With 25 years of experience in renewable natural resource development, with special emphasis on livestock systems in diverse contexts.
For the last 12 years he has focused on rural development and management of projects and programs on sustainable rural livelihoods, livestock systems and sustainable supply chains.
Ruaraidh has been the Executive Director of GRSB since 2012. His background is in agriculture specialising in livestock production, and he has an MSc in tropical animal production and health from the University of Edinburgh veterinary faculty.
Over the past decade he has overseen the growth of the sustainable beef roundtable network to include 24 countries with a common commitment to making sustainable beef part of a thriving food system.
The GRSB released its global goals on reducing climate impact, nature positive production and animal welfare in early July 2021 and is currently working on the MRV framework to report on progress.