Working with colleagues and delivery partners, Andrew’s primary responsibility is SAC Consulting’s delivery of large national contracts – principally the Scottish Farm Advisory Service. He is also tasked with ensuring SAC Consulting is a valuable and regular contributor to relevant policy debates. He joined SAC Consulting in April 2018, having spent the previous seven years with NFU Scotland – five of these as Deputy Director of Policy – with a focus on environment and land use matters. Prior to that he worked on community ownership of land and international co-operation for rural development. He has a bachelors degree in history and a research masters degree in human geography.
Areas of expertise
- Project management
- Environment and land use policy in Scotland
- Rural development in Scotland
- Strategic planning
- Organisational improvement”