Mr Iain Turnbull CGeog

Biography

Occupation: Property Manager Employer: National Trust for Scotland Memo: Iain Turnbull was originally educated as an ecologist and forester at the University of Edinburgh (BSc in Ecological Science and MPhil in Forestry Research). In 1986 he began working as a seasonal Countryside Ranger with the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) at Inverewe Gardens. Following further postgraduate study at the University of Edinburgh (MPhil in Forestry Research) he moved to Skye (1990-1991) to take up a post as a Research Assistant with Habitat Scotland and Skye Forum gathering data for the Skye Resource Data Atlas. In 1992 he moved back to Edinburgh as Senior Management Planner with the NTS and has since gravitated towards a significant geographical bias through his employment with the NTS Property Manager (since 1996) and finally through an MSc in Geographical Information Systems at the University of Southampton (plus the University of Leeds and Penn State's World Campus). Iain is currently manager of Balmacara Estate, a 2550 hectare crofting estate in Wester Ross, and a part time GIS Consultant (www.ruralgis.com).