Meet The Trustees

The Trustees are the beating heart of The Scottish Forestry Trust, responsible for setting the strategic direction and the routine governance of the Trust. Each month, we plan to meet one of the 11 Trustees in a series of #MeetTheTrustees interviews.

July 2025. Professor Ioly Kotta-Loizou

June 2025. Professor David Burslem

May 2025. Trefor Owen FICFor

April 2025. Professor Adam Kleczkowski

March 2025. Eddie Balfour

February 2025. Dr Helen McKay OBE FICFor CEnv

Highlighted Projects

The Scottish Forestry Trust SCIO is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Scottish Charity No. SC053147). The Scottish Forestry Trust was established in 1983 by a gift of share capital, and our role is to provide funds by way of grants, to support research, education and training throughout the UK.  Since our establishment, we have provided nearly £2.7m to fund over 190 projects ranging from supporting post graduate industry applied research, social and environmental forestry, policy formulation and broader public education and awareness.