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Alasdair Wyllie CV

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Personal data

Year of Birth
TAA Member No
Title
Forenames:
Surname:

 1946

 2102

 Mr

W. Alasdair

Wyllie

Record of posts and assignments
Year
Job Title
Organisation
Country
Responsibilities 
2006 - present
Managing Director
Saint Louis
France
Project design, marketing, implementation & evaluation on de-luxe ecotourism project & consultancy.
2002 - 2006
Estate Manager
Jersey, Belgium, France
Developments, maintenance and trouble-shooting / problem solving on 3 estates. Forestry, fruit, drainage, lake management, mechanisation, irrigation.

1988 - 2002

Self employed /Managing Director

Water-Tech

Scotland

Developed rural engineering company specialising in rural water supplies, forest road bridges, innovative development & water treatment.

2000

Project Manage

DFID / IFRC

Georgia

Short-term relief-to-development project in remote area: infrastructure surveys & needs assessments, designed follow-up project to address problems in infrastructure, training & sustainability.

1984 - 1988

Estates Manager

Private employer

Saudi Arabia

Development of 4 farms, including plantation crops, rose oil, vegetables, fruit and livestock. Development small port & desalination plant. In-house farm project appraisal work internationally.

1982 - 1984

Senior Farms Manager

Serge Island Dairies / CDC

Jamaica

Managed 4 x 500-cow dairies, youngstock farm and calf station. Systems development, training.

1979 - 1982

Development Manager

Hendrickson Consultants / National Livestock Development Programme

Yemen

Developed pioneer dairying in highland Yemen: building design, construction, forage crop mechanisation, conservation, cattle selection, staff training, marketing, extension services.

1976 - 1979

Farm Project Manager

RAK Government

UAE

Development of model dairy farm in extreme conditions. Pioneered irrigated forage production. Building design/construction, mechanisation, marketing.

1975 - 1976
Farm Project Development Manager
Government of Oman
Oman
Technical & admin support on new enterprises. Mechanisation. Training. Systems development.
1974 - 1975
General Manager
Orton Estate
Scotland
Planning & operations for cereals, beef cattle, root crops, forestry. Eco-tourism. Building renovation.
1969 - 1974
Farms Manager
W&JB Eastwood Ltd
Scotland
Operations on six farms (cereals, roots, dairy; grass-drying, 3 million poultry.
Skills, expertise and qualifications

Principal Discipline 
Agriculture / Project Management / Environment / Ecotourism
Subsidiary fields
Monitoring & Evaluation, Farm Management, Farming Systems, Livestock, Project Management, Project Preparation / Appraisal, Rural Development, Rural Infrastructure, Training & Training Needs, Water Supplies (Rural)
Higher education 

Royal Agricultural College 1966 – ’68 NDA, MRAC
Chartered Environmentalist CEnv
Rural Engineer IEng, MIAgrE

Countries worked in 
Belgium, Brazil, England, France, Georgia, Jamaica, Jersey, Oman, Philippines, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Languages
French, Arabic
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