Ciara Williams

Principal Rural Asset Manager, Church Commissioners

Ciara Williams is a Principal Asset Manager within the Farmland and Minerals team for the Church Commissioners. 

Ciara’s focus is managing the Church Commissioners’ 82,000 acres of let productive farmland across England, part of a £10.3 billion endowment fund which provides long-term financial support for the mission and ministry of the Church of England.

Ciara seeks to develop the portfolio of rural assets and deliver strategic objectives, as well as exploring opportunities for new rural exception sites, renewable projects and mineral extraction.

Ciara has sought to ensure that the Church Commissioners remain at the forefront of supporting farming tenants and agribusinesses in their transition to more sustainable farming.

Ciara is passionate about agricultural transition and has been part of the working group drafting the recently launched ‘Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice for England’.