Andrew Macdonald

Andrew has been involved in agriculture from a young age, brought up on a Highlands livestock farm, studying agriculture at Edinburgh University, and has built up a vast range of experience since graduating in 1995. He has worked as an agricultural consultant across Scotland as well as a period of 7 years working in the Isle of Man prior to joining Savills.

In addition to significant experience in one to one agricultural consultancy for a range of farm types, Andrew has provided advice to government in the areas of agricultural policy development, and change management.

Andrew's current role encompasses a broad range of consultancy and management advice, from large arable farms and estates to hill sheep operations. Strategic advice on farm policy and management, as well as technical and business management advice are everyday parts of Andrew's role along with regenerative agriculture and natural capital as they evolve into ever more important outputs from modern agriculture and land management. Andrew has a particular interest in adaptive, flexible and modern approaches to agricultural business management such as contract farming agreements.

Andrew is also a hill sheep farmer and land manager in his own right having recently taken on a tenanted hill farm in the Highlands, and has real life practical experience of the trials and tribulations of hill sheep farming. Outside of the day job(s) Andrew likes to spend time with family and racing off road motorbikes.