Our People

Following a military career, Charles has worked with Scottish Woodlands for over 25 years in Lochgilphead, Dunblane and now in Perth, where he is the Central Region Director covering three offices from Argyll to Angus. He has a wide experience of establishing new planting of a range of native and commercial woodlands in both lowland and upland settings as well as harvesting operations, and responsibility for staff across the region.

Iain is the company’s professional Health and Safety Advisor, heading up the Compliance Support Team. He leads on the company’s Controlled Documentation, including the specific procedural and documentation suite within the Utilities division. He leads the scoping and delivery of the company’s compliance programme including Internal and External Audit Schedules for quality and safety management and specialist Utilities audits; rail and electricity. Iain leads on accident and incident investigations across the company.

Alex has worked with Scottish Woodlands for over 10 years, first joining as a Trainee Harvesting Manager. He has experience in forest mensuration, GIS mapping, harvesting site planning & supervision, steep ground working, and commercial timber marketing. Alex is now the Regional Harvesting Manager for our South East Region, based in Melrose, from where he coordinates the team’s timber harvesting activities. This is a busy & competitive region where we provide timber harvesting services across a wide range of property types from farms and small estates to large upland forests.

Andrew has worked for the company for over 30 years and provides wide ranging land management advice to clients covering estate management, formal valuations and wayleave compensation in addition to land and forestry acquisition work. He also has significant experience in wind farm option negotiations for landowners and provides advice on forestry matters to a number of renewables developers.

With over 20 years in the Landscape industry, Duncan is currently Head of the Landscaping Division with responsibility for the Division’s Team and the strategic development of the business stream, as well as the portfolio of land within the Division’s management. He developed the Company’s residential Land Management strategy, with registration as Property Factors, and oversees the associated property factoring services, customer care and credit control.

Michael has 30 years’ experience in the forest industry joining Scottish Woodlands in 1994. He has specialised in timber harvesting and marketing initially within the SE Region as Regional Harvesting and Marketing Manager and then across South Scotland. He moved to the Regional Manager role in 2017 overseeing all forestry activity across 4 offices responsible for the strategy, vision and development of the region as well as developing staff and work programmes across the region. Michael was appointed to the board on the 1st April 2023 as Operational Director.

Dessy has worked with Scottish Woodlands for over 20 years. Originally based in Northern Ireland, he is currently Operational Director, with responsibility for our North and South-West Regions. He is responsible for forestry and harvesting operations across both regions, overseeing the practical implementation of work sites and monitoring performance against targets to ensure efficient delivery of a high-quality forestry service for the company’s clients. Our North Region also includes the island of Ireland.