The ACF Team

Meet our team

The Arkaig Community Forest was established, and is still overseen, by a community board of local residents. An additional team of staff are employed to manage our ongoing projects including the tree nursery and deer larder.

Anna Macfie
Tree Nursery Manager

Anna Macfie grew up on Knoydart, and was inspired by the nurseries at Beinn Eighe and Rum NNRs to grow trees for Woodland Grant Schemes. She has planted thousands of native trees, and worked as a field ecologist across the Highlands, from Caithness to Abernethy and Kintyre. She loves working with other people to restore nature, and is a keen propagator of native wildflowers

Catriona Souter, Community Venison Project Manager

Hailing from Aberdeen Catriona has a rich variety of charity sector experience including fundraising and social media management. A keen paddle boarder, wild swimmer and hiker she loves getting out into the land and sea of the Highlands.

Jared Child,
Operations Manager

With a background in operations management, systems processing and outdoor education, Jared will help support the day-to-day operations of ACF and their project development. He is an avid outdoors enthusiast and when not working can be found wandering the woods and hills of the highlands.