Tom was appointed Director of Corporate Affairs at the NFU in April 2011.
In this role he leads the NFU’s parliamentary affairs and food chain engagement activities. Previously, he occupied the position of Head of Economics and International Affairs at the NFU in which he was responsible for economic and policy analysis of various domestic and international issues from food security to the Common Agricultural Policy.
He joined the organisation in 1998 and has held a number of positions including Chief Dairy Adviser. He has also spent time working in Brussels as Assistant Director and Director of the NFU’s Brussels office, the British Agriculture Bureau.
Tom was brought up in Sheffield and has a background spanning an urban and farming upbringing having been involved in a family beef farm on the outskirts of the city. He has also worked on a mixed dairy/ arable unit in Normandy, France.
His interests out of work include fishing, walking and cooking and he holds an honours degree in politics and French from Warwick University.
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