Directors
The following people have been elected to represent NFU Scotland. Members can obtain contact details for all members of NFU Scotland's Board of Directors by phoning 0131 472 4000.
President of NFU Scotland
Martin Kennedy
Lurgan Farm, Edradynate, Aberfeldy
Martin is a tenant farmer in Aberfeldy, Highland Perthshire and farms with his wife Jane and three daughters. They have 600 ewes and 60 cows on the farm rising from 800ft to 2,500ft. Martin served two years as Highland Perthshire Branch chair, before representing East Central region on the LFA committee in 2009. Martin went on to be Vice-Chair before chairing the committee for three years. He was elected Vice-President in 2017 and elected as President in 2021.
Vice-Presidents of NFU Scotland
Andrew Connon
Andrew Connon runs a small commercial sheep flock and, alongside some work on a local beef and arable unit, works with online market places SellMyLivestock and Graindex. He is also a Director of Livestock Health Scotland. He is married to Pauline and son Andrew, 24, and daughter Sarah, 18, are employed on neighbouring farms. His father, uncles and cousin run the neighbouring family business focused on finishing cattle, sheep and barley.
Andrew is a long-standing member of NFU Scotland New Deer Branch and a former Branch Chair. He represented the North East Regional Board for several years and was elected Vice-Chair (2017) and Chair (2020).
In February 2021, Andrew was elected NFU Scotland Vice-President.
Alasdair Macnab
Kildun Farm, Dingwall, Ross-shire
Alasdair Macnab farms at Kildun, Dingwall with his wife Gill running a well-known pedigree Limousin herd, growing malting barley and hay. He worked in a vet practice in Ross-shire for 11 years, then joined the Government vet service in Inverness. His farming career started on his late uncle’s dairy farm at Humberston, Dingwall (now Dingwall Auction Mart) working with dairy, sheep and cereals. He was a crofter breeding cattle and sheep near Strathpeffer for over ten years before buying Kildun from his mother in 2005. Alasdair has been a member of NFU Scotland for over thirty years.
Other Directors of NFU Scotland
Treasurer – Rupert Shaw, Gledpark, Borgue
Regional Board Chairs
Argyll & The Islands – Duncan Macalister, Glenacardoch Farm, Tarbert
Ayrshire – John Kerr, Woodhead Farm, Newmilns, Ayrshire
Dumfries & Galloway – Colin Ferguson, Knockann Farm, Kirkinner, Newton Stewart
East Central – Caroline Millar, North Balluderon Farm, Tealing, Dundee
Forth & Clyde – Mark Donald, Rhynaclach, Port of Menteith, Stirling
Highland – Mark McCallum, St. Martins Farm, Culbokie, Dingwall, Highland
Lothian & Borders – Debbie Playfair, Morebattle Tofts, Morebattle, Roxburghshire
North East – Alan Simpson, Mains of Leslie, Leslie, INSCH, Aberdeenshire
Orkney & Shetland – Colin Flett, North Moa, Rendall, Orkney
Orkney & Shetland - Cecil Eunson, Griesta Farm, Griesta, Tingwall
Committee Chairs
Combinable Crops – Willie Thomson, Wheatrig, Longniddry
Environment & Land Use – Peter Douglas, Ruletownhead Farm, Hawick, Roxburghshire
Legal & Technical – Gordon McKilligan, Headtown of Ord, Cornhill, Banff
Less Favoured Areas – Peter Kennedy, Kilbridemore, Glendaruel, Argyll
Livestock – Hugh Fraser, Kinchyle Farm, Scaniport, Inverness
Milk – Bruce Mackie, Middletom Farm, Middleton of Rora, Longside, Peterhead
Pigs & Poultry – Robert Thompson, Orchardbank Business Park, Orchardbank Industrial Estate, Forfar
Pigs & Poultry - Jamie Wyllie, Ruchlaw Mains, Stenton, Dunbar
Specialist Crops – Iain Brown, Easter Grangemuir Farm, Pittenweem, Anstruther, Fife
Next Generation - Matthew Steel, Craignathro Farm, Forfar, Angus