Ian Riggs has joined Kings Seeds as commercial development manager after spending six years working for Sakata, which recently diverted its UK interests to Simon Earley to form Earley Ornamentals. Riggs previously spent two years working at Dublin-based Interbloem and was operations manager at Littlehampton-based Van Heyningen Brothers for six years. He has aslo previously worked for retailers Sainsbury's and Homebase.