A former course leader at Cumbria’s Newton Rigg has been appointed as a director of a prestigious countryside organisation.
Harriet Ranson will take up the position of CLA (Country Land and Business) Director North on July 8.
Raised in Yorkshire, she has over 15 years of experience working in the agricultural sector. After graduating with a law degree, Harriet spent some time in practical farming and land management before becoming an agricultural lecturer at Bishop Burton College.
She then went on to become an agricultural course leader at Newton Rigg College, near Penrith.
For the last six years, she has worked for the NFU in the Midlands.
Harriet said: “I am delighted to have been appointed to this role and in many ways, it feels like a homecoming as I have deep roots in the North. The CLA is a highly regarded organisation which represents the landowning sector and it will be my mission to champion our rural economy across the region.
“I look forward to working with the CLA North team, to meet and listen to CLA members across the North in order for me to represent and lobby on their behalf.”
Acting director North Henk Geertsema said: “I am delighted, along with the CLA North team, to welcome Harriet to the CLA.
“Her knowledge and experience in the rural sector would be of great benefit to CLA members across the North. I wish her well and hope she will find the role as stimulating as I have in acting up for the interim.”
