Douglas McAdam has spent the last 30 years in private commercial business at senior management and Board level across the aviation, utilities and land management sectors, both internationally and in the UK. From 2006 to 2017 he was CEO of Scottish Land & Estates and played a very active role across the land management, rural business and conservation sectors in Scotland, with hands-on involvement in many industry groups and forums. Doug bases himself between Perthshire, Assynt and the Balkans and owns and runs his own business operating in the tourism, consultancy and property sectors. Doug is currently a Non-Executive Director of several Boards, private and public, including Cairngorms National Park Authority. He is currently Chairman of Countryside Learning Scotland, South Grampian Deer Management Group and Wild Deer Best Practice (Scotland). Outside of work Doug spends most of his time on a mountain bike, climbing mountains, deer stalking or in a pack raft after wily brown trout.