Graham is Senior Land Use Policy Adviser at the CLA and leads on forestry. A Chartered Rural Surveyor, he joined CLA in 2008 as Surveyor for the South West region and took up the forestry role in 2020. Previous roles with ADAS, Defra Rural Development Service and the South West of England Regional Development Agency have involved appraising farm diversification funding proposals, land management scheme advice, agricultural land classification and environmental monitoring.