Allan Stevenson
Allan Stevenson was brought up on a Scottish arable farm and has enjoyed a varied career as a CA in a broad range of private and public sector business roles.
He is currently Chairman of the Farmers Club in Whitehall, London, Chairman of Pension Schemes, senior advisor with an insuretech start-up and running an arable farm in East Lothian.
After a business and law degree in Edinburgh his CA took him abroad and then to England where he worked in finance and commercial roles in growing private international businesses; finally returning with his family to buy out the family farming enterprise in Scotland.
He found that farming took up too much time to allow working full-time in London, so he acquired a portfolio of NED roles and a DEFRA Chair appointment, taking him into the agriculture and science policy environment, with an interest in the sustainability of food, farming and the green agenda.
This involved some time developing relationships in China and elsewhere on matters concerning the global potato industry. These years spawned a strong interest in agriculture and international food security issues.