Sarah-Jane Laing

Sarah-Jane was appointed as Chief Executive of Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) in December 2019, the first woman to hold this role in the organisation’s 110 year history.

Sarah-Jane, who lives on the family farm in Hume in the Scottish Borders, has steadily climbed the ranks at the rural business organisation over the past fifteen years, starting out as housing strategy officer. Prior to joining SLE she spent over 10 years in housing and planning with local authorities and housing associations.

She represents SLE on a large number of external stakeholder groups, and is a member of the Scottish Government's Women in Agriculture Taskforce, the Climate Change Emergency Response Group as well as a recipient of the Farmers Club Windsor Leadership bursary.