Our Experts
Richard Strand
Richard Strand is considered a true expert in the pest control industry with over 30 years experience. He is professionally qualified as a Chartered Biologist. This experience includes 18 years as Executive Director of the British Pest Control Association. Richard writes a regular column in the Sunday Times where he answers readers' questions on pest control, click here for an example. His vast experience has also included consulting with Government departments on behalf of the industry both in the UK and Europe as a previous president of the European Pest Management industry association. Richard is one of a small group of examiners for the UK professional pest management industry exams.
David Cain
David Cain began his career as a research scientist in genetics and molecular biology before deciding to become the world's first dedicated exterminator of bed bugs through his company Bed-Bugs Limited www.bed-bugs.co.uk
David has become a passionate champion of the need for public communication of the ways to detect and avoid bed bugs and is increasingly seen on TV, heard on the radio and read in the national press expressing his views. Click here to see David interviewed on BBC Breakfast News.
What used to be a rare pest problem at the start of the new millennium is now so extensive that he has personally dealt with over 11,000 cases since 2003.
Rob Fryatt
Rob Fryatt uses his many years of commercial experience in the pest control industry to seek out and select the best products for a PestFreeHome from all over the world. Rob is a well trusted and respected person in the pest management industry and writes regular expert columns in the industry media. Rob's international business consultancy company Xenex Associates, is a member of the British Pest Control Association.
Rob was honoured in 2007 as a lifetime member of this Association for his contribution to the worldwide pest management industry.