Catherine Cooper is Director of People at the NFU. She provides strategic leadership on people and culture and leads on member development to create a pipeline of talent for future NFU office holders.

Catherine’s career started on the graduate scheme at Tesco, and after working as a store manager and learning that people are the heartbeat of any organisation, she decided to pursue a career in HR. She worked for a wide variety of organisations, from the NHS to SMEs to privately owned businesses before joining the NFU in 2015. She became Director of People in April 2023.