Lucinda Douglas

Lucinda grew up on her family farm near Leyburn in the Yorkshire Dales and started her career as a rural surveyor practicing for 5 years. Prior to her appointment at the CLA in July 2021, Lucinda worked for the NFU in the North East as a County Adviser before moving to the NFU Mutual in Yorkshire five years ago as an Agent and Group Secretary where she has run a large team managing nearly 4,000 clients. Lucinda studied at Harper Adams University gaining a BSc (Hons) in Rural Enterprise and Land Management and is a qualified RICS Chartered Surveyor, Agricultural Valuer and Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV). Since completing a rural enterprise and land management degree in 2008, Lucinda has lived on her husband’s arable and beef farm in Ryedale.