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He is originally from Sussex and caught the farming bug as a teenager, when he helped on a local dairy farm.

After undertaking an Agriculture BSc at Cirencester he worked on an arable farm in Cambridgeshire, and with Farmcare as a trainee agronomist before he joined Greens of Soham.

Away from work, he is a qualified water sports instructor and an infantry reservist.

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She farms pedigree Greyface Dartmoor sheep alongside a small flock of commercial Romneys, sharing her love for British farming and rural life on social media. 

She helps drive the NFU’s policy work forward on behalf of members’ businesses, leading campaigning, policy, lobbying and external engagement strategy in the region, as well as supporting and advising members and colleagues on key policy matters.

Jacks previously worked in rural surveying and farm business management.

She lives on a family farm in South Gloucestershire, and has a passion for agriculture, and rural businesses.

At home, he works alongside his Mum, Dad and sister, where they farm around 2,000 acres, primarily arable, a mix of in-house and contract farmed.

They also run a range of native rare breed livestock: British White cattle, Oxford Sandy & Black pigs and Wiltshire Horn sheep, plus non-native Boer goats.

Mike is also manager of CP Farming ltd, a 4,000 acre mixed estate in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Previously, he studied Agriculture & Business Management at The Royal Agricultural University and also spent an additional year there as chair of the Students' Union.

His main passion in agriculture is a transition to more environmentally conscious farming, whilst maintaining food production.

Having taken great inspiration from the regenerative movement, he is reducing tillage, increasing cover cropping and incorporating livestock and herbal leys. 

He is looking to understand impacts on soil carbon from varying cropping and establishment techniques to optimise rotations to maximise and retain soil carbon. He is also increasing low input cropping, growing miscanthus and exploring agroforestry.

He strongly supports the NFU’s net zero target, but to achieve this he believes that in the need to focus on neutralising farming's internal emission and in-setting within our supply chains before selling our good work out of the industry.

Since writing Feeding Britain (Pelican 2021), he’s focused on the state of civil food resilience, producing the Just in Case report for the UK National Preparedness Commission, urging more attention to public preparedness for food shocks.

Harry leverages his extensive knowledge of the agricultural sector to advise clients and the bank, and he is a frequent speaker at industry events. His core focus is on how the transition of the global food system impacts business models throughout the supply chain.

One of his recent publications, Five Key Transformations to Watch to Navigate the Global Food System Amid Increasing Volatility, is available online.

Harry’s expertise stems from a career spanning multiple roles within Rabobank and the Ministry of Agriculture.

He holds a degree from Wageningen University and grew up on his family’s farm in the Achterhoek region, giving him a strong foundation in agriculture from an early age.

He also chairs NFU Commercial Holdings Ltd, a group of professional land use services businesses that provide services to members and non-members. The additional non-subscription income that these businesses generate help to fund the operations of the NFU.

Terry has also held a number of industry roles while at the NFU. Between 2020 and 2022 he was the Industry Co-Chair of the Food and Drink Sector Council, a formal industry partnership with the government to create a more productive and sustainable food, drink and agricultural sector. He sat on the End User Advisory Council of Pay.uk, advising its board on the payment needs of small business. He was also made a trustee of RABI – The Farmers’ Charity in October 2025.

Prior to returning to the NFU, Terry had been running food industry trade associations. In 2011 he joined the FDF (Food and Drink Federation) as its Director of Communications. Leaving FDF at the end of 2014, he took up the post of DG at the PTF (Provision Trade Federation) looking after the interests of businesses involved in the UK bacon and dairy trade.

Before working at FDF and PTF, Terry worked for the NFU from 2002-2011 in a variety of roles including Head of Government Affairs, Head of Food Chain and Director of Communications.

After being elected as the MP for Wallasey in the July 2024 general election, she previously served as Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum) at the Home Office.

He was the recipient of the 2026 Meurig Raymond Award, in recognition of exceptional service to the NFU and wider farming sector.

Charles has become a leading voice on the family farm tax, working to ensure the serious implications for family farms were clearly understood at the heart of local and national government.