Farah Salah
Director of FinanceFarah Salah joined the NFU as Director of Finance of the NFU Services Limited Group in February 2021. She is responsible for overseeing the financial stability and performance of the NFU’s commercial subsidiaries and is a director of NFU Services, NFU Energy, NFU EnZero and CT Planning.
She brings to the NFU a strong background in commercial finance and business change management in growing businesses, an inspiring leadership style, experience of integrating acquisitions and strategic financial planning expertise.
Prior to joining the NFU, she was Finance Director at Mattioli Woods plc, a leading UK listed financial services business, where she led the finance team through significant change as the business expanded rapidly. Having joined in 2013, her role developed quickly after playing a key leading role in the IPO of Custodian REIT plc. During her almost seven-year tenure she steered many strategic developments across finance, HR, IT, operations, risk and compliance, including a £14m investment in building a new office.
She qualified as a chartered accountant in 2009 in practice, where she developed a diverse range of experience across finance specialisms and industry sectors, including agriculture and investment property. She joined the practice in 2006, following a short period as a business analyst at Caterpillar Logistics Services (now Neovia Logistics) after graduating from De Montfort University with a degree in Accounting and Finance in 2005.
Outside of work Farah enjoys playing tennis, travelling and family walks in the countryside with her husband and two sons.