Anna Simpson

County Adviser - Northumberland & North Durham

Joining the NFU in 2013, Anna initially worked as a national Environment Policy Adviser, based in York. She joined the regional team as county adviser in 2019.

In her county adviser role, she works alongside Jane Dungait supporting NFU members and managing activity across the county. This includes managing the NFU’s lobbying activities with MPs and a range of external organisations from local authorities, the police and government agencies to non-governmental organisations and relevant commercial bodies.

She also actively supports NFU group secretaries to drive NFU membership and works closely with elected farmer representatives including county officeholders and members of regional and national commodity boards. 

Anna is also the regional lead for poultry.

Before joining the NFU, she graduated from Leeds University where she worked on the pig research unit, and joined the ABP graduate scheme. From there she joined AHDB Pork and completed a six-month secondment with Defra where she was involved in the climate change adaption team.

Anna works on Monday, Tuesday & Friday