Nathan joined Scottish Land & Estates in spring 2023. Based in East Lothian, he has over 20 years experience working in countryside management and education, with countryside ranger services, local government, and government agencies – including 10 years leading learning programmes with Historic Environment Scotland. He has also worked closely with Scottish rural estates and the tertiary education, tourism and agricultural sectors.
He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with PGCE and MA Honours in Environmental Education and History, specialising in land use, management and recreation in the Scottish Highlands & Islands and national parks.
Over the years, he has worked on multiple partnership projects focused on Scotland’s natural and built heritage, including woodland creation and management schemes, biodiversity surveying and community engagement (including conservation volunteer management), and has extensive experience of leading environmental educational excursions for groups of all ages and abilities across Scotland and beyond.