Dennis is the longest standing of our board members and has acted as chair since 2011.

He co-founded the Ross-shire sustainable seafood business Aquascot in 1987, and now chairs the board of the Trust which owns the business on behalf of the 200 employees. He was a trustee of the UK’s leading organic food and farming organisation, the Soil Association, from 2006 to 2017, for the last three years as chair of the board. He was a founding director and is currently chair of Scotland Food and Drink, the leadership body for Scotland’s farming, fishing, food and drink sectors.

In the African Great Lakes Region, Dennis chairs the board of the Rwandan organic essential oils farming and processing business Ikirezi, which contributes to the income of hundreds of small-scale farmers.

In 2014 Dennis was awarded the OBE for services to economic development in Alness and Rwanda. He lives in Ross-shire.

Hugh has been a board member of Ardtornish in 1996. He was managing director from 2005-2015 and again from spring 2019.

He chairs and founded the Open Seas Trust and the Highlands and Islands Environment Foundation.

He was formerly a board member of Scottish Natural Heritage and the RSPB, a Sustainable Development Commissioner for Scotland, and environment adviser to the UK Foreign Secretary, and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. In the mid-nineties he was on the BBC’s Rural Affairs and Agricultural Advisory Committee (advising on The Archers, among other things).

He lives in Morvern.

Susan joined as an Ardtornish board member in 2017, and chairs the Raven family council.

Born in Japan, Susan was educated in a multitude of different countries, and is consequently multilingual. Her career has included spells as an academic and lecturer at the Universities of Oxford and Gdansk, in philanthropy (managing Lord Sainsbury of Turville’s pro bono interests), and as a broadcaster, presenting the flagship arts programme on BBC Radio 3.

With wide experience of government, public policy, and human rights, Susan is a board member of China Dialogue, Rand Europe, the Orlando Consort and the Royal Literary Fund. She’s a visiting professor in Public Policy at King’s College London – the city where she lives.

Jason Emrich is a Chartered Surveyor and rural estate manager. He joined the board of Ardtornish Estate Company Ltd as a Non-Executive Director in 2025.

He has been Resident Agent and Managing Director of Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex since 2000, where he is responsible for the management and development of a diversified rural estate business, which has pioneered rewilding alongside eco-tourism, hospitality, renewable energy, property & heritage management, organic regenerative farming & processing and multiple environmental projects.

He began his career with Smiths Gore and Savills, working in both England and Scotland, and was latterly Director and briefly Head of Rural Management for the South East at Savills before committing to Knepp fulltime in 2018.

He brings to Ardtornish experience in estate management, rewilding, eco-tourism, business development and long-term land stewardship.