK. Kirby has a degree in Agricultural Economics.