Alastair served for 10 years as an Officer in the Scots Guards and held a number of leadership roles, deploying internationally including on operations to Afghanistan and Iraq. After the Army he started a career working in Private Equity and Venture Capital and has had roles in both investing in and running early stage companies (in turnarounds and growth roles). He is currently the COO of Gitlife Biotech, an early stage company commercialising technology out of Newcastle University.
In his own time, Alastair runs Cardross, his family’s estate located on the foothills of the Trossachs and bordering the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Alastair’s family have worked to diversify Cardross which is made up of agriculture, sporting, tourism and events and Cardross is also broadening its conservational and environmental efforts with NatureScot.
Alastair is passionate about sustainable and enterprising land management and enjoys mentoring businesses and their leaders to achieve their goals. He is very proud to be joining SLE and looks forward to being able to bring lessons from his career to the benefit of rural enterprise.