Vali started working at Clock House Farm in August 2004.  He started as a picker on soft fruit and then went on to top fruit.  In the winter he worked on the husbandry team and went on to drive tractors for a year.  Eventually, he progressed to running the husbandry team responsible for covering tunnels.  In 2006, Vali took a gap year and returned to Romania, but in 2007, he was back at Clock House Farm as a workshop fitter.  He then had a spell in irrigation and was involved in installing the first Priva pump.  He has driven lorries and buses and has been responsible for the maintenance of these vehicles.  In 2010, he became Operations Manager, progressing to Harvest Operations Manager by 2019, and now is Head of Harvest and Innovation. He met his wife at university in Romania and they have a little boy.  They have permanent residence in the UK.