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ScotLand Matters Podcast: 20 Years at SLE

Published: 15 April 2025
Time to read: 1 min

This year, Scottish Land and Estate’s Chief Executive Sarah-Jane Laing celebrates her 20th year at the organisation. To mark the occasion, the ScotLand Matters Podcast is reflecting on her time there, with Donald Greig – their Membership Communications Manager – in conversation with SJ alongside friends, members and colleagues.

SLE were joined by Robert Scott-Dempster, Head of Land and Rural Business at Gillespie MacAndrew and Chair of SLE’s Legal and Tax Group; and David Johnston, former SLE Chairman and owner of Annandale Estate in Dumfriesshire.

In a wide ranging discussion they look back at the highs and lows of the last 20 years at SLE, whilst also taking a moment to look ahead at what’s coming down the track for rural Scotland in the future.

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