Adam Bedford

Regional Director - North East

As regional Director, Adam is responsible for managing the regional team, ensuring a co-ordinated approach and liaising with external stakeholders at a senior level – everyone from the Banks and government agencies to MPs and Peers.

Joining the North East team in 2016, he works very closely with the region’s team of elected farmer officeholders and has overall responsibility for the regional recruitment and retention of members.

Originally from Huddersfield, and after studying at Askham Bryan College and Newcastle University, he started his career in the NFU as a graduate trainee in 2007. Since then he has worked across three different regions before joining the Brussels Agriculture Bureau for a four-year stint working on European issues.

Adam lives rurally between York and Pocklington with his wife and three boys.