Dr Andrew Barbour Andrew Barbour has worked in various land use sectors including deer management for over 20 years. Based in Highland Perthshire, one of his main duties is acting as woods manager for Atholl Estates. His own family own the neighbouring Bonskeid Estate where he also runs a farming business with his wife. He is a member of the Forestry Commission's Perth & Argyll Regional Forestry Forum and a member of their National Regional Advisory Committee.

Niall Rowantree Niall Rowantree has 23 years experience in deer management having worked as a professional stalker in the open range, in the western and central highlands. He spent 6 years as a deer management adviser/contractor for private estates and various government agencies and 9 years with the Forestry Commission for Scotland reaching the grade of Chief Ranger for Cowal and Trossachs before returning to the private sector. He has also been involved in deer management in England and various locations in Europe and has a particular interest in the sustainable management of deer in a range of desired habitats and in implementation of best practice. Currently, he is the Head Stalker/Manager of Corrour Estate near Fort William.

Dr Peter MayhewPete Mayhew has over 20 years experience of conservation land management. He is currently Senior Conservation Manager with RSPB in north Scotland, with responsibility for over 36, 000 ha of land managed by RSPB in the Highlands and Western Isles. Before this, he was Head of Conservation with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation. He is chair of the Capercaillie Biodiversity Action Plan steering group.

Sir Michael Strang Steel Bt CBE Advisor to DCS Board. He lives near Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders where he has farming and forestry interests. He was a Forestry Commissioner from 1988-1999 and Chairman of the Native Woodlands Advisory Panel during this time. He is Chairman of the Timber Marketing Group and Chairman of the Scottish Forestry Trust. He is a member of the Forestry and Timber Association, the Scottish Landowners Federation, the RSPB and is President of the Royal Scottish Forestry Society.

Professor Susan Walker OBE Advisor to DCS Board. Sue Walker OBE lives in Braemar in Aberdeenshire and has particular interests in integrated land and water management. She is a part time Professor of Geography and Environment at the University of Aberdeen and is a freelance consultant. She is a Board Member of SNH and from 1999 until 2002 was a Board Member of the North of Scotland Water Authority. She is a Member of the Fisheries (Electricity) Committee. Previously, she worked for twenty years in water and environment management in the North West of England, latterly with the Environment Agency.

Dr Colin Sheddon Colin Shedden has worked for sporting shooting interests for 20 years, in Scotland and in Europe. This includes a three year period of research on deer management in Scotland for BASC and SNH. He currently sits on Scotland's Moorland Forum, the Access Forum and the National Goose Management Review Group, as well as being a Heather Trust board member.

Andrew Hamilton Andrew Hamilton is a rural practice Chartered Surveyor and a partner with land and estate agency firm Strutt & Parker, based in the north-east of Scotland. He is the managing agent for a number of sporting and agricultural estates with specialist interests in rural land management, agricultural holdings, nature conservation, land reform and crofting matters. He has represented clients on several Deer Management Groups. He is an agricultural arbiter and a member of the Scottish Ministers' Panel of Arbiters. He is the former Chairman of the Rural Practice Faculty of the RICS, Chairman of the RICS Working Groups on Land Reform and Agricultural Holdings, and has represented the RICS on the Tenant Farming Forum, the Scottish Executive's Expert Working Group on the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act/Bill and the Scottish Executive's Consultative Panels on crofting and land reform. He has been Chairman of St. Cyrus Community Council since 2003.