A Chartered Surveyor he worked for 30 years for an international firm of property consultants responsible for their Scottish business, based in Edinburgh.
He lives on a 412-hectare livestock farm in the Scottish Borders which won the Nature of Farming Award for Scotland in 2010, the Conservation Award for Border Crop and Grassland competition in 2018, and achieved Wildlife Estates Scotland (WES) accreditation in 2019. He was a trustee for Borders FWAG (Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group) and is currently on the Scottish steering group of Nature-Friendly Farming Network (NFFN).
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