Baroness Kate Rock

Chair, The Rock Review

Baroness Kate Rock chaired The Rock Review into the agricultural tenanted sector which was commissioned by the Defra Secretary of State and published in October 2022. 

Kate is a member of the House of Lords where she regularly contributes on agricultural and rural economy matters.

Over half of England’s agricultural land has a tenant farmer as its steward. In order to produce quality food, and sequester carbon, and restore wildlife, it is essential that the incentives to do this are accessible to tenant farmers. The Rock Review, built on solid evidence and extensive consultation, sets out clearly how this can be done.

Kate is a director of a tenant farming enterprise in Dorset. She is also chair of the infrastructure business Costain plc and the senior independent director of the geo-technical specialist contractor Keller Group plc.